Philips DVDR5500 Review

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Sighn's Review of Philips DVDR5500 DVD Recorder

21st Nov 2007

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Image Quality
    4.5 stars
  • Features
    5 stars
  • Time DVD Recorder Owned
    Less than a Week
  • Sound Quality
    5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    3.5 stars
Good Points

+Quality DVD playback and recording. Recording is even good quality when compression setting is higher than average, for longer record times.
+Upscaled/progressive DVD option actually makes a big difference, for fixed-pixel displays.
+Recorded programmes, from this recorder, play fine in my computer (compatibility).
+VideoPlus and automatic titling for recorded programmes.
+The machine is quiet and also fast at loading and starting up (well, in comparison to my previous DVD recorder).
+Divx /Xvid is a nice addition and works fine. Common subtitle files are supported.
+Lots of connectivity inputs/outputs. This even includes firewire and USB inputs.
+Multi-region capable.
+Shipped with a free HDMI cable!


Bad Points

-Have to go into the TV Guide menu to see what is currently broadcasting on other stations.
-Unscaled video quality, for Freeview, is negligible.
-Cannot add chapters manually, for recording, unless the source is an external device.


General Comments

For the price, the DVDR5500 actually offers a lot of options and capability. Some may say it is a shame that it does not have a built in hard drive, but there are more expensive versions, of this model, that do (certain Philips PVRs). Since I am not interested in having a PVR, this model turned out to be near perfect, for me.

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  • Sighn Rank: Corporal on 3rd Dec 2007

    -Unscaled video quality, for Freeview, is negligible. (Upscaled*)