Philips will stop the development of new DVD-recorders in September, while the current generation of DVD recorders will disappear for consumers after next year. A Dutch financial magazine, Het Financieele Dagblad, announced that Philips will no longer put any money in the development of DVD-recorders after the 1st of September.
For now it's still unclear what will happen with the company's DVR line, since a hard drive and DVD burner are both included with these DVRs. A spokesman of Philips isn't giving any extra info on this, besides saying that the Blu-ray and DVD players will continue to be sold under the 'Philips' brand.
It will be interesting to see what happens to the company's DVRs, since a while ago we announced that a new Philips DVR automatically skipped commercials and ad-blocks...
