Customer Reviews
Gets the job done 
2007-05-22
This machine is perfect for the second TV in the bedroom. Yes, the remote could have been laid out better, but once you're familiar with it it's fine.
Love it Love it Love it 2007-05-16
This player is awesome. All in one and works fantastically!
Outstanding unit which plays all my DVD's!!Read your User Manual before you come here and slam it. 2007-05-07
It's sad to see some of the bad reviews here. I see a lot of people complaining about the remote not having an eject feature, no manual tracking, and a lot of other what I feel is non relevant to this awesome unit! First of all you CAN manually adjust the tracking of tapes, just look at page 33 of your User Manual. Read the manual people!! I know it looks like 200 pages long but in the English part it's a whole 66 pages!! As far as having a button to open the disc tray you still have to get up and change the disc's anyway. Lets get to what really matters, I have a $300.00 Toshiba unit that won't play any DVD's unless it's a commercial one bought in the store. This system plays every disc I own, commercial, burned +, -, you name it! The hook up is a breeze, The sound with the High Fi is awesome and my tapes play great! It records television no problem. I just want to say an awesome unit for an awesome price!! Thanks,Wayne L.
the Phillips DVP3150V HiFi DVD/VCR Combo 
2007-04-15
Although the player works fine, arrived in good condition and the price was
right, I must say that it misses a couple of features that I liked in my
previous Sony DVD/VCR. Specifically it lacks a fast rewind and it automatically ejects the vhs tape when rewound. This can cause problems
with small children and animals who may pull it out and tamper with the tape.
It also feels like the dvd loading tray is flimsy and could break quite easily. But all said, it does the job, plays the tapes and dvd's and that is
what I am most interested in.
Reasonable price, prompt delivery & excellent condition 2007-03-23
I ordered this DVD/VCR combo as a gift, hoping that it would arrive before the birthday. Not only did it arrive in time, but it was in excellent condition- as if I had went to the store myself! There were no "... not included" (requiring me to go out for unexpected trips to the store to get a few required parts which were omitted by the store/factory).
Philips DVP3150V HiFi DVD/VCR Combo 2008-02-25
This unit was bought at a great price. It arrived in its original factory carton and everything I needed for a fast hookup was in the box. I have been using it for a month and am completely satisfied. While it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a more expensive unit, it work just fine for our needs.
I used to think Philips was good quality 
2007-11-18
Based on my personal experience with the Philips DVP 3150V: I bought this for my parents so they could view DVD video sent to them from our family from the East coast. The DVDs that they received were produced on excellent video equipment but did not play on the DVD player despite all of the manual's "Hoorah." I could play the DVDs on my computer so I went out and bought seven different types of DVD+R and DVD-R media. None of them worked. Simple 30 minute DVDs didn't work at all; NONE. I immediately brought them my Daewoo which proceeded to play every DVD and is six years older than the Philips. I won't knock the play of pre-recorded and regular rental DVDs for that it's excellent but if you want to watch DVD videos made by family and friends from all over the globe, some in hostile areas, I'm convinced, this is not the VCR/DVD Player to go with. It's garbage and the mere fact it doesn't play our family/friends movies means that whatever Philips wrote on the box to sell it can't always be believed. The remote, well, I won't even comment about that. This is something that would be great for a classroom but it doesn't belong in a living room during a holiday when it fails to play family made DVD videos. The only reason it gets a "one star" rating is because amazon's system won't let me grade that low. Emotions are what fuel our happiness and right now, I ain't very happy. Skip this one, look at an eight year old Daewoo. Disclaimer: Once again, this is based on my personal experience with the Philips DVP 3150V.
Ghost in the machine 2007-11-06
This unit is horrible. It has a mind of it's own. It never would tape a show. (Yes, I had everything set up correctly). It won't play a DVD unless there's also a tape in the machine. When you try to play a VHS tape, it will only play for 15 seconds and then the machine turns itself off. The entire unit just shuts off! Save your money and get something else!!
No Problem - Works Great 2007-09-01
I purchased this item to use for my Video Editing needs. I ended up using in on my 65' HDTV because my VCR/DVD Recorder started to act like a cheap garage sale VCR/DVD player. I have not experienced any problems with this Philips device as far as playing VCRs or DVD. It was simple to hook up.
Does exactly what I want! 2007-07-04
Before buying this one, I actually first bought a cheaper DVD/VCR combo. But found that one only has playback capability. No recording, no TV tuner. Returned it because I want a full functioning VCR.
There are two Philips models that I seriously considered: Philips DVP3150V and DVP3340V. They are same price, but I found again that DVP3340V has no TV tuner! Look around you will be surprised how many VCR/DVD players do not come with a TV tuner today! This is an important fuction of a VCR, why cut it? just to save manufacturing cost??!!!
I am glad that the DVP3150V has everything. All I need for a low price. You name it, VHS playback, DVD+R/DVD-R readability, TV tuner/recording...These are what matters for a VCR/DVD combo.
The picture quality of this VCR is good.
This Philips serves your basic A/V needs at a really small fraction of the cost those video enthusiastics pay!
