Magnavox 537, 535, 533, 515, 513, 2160A, 2160, 2080 & Philips 3576, 3575 - Page 58

I don't have a spliter but I will try making a bad rf connection. Both problem channels are digital: 8.1 and 13.1 the analog 8 and 13 are fine.

I don't see any mention of the DVDR3576 on the Sams club web site, and my local club seems to be running out with no sign of replacements.
I wonder if the end of the Philips HDD DVD recorders is getting close.

I got mine from Sam's Club here in Buffalo. They had about 10 or 15 of them. I went through 2 and was unsatisfied with my results and they went back. I've decided I may try a Pioneer DVR660H-K. Only problem is I have to go to Canada to get one. Luckily I am only 10 mins from the border :-)

Good luck, I hope if you find one that gives you the results your looking for.

Cheers,
Jim

I have had my 3576 for a few months, and just tried playing some DVD-R movies that I recorded on my PC. I have the sound track, but no video on any of these movies. They have worked on all other DVD players that I have tried except the 3576. Any suggestions? Thanks

Further update on my Philips 3576 saga --

Returned my 3576 to Sam's Club for a replacement. The stock was lower, but they still had plenty. Picked up another with a May 19, 2008 build date. No more recent date was available.

After I hooked it up to my system (Comcast extended analog; coax to 3576, to signal amp, to 2-way splitter, to TV -- 1st output, to remaining components -- 2nd output; 3576 to TV via component) I scanned for available analog and digital channels.

Good news -- all the available digital channels were available by surfing. I did not do a Wajo stress test -- rapid surfing; I will try that later.
Since I had no previous problems with analog channels, I did not check them.

I decided to do a quick check of recording digital channels, so I set up eight 5-min timer recordings from 8 different digital channels. More later...

One interesting thing I noted when I did the skip-1,2,3 check on firmware versions, etc., was that all the versions were the same as my first 3576 except for one -- the DTV-S Version was DIFFERENT!! -- 0x93 for this recorder, and 0x90 for the first recorder. I don't know if this difference is significant, but so far the digital channels are OK on my replacement 3576 (knock on wood).

Another update after I check the timer recordings.

Further update on my replacement 3576 - I tried a series of eight 5-min recordings from different digital channels. I can now report success. All digital channels recorded properly.

I also performed a modified Wajo channel surf stress test by rapidly surfing through all the digital channels -- also successful, no blue screens.

So far, so good -- I'll be trying to record additional digital channel programs and other features of the recorder in the days ahead. I will report back here the results.

wajo -- overt here.
My 3576, built april 2008, is 090. Wonder if that 093 would be better at compatibility with my DV10?
Would a change like this warrant a firmware up date on their site?
Stressed again stressbox

Seeing that you live in the Buffalo area, I dont see how having to "go to Canada" to get one is a problem or a bad thing......it's only (at the most) 25 miles away from most Metro Buffalo areas to the closest Future Shop or Best Buy in Niagara Falls Ontario area to get your Pioneer DVR660H-K DVD recorder (10 mins away in your case)......many of your fellow-Americans dont have that priveledge of being able to "have to go to Canada" due to the distance....sure, you May have a bit of a hassle going through the border to go back to the US with your recorder and all the hassle the Bush Administration has created at border points now.....needing a US passport or being refused return re-entry to US even as a US citizen ......aside from that, ..so, you have some toll costs, but, you make it sound like you have to cross oceans to get something that you cant get back home and obviously want !! It's too bad the Philips 3576 didn't meet your needs......it's definitely a winner in my home !!

kenavs.....I was beginning to wonder that same thing....I noticed Best Buy in Canada has had the Philips DVDR3576 selling for the regular price of $299.99 since its introduction in the spring of 2008, and prior to that they sold the 3575 for $299.99

Now all of the sudden, Best Buy Canada has raised the price of this Philips 3576 HDD DVD recorder up to $359.99 and only show 6 left on their nationwide "online" stock inventory.

I also periodically check the Walmart.com site to check availabity for stores within a 45min driving distance from where I live and for months now, no stores in the Metro Detroit area have had any in stock ....and the few times when they do show stock, it is gone the next day......so they seem to be harder and harder to find......even Circuit City in the US has always stocked this recorder and they no longer seem to be offering it on their online website ?........hmmh.......something's up ?

Sadly, it makes you wonder if the end is indeed near for the Philips DVD HDD recorder and any retailers who are left with any stock realize this and are jacking up the price to take advantage of the shortage ? (good ole' supply and demand)

I have been more than pleased with this recorder and I can't begin to thank Wajo, yourself and so many other posters enough for their great contributions to this forum..........great job for a great recorder !!

That's strange Wajo...I just checked the Walmart site earlier today and it still showed "out of stock" online...they must have just replenished their online inventories this evening ?

Wajo....you are just the best when it comes to your in-depth knowledge of both the 3575/76 Philips DVD HDD recorders....I have refered to your comprehensive "tips" posting many times and each time I did, you were bang on !! I realize it is a compilation of so many users and other people sharing their experiences, but overall, it has been you that has put it all together and have made this a comprehensive Q * A forum......Im surprised Philips didn't snatch you up and have you head up their marketing division for this recorder !!

Cryptic might be an understatement. Your link works, but I could not see the item any other way. When you click on the DVD Players & Recorders category that it is supposed to be in, it does not show up, and the manufacturer is not listed in the title, and I could not find the model number anywhere.
All that said, I did ask the MOD at my Sams to check the item number and I was told it was still active, and they would probably receive some more.
Since, as you have pointed out, it has reappeared at Walmart on-line the immediate future of the DVDR3576 looks a little brighter.
It still bothers me that Philips on-line shows it out of stock.

I was surprised today after recording SNL from September 13th airing to the HD..I edited out the commercials, and dubbed the edited version to a disc to take and watch at a friends place..........I tested the disc I had created on the Philips recorder on my computer and just for the heck of it, I tried to display CC and it worked !! So, it does pick up the CC signal on the DTV broadcasts during recording. For some reason, when playing back a DTV broadcast recording on the Philips, it wont recognize this embedded CC signal on playback ? Windows Vista Media player did however recognize the CC signal..........so, it does appear the 3576 does record the embedded CC signal on DTV broadcasts ?
Anyone else have any experience with the DTV CC signal and how it's recorded on the Philips DVD recorder ?

My apologies if this has been covered in previous posts, I may have missed it

I am curious if anyone has any experience with the Maxell DVD+RW 4x disks carried at Walmart.
I have been using mostly DVD+RW in my DVDR3575 and DVDR3576 with good success. Initially Sams Club carried Verbatim 4x, then Sony 4x, but I haven't seen any DVD+RWs at the Sams Clubs I have been to lately. The choices at the local Office Max, Office Depot, and Staples aren't too appealling either (Memorex and house brands).

I unscrewed the antenna connection and reattached it just by one thread,
just enough to keep it on and all the disturbance on the screen disapeared.
So now what is a permanent solution. The wire as it is could fall off at any moment.
Thanks for all your help I never would have thought too strong a signal could be the problem.

I got 1 question that I think I already know (just want to make sure I'm looking at Wajo's hookups right).

Got my GF a 3576 for her B/D. She gets reception OTA with a Zenith-DTT901. She wants to use the DTT901 for her main tuner. So the 3576 will be hooked first from ant. than coming out of the 3576 to the DTT901 than out of the DTT901 to the TV...right?

With the DTT901 on she can watch TV and the 3576 can be recording a show at the same time...right?

Oh, I guess thats 2 questions.

Oh BTW, I got the 3576 at Sams in Fullerton CA. They had at least 20 in stock!

Since you posted about using scene delete to even get rid of "extra bits" from the beginning and end of recordings, I've used that method and it works perfectly.

I'm wondering about one little thing, tho'.

When using the "divide" feature to achieve the same thing, we can then delete the "extra bits" and clear them off the hard drive.

Does "scene delete" also make that hard drive space available for use, or is the data in that space still retained as a part (albeit an invisible part) of the recording we're continuing to save?

That's correct. But tell her she will get better PQ from the Zenith if she uses the composite out to feed the TV rather than the RF output.

If the Zenith-DTT901 is a digital-to-analog converter box, it sounds like you'll be setting it up right.

(You're also feeding the 3576's video into the TV by way of audio/video cables, right?)

I have pretty much the same setup, only using a VCR instead of a digital converter box. The cable goes into the 3576, then out to the VCR. VCR continues to get all channels just fine, and the 3576 isn't negatively affected at all.

Come to think of it, a big plus to this (in a different room I'm doing something more like what you're doing) is that you only have to use one antenna, and can use the digital box's signal strength meter to figure out when the antenna is pointed just right.

The 3576 lacks such a meter, but if both units are working off the one antenna, using the converter box's meter will also help you get best antenna position and reception for the Philips as well.

For anybody that's looking for one in the NW Chicago suburbs, the Sam's here must have at least 75 of them in huge piles.