Philips DVD750VR Progressive-Scan DVD-VCR Combo

• Space-saving DVD/VCR combination with front-panel AV input for camcorder or game console
• Progressive-scan output for seamless, flicker-free images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs
• Plays DVD-Video, MP3 CD, CD-R, CD-RW, audio CD, and VHS tapes
• 4-head stereo hi-fi VCR with SQPB (S-VHS playback at VHS resolution)
• Coaxial digital-audio output passes Dolby Digital, DTS surround sound; 3D sound simulates surround through 2 channels

This unit, like much Philips gear, uses a remote protocol that is impossible for most "learning" or even programmable remote controls to emulate. (This maybe purposeful on Philips' part as they try to promote their own Pronto brand of home-theater remotes.)

Even though the picture quality was pretty good with this unit, I ultimately returned it because of the remote incompatibility. To be honest, it didn't really even respond to its own remote control very reliably; Philips' way of multiplexing the functionality of the VCR and DVD on the same remote was quite clumsy. It responds slowly, and you never quite know what "mode" it's in, partly because of the few front-panel indicators, and partly because of the poor on-screen status displays.

Another downside was that, on the VCR side, this unit is incapable of setting its own clock based on the time signal sent out by many PBS stations; in this day and age ALL VCRs should have this "autochron" feature instead of forcing you to watch a blinking 12:00 after a power outage.

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When I first got this player, everything worked great, and the picture was very crisp. Now a year later, the DVD player is starting to act up. I was watching a movie and all of the sudden the dvd froze and I heard this clicking sound. I tried to fast foward and then rewind it, but it wouldn't budge. It got to the point that it would not allow me to eject the dvd or turn the player off. Finally I had to unplug it for awhile, and then was able to get the dvd out. I thought it might be just that dvd, but then I was watching another one and it did the same thing. A friend of mine has the Phillips DVP620VR and has experienced the same problem, and its now to the point that it won't play some dvd's at all. I would not recommend this player for long term use.

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Took some trial and error, but finally got it connected to my plasma tv. What I planned to use this for was for straightforward playback only. No trying to tape things while playing on DVD, no taping of broadcasts, and no fancy editing. Just pushing play.

The biggest surprise is that only original DVD-ROMs seem to play back without any issues. Almost all of my DVD+R's (recorded on the Philips DVDR985 no less) start to skip about 20 minutes into the film. I noticed that the same films on DVD+RW seem to play without any skips.

The skips look like simple jumps of a split second at first. Then the image suddenly freezes up in a multi-cascade manner. At first it happened when I was jumping ahead a chapter or two and when fast-forwarding. When I wanted to watch a movie straight through it did it again.

It must be something with this model. The same DVD+R discs play fine on my other Philips, on my Sony player, and on my computer.

Can't seem to find an answer as to why it skips so bad on DVD+Rs.

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remote controll operation is relatively sophisticated, and i could not have used it without reading the manual, but after that it is a delight. for a reasonalbe price, it provided excellent features, such as ability to play VCD, JPEG, ability to record from DVD to VHS within the player, and does all these things really well, as long as you are familiar with instruction manual, which is easy to use as well.

First DVD unit and with space limited, went for the combo. Remote is not user friendly, hard to use. VCR and DVD worked fine. Programming the VCR once set, can not be turned off, even after recording is complete. Finally had to eject tape to restore basic operation. Now the bad news, after abut one year, VCR ate my tape. Rescued the tape, but VCR will no longer accept tapes. Either ejects them or will not load them. After reading countless reviews, not sure what to get as replacement.