Philips Brings DVD Technology To The Next Level By Adding A Record Button

DVD+RW Technology Assures Compatibility With Existing And Future DVD-Video Players

13-Feb-01

Philips Consumer Electronics demonstrated its first DVD-Video recorder, based on DVD+RW technology at the Consumer Electronics Show. The DVDR1000 will be introduced into the U.S. market in the second half of 2001. Compatible with both existing and future DVD-Video and DVD-ROM equipment, Philips DVD-Video recorder allows consumers to create their own DVDs and play the bare disc back on past, present and future players. The DVDR1000 features a DolbyÆ AC-3Æ decoder/encoder for superior sound quality, and an index picture screen, which allows users to see what has been recorded, as well as how much space is available on the disc. In addition, the Philips DVD-Video recorder includes a digital IEEE 1394 data transfer for transferring camcorder footage to DVD, preserving the recordings in perfect digital picture and sound quality. The recorder also has a convenient editing capability, which does not require any special software and allows users to do linear editing directly on the recorder, using the television as a display. In addition to DVD+RW and DVD-Video discs, the DVDR1000 also is compatible with CD, CD-R, CD-RW, S-VCD and VCD discs. ""Only DVD+RW technology offers consumers compatibility that the DVD recordings they make will play back on existing DVD-Video players,"" said Thorsten Koch, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Video, Philips Consumer Electronics, North America. ""Since we expect the installed base of DVD-Video and DVD-ROM players to exceed 160 million by the end of this year, we think that this feature will be highly appreciated by consumers. Philips DVDR1000 broadens the functionality of the DVD-Video player by allowing consumers to simply press a record button to create their own DVDs.""The Philips DVD video recorder will allow consumers to create their own DVDs, recording up to two hours of content on a single 4.7GB DVD+RW disc in DVD quality. It also is possible to record up to four hours of better than VHS quality footage. For consumers who want to record even more content on a single disc, it is possible to create a double-sided disc with a 9.4GB capacity DVD, which allows a total of up to eight hours of recording on a single disc.DVD+RW media are interchangeable between the PC and TV platforms, which means that consumers can record something with their camcorder, copy it onto a DVD+RW disc with the Philips DVDR1000 video recorder, edit it on a PC and play it back on existing DVD-Video players and DVD-ROM drives.For more information, visit www.philips.com.

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