Philips Reveals Its New DVD Recorder Offering Unique Consumer Benefits

New DVDR1000 Recorder Offers Compatibility Without Compromising On Recording Quality And Ease-Of-Use

13-Jul-01

Philips introduced the new DVDR1000 DVD Recorder at the IFA 2001 Consumer Electronics show in Berlin. This recorder makes it easy for consumers to create their own digital-quality video recordings which can then be played back on the vast majority of existing DVD-Video players, and DVD-ROM drives in PCs. Philipsí basic concept in developing this breakthrough product has been simply to add a ""record"" button to the successful DVD-Video format. From the start, the product has been developed to be compatible with existing and future DVD-Video players and DVD-ROM drives. As a result, the DVDR1000 offers the consumer important benefits. The DVDR1000 is the only DVD recorder that offers compatibility without compromising performance or ease-of-use. No complicated preparations or set-up procedures are needed to make a recording; all that is necessary is to load a rewritable DVD disc, select the source, and press ""record."" ""We are very pleased that we have taken the route to develop a DVD recorder that is built on the successful DVD formatî, says Didier Juin, Vice President and General Manager for Philipsí DVD+RW business. ""Our product combines best picture and sound recording quality with the appreciated benefits of the DVD-Video format."" Next to easy recording, the DVDR1000 also makes playback a much richer and more convenient experience than with conventional video recorders. Best of all, the easy-to-use disc navigation features with Index Pictures make it very quick and simple to find any desired recording or available free space on a disc. For quick review of disc contents, a DVD title menu is automatically created when a disc is first recorded, and is updated every time a new recording is added, or the disc contents are modified in any way. The menu and key frames are part of the disc, which means that the menu and key frames will also be displayed when watching the recordings on a DVD-Video player. Matching the quality levels of different video sources, the DVDR1000 has a choice of four recording levels: High Quality, equivalent to studio-quality digital video masters, Standard Play, equivalent to normal DVD-Video digital quality, Long Play, for better than S-VHS video quality, and Extended Play, for extra-long recording times at a quality level still superior to that of standard VHS recordings. These four recording levels give recording times of one, two, three, or four hours, respectively, on a single rewritable DVD disc. All levels can be mixed freely on a disc, so users can choose the optimum recording level every time they make a recording. The right level is automatically selected on playback in a DVD-Video player. Outstanding digital quality is another big advantage of recordings made with the DVDR1000. Variable bit-rate (VBR) technology is applied at all four recording levels, providing the optimum recording quality possible at the given recording length. A high bit rate is used for maximum representation of detail in complex and dynamic scenes, and a lower bit rate is used to save disc space when recording simpler, more static scenes. Even when recording from analog sources such as conventional off-air TV broadcasts, the DVDR1000 gives superior, better-than-original picture quality. A unique combination of advanced features in the DVD Recorder gives improved picture stability by eliminating video jitter, and further enhances picture quality by pre-filtering the incoming analog video signals before they are encoded for digital recording. Providing an ideal way to personalize video recordings, the DVDR1000 offers easy editing facilities, allowing to select the highlights of any recordings. The result of this editing is stored on disc and can be played even when playing a disc on a regular DVD player. The full recording is still available on the disc. Not only can recordings of TV broadcasts be edited in this way - for example to create a personal program library - but camcorder recordings can also be edited, providing direct access to most favorite scenes. With the appropriate software package, the recorded disc can be used in the DVD+RW data drive for enhanced editing functionality such as adding text, dubbing audio, making transitions, and adding local content. Completing its easy operation, the DVDR1000 offers all the standard VCR functions. Easy-to-use on-screen menus make presetting of unattended recordings quicker and more convenient than ever. Just as with a conventional VCR, recordings can be added, deleted or overwritten at any time. New rewritable discs are ready for use immediately without any special preparation, just like a conventional video tape. Recorded discs can be played back immediately - either on the recorder itself or on any DVD video player or PC DVD drive - with no finalization or other special steps. DVD+RW was developed specifically for easy operation and interchangeability of discs between the different player formats, and has been optimized for both video recording and data storage. The DVD+RW developers and promoters are Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP), MCC/Verbatim, Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG), Sony Corporation, Ricoh Company Ltd., and Yamaha Corporation. Thomson Multimedia (NYSE: TMS), manufacturer of RCA entertainment products, recently joined the companies to actively support and promote DVD+RW. More than 25 additional companies in the field of software, PC and CE hardware and production equipment have formally pledged support for DVD+R and DVD+RW technology. For more information about Philips Consumer Electronics, visit www.philipsusa.com.

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