Product Features:

• 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

Product Description:

Watch movies from VHS tape or from premium-quality progressive-scan DVD, view digital-image slide shows, listen to audio CDs with crystal-clear sound, or play homemade MP3 CDs through living-room speakers--all from one affordable, space-saving device. The Philips DVD750VR also lets you record off-air in hi-fi stereo sound and watch a camcorder or hook up a gaming console through its convenient front-panel audio/video inputs. Picture-CD functionality includes one-by-one playback and image zoom. Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVD750VR stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The DVD750VR also performs 3:2 pulldown. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture. S-video and shared DVD/VCR composite-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television. A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's coaxial digital-audio output for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. If you don't have a surround receiver or six-channel speaker setup, you can still make every movie night the ultimate experience: 3D sound simulates surround sound through two speakers (even the stereo speakers on a TV). The VCR's four-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images, and with hi-fi sound the unit records and plays back stereo audio tracks. SQPB (quasi-S-VHS playback) lets you watch S-VHS tapes--which normally requires a special S-VHS VCR--at standard VHS resolution. Other features include timer recording, auto head cleaning, auto repeat playback (great for trade shows and presentations), high-speed search, and one-touch recording. What's in the Box DVD/VCR combo, remote control (with batteries), user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, RF coaxial video cable, warranty information.
From the Manufacturer Discover the progressive scan difference. See razor sharper images on your Philips DVD750VR DVD Player and VCR Combination with progressive scan. Plus, experience the best of VCR with VHS time search, VHS index search, and one touch recording. Features: 3:2 Pull Down Progressive Scan for high vertical resolution and razor sharp images Component, S-video, Composite, and Cable Jack connections Coaxial digital audio output for high quality audio connection Unified Remote Control for... read more


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Description from Manufacturer:Watch movies from VHS tape or from premium-quality progressive-scan DVD, view digital-image slide shows, listen to audio CDs with crystal-clear sound, or play homemade MP3 CDs through living-room speakers--all from one affordable, space-saving device. The Philips DVD750VR also lets you record off-air in hi-fi stereo sound and watch a camcorder or hook up a gaming console through its convenient front-panel audio/video inputs. Picture-CD functionality includes one-by-one playback and image zoom.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVD750VR stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

The DVD750VR also performs 3:2 pulldown. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture. S-video and shared DVD/VCR composite-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television.

A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's coaxial digital-audio output for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. If you don't have a surround receiver or six-channel speaker setup, you can still make every movie night the ultimate experience: 3D sound simulates surround sound through two speakers (even the stereo speakers on a TV).

The VCR's four-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images, and with hi-fi sound the unit records and plays back stereo audio tracks. SQPB (quasi-S-VHS playback) lets you watch S-VHS tapes--which normally requires a special S-VHS VCR--at standard VHS resolution. Other features include timer recording, auto head cleaning, auto repeat playback (great for trade shows and presentations), high-speed search, and one-touch recording.

What's in the Box
DVD/VCR combo, remote control (with batteries), user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, RF coaxial video cable, warranty information.Average Customer Rating:

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Comment: Watch out if you use home made DVDs Rating:
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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Comment: Good price and good product Rating:
I have had this item for 2 months now and have watched numerous DVD's on my 55" hdtv. Works like a charm and has great picture quality. I have not attempted to do any type of recording, or even use the VHS yet.
There is a switch on the back where you can choose progressive scan or normal. I only used the progressive scan feature.

The main reason why I purchased this is because my HDTV is also a phillips (55PP9753). What I really need to get now is the home theather system.

Very happy with it.

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Comment: Do not buy. Philips service is non-existent Rating:
I would not recommend this product to anyone. The remote is difficult to use. Their support is worse.

I bought this product and it broke the very first day of use. I put in a VCR tape in the machine. I had just watched this movie and rewound the tape that morning. I played a little bit of the tape and then tried to rewind it. It would not rewind and got stuck in the machine. It was flashing err 2. I called their support line. I got cut off twice and had to explain my problem to 3 different people. They could not help. They did not know what err 2 meant. The product was still under warranty as this was the same day I had purchased it. If I wanted it fixed, I had to send it to a repair center at my expense, even though it was brand new. A friend of mine got the tape removed and then it flashed err 3. The VCR part of this brand new machine was not usable.

I returned the product to the store.

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