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Summary: Digital analog mess
Review: Device works well with one FATAL flaw...while a single digital CDR of uncopyrighted material can be made from an external source (DAT via digital optical cable in my case), you can only make ANALOG copies of that CDR even though it came from an uncopyrighted external source. Now searching for a machine that will protect legitimate copyright holders but not constrain my uncopyrighted personal use recording.
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Summary: Philips products are defect prone - beware!
Review: Failed to write, lost memory, damaged CDs, ruined over 40 blank CDs by failing in mid recording. EVERY Philips CD recorder we tried is junk! And forget their customer care even if you purchase their pricey coverage plan (which you will need if you buy their machines). The positive reviews appear to be people who were the fortunate few. Sadly Philips, which was one of the inventors of the CD technology, has failed to keep up their reputation in the CD recorder market. Buyer beware!
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Summary: I Got Lucky!
Review: I had previously purchased a Phillips CDR800. It would not finalize anything but TDK CDR discs. I had returned it for repair but Phillips did not fix the problem.Fortunately, I was able to exchange this unit for a new CDR820. This time I got a perfict machine: it has great features and appears to burn all brands of CDR. Clearly, if you are one of the lucky few, a Phillips purchase is OK. But..they really need to fix their design, repair, and customer service. Be careful!
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Summary: I Got Lucky!
Review: I had previously purchased a Phillips CDR800. It would not finalize anything but TDK CDR discs. I had returned it for repair but Phillips did not fix the problem. Fortunately, I was able to exchange this unit for a new CDR820. This time I got a perfict machine: it has great features and appears to burn all brands of CDR. Clearly, if you are one of the lucky few, a Phillips purchase is OK. But..they really need to fix their design, repair, and customer service. Be careful!
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Summary: Great CD recorder!!
Review: I just purchased the Philips CDR-820 cd recorder and I am very happy with it. It works very well with my Sony mini disc recorder. They compliment each other very well. I have read on this website about people having problems with other models of Philips cd recorders. I have not had any of those problems, it records very well and finalizes the disc without any problems. This is the latest cd recorder from Philips, maybe they have worked out some of the problems that the earlier recorders had. This recorder has some very nice features such as being able to hook in a pc keyboard for very easy text entry, this I really like. I use Maxell discs for recording and I have no problems with them. You should avoid no-name discs and cheap discs, you get what you pay for. I would HIGHLY recommend this unit. Also this unit plays back MP3's which is very nice.
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Summary: In true Philips fashion, this product is a gamble at best
Review: I originally bought last year's model of this recorder from Philips. And after a few months, it simply stopped recording on CDR's and half the functions became completely unreliable. So i sent it back to Philips (because it was under the one-year warranty) where it sat in their factory for over a month. They later returned it to me and claimed that there were "no apparent problems with the recorder." Like a naive idiot, I took Philips' word for it and brought it home again. When I plugged it in and tried recording, I found that the original problem had clearly been ignored by Philips, and, to make it even sweeter, the factory had somehow created an entirely new malfunction whereby the unit sporadically and suddenly turns its power off...and yes, even in the middle of recording a CD. So, the next day, I sent it back to the factory. And after having sat somewhere in the same factory for an additional 6 weeks, Philips told me that they didn't know how to fix the problem, and would be sending me a brand new unit (this CDR820). "Pretty cool" I thought. Until I got the unit and tried recording using the simplest method it offered. The unit worked fine one minute, and then in typical Philips nature, the unit started giving me unexplained error messages (NOT talked about in the owner's manual) and all of the buttons on the recorder ceased to respond in any way. Incidently, if you ever need a good laugh, call the Philips customer service hotline and explain a simple problem your product is having, and listen to their expert advice. Well, needless to say, I pawned the CDR for chump change but since then I've slept like a baby now that the cursed machine is out of my life forever. Please, please, please listen to my advice and do what I wish I had done over a year and [money] ago: stay away from this company. Philips products and its "customer service" are nothing but hassle after hassle. They have lied to me, cheated me, and left me utterly [dissatisfied]. But other than that, they're genuinely nice people and a great company.
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Summary: In true Philips fashion, this product is a waste of money.
Review: I originally bought last year's model of this recorder from Philips. And after a few months, it simply stopped recording on CDR's and half the functions became completely unreliable. So i sent it back to Philips (because it was under the one-year warranty) where it sat in their factory for over a month. They later returned it to me and claimed that there were "no apparent problems with the recorder." Like a naive idiot, I took Philips' word for it and brought it home again. When I plugged it in and tried recording, I found that the original problem had clearly been ignored by Philips, and, to make it even sweeter, the factory had somehow created an entirely new malfunction whereby the unit sporadically and suddenly turns its power off...and yes, even in the middle of recording a CD. So, the next day, I sent it back to the factory. And after having sat somewhere in the same factory for an additional 6 weeks, Philips told me that they didn't know how to fix the problem, and would be sending me a brand new unit (this CDR820). "Pretty cool" I thought. Until I got the unit and tried recording using the simplest method it offered. The unit worked fine one minute, and then in typical Philips nature, the unit started giving me unexplained error messages (NOT talked about in the owner's manual) and all of the buttons on the recorder ceased to respond in any way. Incidently, if you ever need a good laugh, call the Philips customer service hotline and explain a simple problem your product is having, and listen to their expert advice. Well, needless to say, I pawned the CDR for chump change but since then I've slept like a baby now that the cursed machine is out of my life forever. Please, please, please listen to my advice and do what I wish I had done over a year and [money] ago: stay away from this company. Philips products and its "customer service" are nothing but hassle after hassle. They have lied to me, cheated me, and left me utterly [dissatisfied]. But other than that, they're genuinely nice people and a great company.
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Summary: After only 6 cd's burned the unit is dead.
Review: I waited for a long time the release of this new model from Philips. Trying to burn the seventh cd the unit entered into a mode (Disc Recover) not even described in the manual. No function of the cd recorder operated after this situation and the unit was returned to the store in exchange for other recorder of different brand.
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Summary: double dubbing
Review: If our friend wants another good laugh,try getting the Yo-Yo's at Hardon Kardon motovated.My CDR26 dual recorder came back 3 times Un-fixed. It didnt last long anyway.
Then I went and wasted 600 bucks on the Pioneer PDR839-
Best recording ever!- As long as the seperate 3 draw tray doesent
eat your CD.A big Double 0 for their custormer service dept also.
Sometimes its the luck of the draw. These guys dont care, it's
not 1973 it's 2003. anyway-
Thust me, I started recording back in the Reel to Reel days.
For the working mans buck, the 820 is Top Flight!
It takes the place of a Dual Draw recorder AND a 3 draw[ROTATING]
CD player.Just dont ask it to do back flips.
Thanks -
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Summary: If this machine only worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The features the cdr820 offers are exactly what I am looking for. With this machine and it's three trays you can program various tracks from the three trays in any order and record these all while the cdr820 adjusts volume/recording level automaticly. After recording from the three trays you can put in another 3 cds and add this to your compilation. This machine evens stops after each record song or program so that there are no long spaces inbetween song. the only problem is this feature lasts less than a day then the recorder starts doing whatever it feels like. sometimes it only records the first song of the program and continues to say it is recording, even though it isn't recording anything. the only way to stop this is to shut off the power and unplug the recorder, otherwise it would record nothing and stay in record mode indefinitely. sometimes while recording in 4x speed it changes to 1x speed and then back to 4x. the same goes for 2x speed. I originally bought the cdr800 and it did the same thing. I thought maybee I just purchased a bad unit, I guess I was wrong. Make sure if you purchase this product to get the extended warranty. If you have any problems within the first 30 days take it back and get your money back, don't wait, the problems won't go away.
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