Philips DVDR3400 LSI chipset
 

i got this philips dvdr3400/37 basically as a throw in with a JVC SVHS vcr i bought.

it is in real good shape with remote and barely used
i popped the cover off and it does have the LSI Logic chip.

i know some other Phillips unit are crappy - even the LSI ones
has anyone tryed one of these units and it is any good?
this unit was built in 2006 and even has an HDMI output

something obvious?
 

Really? How are you able to tell by merely looking at its internals?
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Thanks!

Some of those Philips models were dreadful. The big problem was forcing 720x480 when video needed to be 352x480. So the machine was only good for XP mode, and not much else.

I tried most LSI Logic chipset models when they were still new, from 2004 to 2006. I use to interact with several magazine writers in UK and USA, and took part in tests several times. I imported PAL machines, as well as used the weird off-brand units available in NTSC. The only ones I chose to keep long-term were the LiteOn and JVC. Eventually I sold off the LiteOn, too, and kept only the JVC as the best of the best.

The Zenith units were probably a close second to the JVC, but suffered from secondary issues (I forget what at this point in time) and were harder to find. The Apex units were as good as the JVC, encoding/image-wise, but had exploding power supplies, and an IRE switching error, making then unusable.

My mom has an LSI Samsung. It's okay, but lacks an FR or 3-hour mode -- pick from 1,2,4 hours, and that's it. The biggest issue with non-JVC LSI models was poor usage. Lacking 3-hour or FR made the unit encode in already-lousy bitrate/resolutions ratios. So while it removed chroma noise, it still suffered from artifacts and grain noise on anything other than 1-hour "XP" mode.