Philips DVDR9000H/10
At long last Philips website has some hard facts on the 9000 for the UK market. Despite it's strange /10 suffix not being the usual /05 used for the UK!
(interesting bits in red)
Features
Superior quality audio/video recording & playback
Picture / Display
(interesting bits in red)
Features
Superior quality audio/video recording & playback
- [highlight]Pixel Plus for better details, depth and clarity [/highlight]
- HDMI out for digital high-definition video and digital audio
- Video Upscaling for improved resolution of up to 1080i lines
- [highlight]Integrated Digital TV Tuner for direct recording [/highlight]
- [highlight]5.1 channel audio recording of TV programs from set-top box [/highlight]
- GUIDE Plus+ with keyword-based programming
- Record more than 650 hours of TV on the [highlight]400GB[/highlight]hard disk
- Pause Live TV pauses and resumes live TV as it suits you
- DualMedia records on DVD+R/+RW, DVD+R DL and DVD-R/-RW discs
Picture / Display
- D/A converter : [highlight]12[/highlight] bit, 74.25 MHz
- A/D converter : 9 bit, 27 MHz Picture enhancement : [highlight]Pixel Plus[/highlight], Progressive scan, Video upscaling
- D/A converter : 24 bit, 192 kHz
- A/D converter : 24 bit, 96 kHz
- Crosstalk (1kHz) : 100 dB
- Dynamic range (1kHz) : 90 dB
- Signal/noise ratio : 100
- Sound system : Dolby Digital, MPEG2
- Distortion and noise (1kHz) : 85 dB
- Frequency response : 20 - 20 000 Hz Hz
- Recording system : PAL
- Compression formats : MPEG2
- Recording modes : High Quality (HQ), Standard Play (SP), Standard Play Plus (SPP), Long Play (LP), Extended Play (EP), Super Long Play (SLP), Super Extended Play (SEP)
- Audio compression : [highlight]Dolby Digital [/highlight]
- Disc playback media : CD-R/CD-RW, DVD, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-RW (Video mode), DVD-R, MP3-CD, Video CD/SVCD
- Compression formats : MPEG2, MPEG1
- Video disc playback system : NTSC, PAL
- Disc playback media : MP3-CD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW
- Compression format : Dolby Digital, MP3, MPEG2 Multichannel, PCM
- MP3 bit rates : 32 - [highlight]320[/highlight] kbps
- Disc playback media : DVD+R/+RW, Picture CD, CD-R/RW
- Picture compression format : JPEG
- Picture enhancement : Create albums, Rotate, Slideshow
- Hard disk capacity : [highlight]400 GB [/highlight]
- Recording media : DVD+R, DVD+R double layer, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW
- HDD recording enhancements : [highlight]Instant jump[/highlight], Instant replay, Time shift buffer, [highlight]Time status bar [/highlight]
- TV system : PAL, SECAM
- Aerial input : 75 ohm coaxial (IEC75) DVB : [highlight]DVB Terrestrial [/highlight]
- Front / Side connections : Audio left / right in, i.LINK DV in (IEEE1394, 4-pin), S-Video in, Video in
- Other connections : Analogue audio left / right out 2x, Component video out progressive, Composite video (CVBS) out, Digital coaxial in, Digital coaxial out, Digital optical out, HDMI out, IR mouse, RF antenna in / TV out, S-Video out, SCART 2x, DVB in, DVB out
- Electronic Programming Guide : [highlight]Automatic Series Recording[/highlight], GUIDE Plus+, Keyword-based search
- Programming/Timer Enhancements : Automatic satellite recording, Daily / weekly repeat program, IR set top box control, Manual timer, One Touch Recording, [highlight]ShowView[/highlight], VIDEO Plus+, VPS/PDC recording control
- Child Protection : Child lock & parental control
- Clock : Smart clock
- Digital content management : Digital Photo Manager
- Ease of installation : Analogue Follow TV, Autoinstall
- Programmable events : [highlight]25 (=7300's)[/highlight]
- Power supply : 200-240 V, 50Hz
- Standby power consumption : <5W
- Power consumption : 49 W
- Included accessories : AC power cord, Batteries for remote control, Coax RF antenna cable, Full SCART cable, IR extender cable, Quick start guide, RF cable, Safety & warranty booklet, Universal Remote Control, User manual
- Remote Control 12NC : 312814717941
- Set Width : 435 mm
- Set Height : 89 mm
- Set Depth : 350 mm
- Set Weight : 9.5 kg
- Packaging Width : 600 mm
- Packaging Height : 219 mm
- Packaging Depth : 465 mm
- Product weight : 11.5 kg
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Comments
Also, spec matches the details from Dec's What Video on the 9000 (re disk size & 5.1'ness).
If the thing ever appears in the shops is another thing! I suspect something serious is up with the 7300. My local Comet showed it as discontinued on their in-house computers and it's vanished from the online web site too.
So Philps have no decent spec HD recorder this Xmas. Somone ****ed up there. And me, with a credit card dying to be swiped to the limit
Whether the 7300H or the 9000H ever appear, is anyone's guess.
At least the country codes are less variable than the actual release dates.
Which must be particularly embarrassing since they're still flogging it to death on the UK home page with a dead link
http://www.dcsat.com/loewe_peri_item.asp?product_id=345 offer at £599 as Ive ordered include delivery total to £609 and yes it delayed until middle on February.
"Please accept our sincerest apologies for the time taken to answer
your query.
With regards to your query we can advise that there is no current
release date for the DVDR9000H/05 the unit will be available over the
next coming months and will be released in the UK.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
We trust that the information provided will be of assistance."
However I gave up waiting for it and now have a splendid Pioneer 630H
I notice the DVD recording speed is still only a measily 2x (raw data rate), so no need for fast blank disks then! Phew :rolleyes:
No longer any mention of how to do that "Automatic Series Recording" anymore - feature dropout strikes again?
The Digital terrestial support seems limited to a bare tuner, no ability to see its EPG let alone use it to set recordings.
It is a pure GuidePlus system with a single digital tuner added. And as such, is tied to the analogue ITV TV signal and Teletext (or Eurosport if u have Sky). And when that gets turned off in a few years your 650-700 squid gorgeously styled box becomes a very very expensive DVD recorder and timer based HD recorder.
Unless the joy of recording 5.1 sound from somwehere can justify it I'd have to say it's another product that doesn't sway me to part with my pennies.
But the 7250 is promissed to have a digital tuner too, less disk and about half as much money. HDMI output?- no idea. 5.1 - doubt it, and don't care. A better deal for most I'd say. Perhaps that's the real reason Philips canned the 7300 - with no Freeview support, its appeal was going to be very low in the UK with so much digital TC penetration here. of course - the 7250 has to appear on a shelf ....
Would I be correct in assuming that the EPG data is contained within the digital stream from the DVB tuner and as such could be put to use in a future firmware upgrade if Philips were to choose to support it?
Given that the publication date for the manual was some months ago, it looks like Digital EPG was either never in the spec or pulled a long time ago - earlier reports on the spec only mention Guide Plus+.
John Daniels
Website now says March and the price has gone up by 100 Quid
It was a personal hope that u could utilise the DVB-T EPG with/instead of the Guideplus one. Had an inkling it would be a barebones aproach and just have a digitial tuner. A bit crap giving us only 1 tuner. Interested in what the 7250 will be - a 9000 with 250G not 400G drive, no 5.1 recording, no pixelplus. Sounds quite good for 350 rumoured price. Bet it doesn't look like a 9000 though and has that cheap remote rather than decent one on Cineos ranges :mad: . Ah well.
I'd have thought it to be highly unlikely.
John Daniels
On a geological timescale, perhaps.
Anyone reading the threads on the various excuses that Philips Customer Service have trotted out with the 7300H, will hardly be impressed by yet another 'official' 9000H explanation by email.
Or the TOSHIBA RD85DT ?
However, back to the DVDR7250H, I can confirm that it has Dolby Digital 5.1 recording in the top 2 quality modes, only immediate hitch with this is that my SKY+ box has optical out, and the 7250H has only coaxial in (but both optical and coaxial out). Yes I know you can get converters, possibly my AV amp will do it, but it is still annoying.
The manual makes mention of both analogue and digital tuners, I will confirm this once I've got it set up today. No mention of a Freeview EPG though, just Guideplus. I don't see a problem with this though, as the TV uses the 7 Day Freeview EPG and can control a DVD Recorder via Pin 8 of the Scart for timer recording , apparently.
Other points of interest are a Progressive Scan component output, G Link transmitter for set top box control, and I-Link DV input for a digital camcorder (the main reason that I ruled out getting one of the new Pioneer DVR540s as no DV input apparently).
To the best of my knowledge, this Philips DVDR7250H is the first DVD recorder to actually appear in the UK that can do Dolby Digital 5.1 recording. I will report back when I've got it up and running and had time to play.
Well I've had mine for a few days and I quite like it, but as a fellow owner could you confirm if when empty your hard disk says its 90% free? Philips are a bit poor at interpreting my emails to them :mad:
Also, any ideas of the multiregion hack and how to remove unwanted tuner presets?
P.S. What do you think of the SP recording quality?
In response to an earlier post about Comet being expensive, I did buy this recorder as part of a package i.e only paid £1399 for the 32PF7521D TV and this recorder (Normally £1199 for the TV and £399 for the 7250H). I've looked around and you would be hard pushed to beat that online. Plus I can walk into a shop if there are any problems.
I'm actually very impressed with the recorder. Having previously used the Pioneer DVR420HS, Philips' approach to Hard Disk recorders is completely different. All TV programs must be recorded to the Hard Disk first. However you do appear to be able to record do a DVD directly from the I-Link DV input.
From the moment you turn the machine on, it starts to record everything you watch into it's 6 hour buffer. This is really useful, as you can look back and see everything by Program Name (taken from the EPG) and select anything you wish to save to Hard Disk, and subsequently DVD. (The buffer clears when you switch to standby).
Picture quality from the both the analogue and digital tuners are excellent. The digital tuner is actually a little better than the one built in to my TV to my eyes. We live in an area that has very strong Freeview reception, but to my eyes the recorded picture quality in the top 2 modes (XP and SP) are virtually indistinguishable from broadcast.
Guideplus took a couple of hours to install itself after leaving the machine in standby. We also have Sky+, but I have to say that I find Guideplus more readable, and I've done about half a dozen recordings so far that have worked without a problem. The machine also use the standard Freeview EPG for Now and Next Program information.
To be honest I actually prefer the interface to that of the Pioneer, which I never found easy to use. I actually think the recording quality is better on the Philips than the Pioneer too. I was considering the new Pioneer DVR540HXS, but the lack of a DV input killed it for me, plus the Philips has 5.1 audio recording.
Perhaps we should start a thread for this particular machine now. Sorry that I don't have any details of a multi-region hack. I probably wouldn't bother if I did, as I use an Arcam DV79 for DVD replay.
Oh, and yes Damian it does only show 90% free when the hard drive is empty, I am assuming the 10% is for the timeshift buffer.