Cambridge Audio DVD55-RWI Review

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Average rating for this product is: 3.2 out of 5

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smeke's Review of Cambridge Audio DVD55-RWI DVD Recorder

21st Dec 2004

Overall Rating

Value for money
Image Quality
Features

Time DVD Recorder Owned
Between 1 - 4 Weeks
Sound Quality
Ease of Use

Good Points

Solid, attractive design, good valu, good quality recording at higher bit rate, easy to navigate menus, good connectivity.

Bad Points

Plays only + media, many artifacts on low bit rates, display too small to read at distance, gets very, very hot, magnetic/radio shielding appears questionable.

General Comments

Generally pleased with my Cambridge Audio DVD55-RWI, one of the few British manufactured DVD writers on the market. It has a full set of gold-plated connectors and works perfectly with my home cinema set-up. It's good value, and does what it's meant to. 2-hr recordings are the maximum I find acceptable in terms of quality; the 4-hr mode and less are full of artifacts. Appears vulnerable to radio interference (my central heating boiler -- which does not interfere with any of my other electronic equipment -- bizarrely causes diagonal green bands to appear on the display in "monitor mode") - intend to report this problem to Cambridge Audio. Took days to figure out the source of the interference. Although not causing me any alarm, the unit gets extremely hot during recordings - be careful with the surface you place it on!!