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Summary: Good basic and cheap model...but flawed
Review: I've had basically good, if quirky, performance from my deck. It's convenient having the two trays, and I'm impressed that the deck will copy the HDCD and DTS subcode data, which my otherwise immeasurably superior ... Pioneer Elite machine won't do.Others have mentioned problems with finalization, and I've found these to be brand dependent. The only brand that's consistently recorded and added to and finalized without hitches is Memeorex *audio* CD-Rs. No-name brands should be avoided, and even Fujifilm audio CD-Rs, which work fine in my Pioneer, will not finalize in this deck (I've had to put the discs in my other deck for that!). So...if the price is right, buy with open eyes, but I'd recommend spending a little more for a Pioneer, which has a better user interface as well. Pioneer seems to have found a winning front-panel composition and stuck with it!
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Summary: 'reviewers' here are CLUELESS, or 100% LIARS LIKE BU$H & CO.
Review: I've had it for almost 2 years and now it just isn't working right 90% of the time. I'm ready to toss the S.O.B. but I am struggling to figure out a reasonable cost alternative for home-studio CD mastering and reproduction. Damn - thought it would last longer....
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Summary: I, too, thought I'd get more use out of it
Review: I've had it for almost 2 years and now it just isn't working right 90% of the time. I'm ready to toss the S.O.B. but I am struggling to figure out a reasonable cost alternative for home-studio CD mastering and reproduction. Damn - thought it would last longer....
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Summary: Fun Product: Just Pray It Doesn't Break
Review: I've had the Philips CDR775 for about a year now. I love the ability to record CDs, but I think maybe I should have shopped around for a better product. My biggest complaint with Philips is that their support is awful. They have idoits with no training answering the phones. You can actually hear them reading through the same notes you can find on the web. Call with a complex problem and they ask dumb questions like "are your cables plugged in?" My second complaint is that with fast dubbing, the deck adds a half second of blank time between tracks. Therefore, don't bother copying a continuous play CD. They sound really bad.
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Summary: The best kept secret by Philips...
Review: In the 1 week of ownership of this model I have had several frustrating days and phone sessions with the Philips girls on the customer "help" line. Finally I was able to break through to a technician named O'Neil who gave me the clue which helped me make 9 successful external recordings from vinyls and cassette tapes so far, and makes me feel safe in keeping the unit. The secret? He said this model is NOT ABLE TO HANDLE OVER 74 min.(including the finalization time) of the 80 min. disks. Yes, I finally found Philips disks at Sears. However, the local authorized Philips repair shop uses only Memorex and never heard that they won't work. They are not aware of the 74 min. limit, or of the requirement to use Philips disks. Neither is the dealer at Circuit City. If Philips would tell their DEALERS of this highly kept secret, they would not have so many returned "out of the Box" units on the shelf (which this was one of several) or so many unhappy purchasers.I hope this information is helpful for your particular problem.
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Summary: Nothing but problems
Review: Philips just doesn't know what they're doing, plain and simple. I went through 3 different units and they all had the same problems! Read some of the other reviews for the list of problems; I've encountered most of them. I can't stress how bad their burners are! What a headache having to send it out just to come back with the same problems...on 3 different units none the less! I finally demanded my money back from Circuit City (who I wouldn't recommend either) and went with the Pioneer 839 from Tweeter (who are light years better than CC) and have been very happy with it.
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Summary: Nothing but problems
Review: Philips just doesn't know what they're doing, plain and simple. I went through 3 different units and they all had the same problems! Read some of the other reviews for the list of problems; I've encountered most of them. I can't stress how bad their burners are! What a headache having to send it out just to come back with the same problems...on 3 different untis none the less! I finally demanded my money back from Circuit City (who I wouldn't recommend either) and went with the Pioneer 839 from Tweeter (who are light years better than CC) and have been very happy with it.
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Summary: Philips CDR775BK
Review: The hookup for this recorder is confusing and the manual is not well written. I had to call Philips twice and the store once to figure out how to connect to my tape deck. Once I got it set up though, using it was a piece of cake. It's fun and sounds great!
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Summary: Easier than a casette
Review: The phillips is simple to use. Easy to make your own custom cd's.what more could you want in this day of high tech.Bottom line buy it!
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Summary: Save Your Money
Review: This is a fine product when it works - and that's the catch. Sometimes it will and sometimes it won't. The directions are adequate if you are comfortable with electronics equipment. Otherwise, you have to trust your intuition. The first unit I received arrived already broken. The second one has provided me with two months of alternative pleasure and maddening frustration. [Right now the machine cannot read a disc I just recorded on it.] It can be a nightmare trying to get it to work properly at times. When it does work, it can be a joy. But I would rather have something that is reliable. It is apparent to me that Philips has issued a product with some real quality control probles. I would not buy it again and am already searching for a replacement.
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