Product Description

Compact-size DVD recorder with DivX Ultra, Dual Media, Double Layer recording and USB.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46576 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Philips
• Model: DVDR3480/05
• Released on: 2007-08-08

Features

• USB Direct plays photos and music from USB flash drives
• Dual Media records on DVD+R/RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R/RW
• Records up to 12 hours on double-layer discs
• Plays DivX, MP3, WMA and JPEG digital camera photos
• i.LINK digital input for perfect digital camcorder copies

Manufacturer's Description

Dual Media conveniently records on DVD+-R/RW, DVD+R DL

Philips DVD Recorders support 'dual media' recording - the ability to create recordings on DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R DL discs. Now you can buy any disc and the Philips recorder will always create fully compatible recordings, which can be played by any DVD player.

Plays DivX, MP3, WMA and JPEG digital camera photos

Play virtually any media format you want - whether they be DivX, MP3s, WMA or JPEGs. Experience the unbeatable convenience of great playability and the luxury of sharing media files on your TV or home theatre system - in the comfort of your living room.

DivX Ultra Certified for enhanced playback of DivX videos

DivX Ultra combines DivX playback with great features like integrated subtitles, multiple audio languages, multiple tracks and menus into one convenient file format.

Plays CD, (S)VCD, DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R DL

Play virtually any disc you want - whether they be CDs, (S)VCDs, DVDs, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW or DVD+R DL. Experience unbeatable flexibility and the convenience of playing all your discs on the one device.

Record up to 12 hours on double-layer discs

The 12-hour record mode available on specific DVD recorder models lets you record up to 12 hours of video on DVD+R double layer disc.

i.LINK digital input for perfect digital camcorder copies

Also known as IEEE 1394 and FireWire, i.Link carries all audio and video signals via a single cable digitally, with no loss in picture and sound quality. With i.Link digital video input, you can copy your home videos in their original digital picture quality.

USB Direct plays photos and music from USB flash drives

Simply plug your device into the USB port on your Philips DVD system. Your digital music and photos will be played directly from the device. Now you can share your favourite moments with family and friends.

SmartAlgo ensures recording quality and compatibility

SmartAlgo ensures quality recordings, regardless of disc format or quality. Its patented self-learning adaptive technology chooses the optimal write strategy for the particular disc that is being used. By doing this, it significantly improves the reliability of the recording, ensuring zero failures when recording and guaranteeing playback compatibility.

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Customer Reviews

Great Machine Fantastic Price
After looking at all the DVD recorders out there at the moment this was the one I'm glad I purchased and will serve until digital DVD recorders come down in price. As it stands, this records from my freeview box no problem.

Play back quality is fantastic.

Has six recording modes from HQ (High Quality) to SLP (Super Long Play) six hours recording at VHS standard.

Another bonus, you can connect a VCR and very easily record all your memories onto DVD, I'm going to do this for my mother as she has a lot of VHS-C tapes of holidays etc

Overall there is nothing to fault this machine and I'd recommend as a best buy to anyone and a big plus is that it can be made region free


With NO disc in your DVDR3480-player you press SETUP on the remote and then press this code: 5 0 1 8 ,now you can pick Region-code with the remote from 0-6

(0=Regionfree)

Press OK then setup

Philips = Easy!
I bought this DVD Recorder/Player from a well known supermarket (*cough* ASDA *cough) for £98 because it was from a well known brand, Philips.

Having owned a Sanyo VCR for years to record (i used the VCR to record and had a normal DVD Player), i expected it to be really hard to set up, as i can remember the Sanyo being very hard to set up and get used to.
However to my surprise it was easy as anything!
You just connect the scart to the sat/cab/stb reciever, then the arial from the dvd recorder to TV and woolah! Done, ready to record and watch DVD's.

There is a USB Port on the front, which i have used to watch some films i downloaded online (LEGALLY! Of Divx VOD)and some other inputs.

All for in all a excellent Player/Recorder from Philips, the co-inventer of the compact disc/dvd ;-)

Very Good value but No VideoPlus!
This latest offering from Philip's is very good it looks nice performs quietly, has lots of features and I am glad at last we see the likes of Philips offering a USB socket as well as a DV in socket on their latest DVD Recorder.

However it seems that all this may come at a cost because on this model where they have given you some extra features over their older DVD Recorders they have not included VideoPlus timer setting on this model - something what Philips have offered on their previous models, strange that and that is why I have given them only 4 stars.

The front LED Display panel has suffered as well. On this model they have included a horrible yucky green 'Digit' type display reminiscent of the 80's VCR's and it makes the otherwise expensive looking sleek front design of the recorder look very cheap and lets it down immensely, also cutting down the information displayed on the front. This must have been a cost cutting exercise for philips.

The remote control is very good (although it looks like it should light up in the dark and it hasn't even green fluorescent type buttons!) the onscreen displays and menus and settings are very good. I haven't tried any Dual Layer disks or DIVx disc's in the recorder yet so I cannot comment on that.

One other neat feature is that I could plug my Digital Camera straight into the USB socket at the front of the DVD Recorder and start viewing my photos instantly on the TV screen - alas though there does not seem a way to record them straight onto a DVD disc which is a shame.

All in all a very good buy and worked out cheaper than my previous Philips DVD Recorder which was a DVDR3380. If I could only find a working multiregion code now it will be even better.