Philips Dictation Australia Price Rise For The Popular DVT Digiital Voice Tracers

We have heard that a price rise is on the way for the Philips range Digital Voice Tracers (DVT). It will be effective from 1st June, 2009.

Philips blames the increase on the state of the Australian dollar against the Euro, the dictation arm of Philips is run out of Vienna. To be fair, they have held off as long as they could, Olympus jumped back in February with an across the board price rise.

On average the DVTs will go up by around 25% on their current pricing. Even with the increase these voice recorders are still excellent value. The are rich in features (and a couple of gimicks), easy to use, look great and record very well.

How To: Update The Philips Digital Voice Tracer DVT Firmware

The latest digital voice tracer notetakers from Philips (DVT models 600, 620, 660, 860 & 880) can be updated via a firmware download on the Philips Dictation website. The firmware updates will address bug fixes and may in the future provide additional functionality to the recorders.

The firmware update is relatively simple on either Windows or Mac.