Philips DVDR5520H 160GB Storage, Upscaling DVD Recorder Reviews
17 Real Customer Reviews - Summary
+ This DVD recorder has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on ease of use.
“This model is fine for playing dvds, and the time-shift buffer (silly name for liv…”
Tim, Bath
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Tim, Bath , “I like watching films”
Score 6.0/10+ This model is fine for playing DVDs, and the Time-Shift Buffer (silly name for live TV recorded to the hard-drive) is great to pause live tv and watch an hour later or to go back over 6 hours of previously watch programs.
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The key things to know are as follows:
1.You can't transfer recorded TV to the DVD burner (except in DVD vob format), or to the USB memory card. This is a really big downer as to get TV recorded from the hard drive you have to burn a DVD and then rip the DVD into DIVX which takes to long.
2. Files played form a USB stick have to be DIVX - it's very fussy about recognising other file formats forget wmv,rm or XVID. The USB doesnt recognise external USB hard drives or computers - works ok with a 4GB memory stick.
3. When you select a section to record to the hard drive from the Time-shift buffer, it seems to rerecord it in real time! This is way to slow for practical use.
4. Some operations only work in standby mode which is inconvenient.
purchased 03 Apr 2008
Barrie, Burton on Trent , “I like the best”
Score 8.0/10+ Very versatile modern machine
- May take a while to get used to operating
purchased 26 Mar 2008
Margaret, Aberdeen
Score 9.0/10+ Always liked Philips Products. This machine is sleek and good looking!! Would recommend it excellent value for the money.
- Can take a while to load.
purchased 01 Apr 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10
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abilility to record freeview whilst watching other channels
ease to set up recordings
- original set up
purchased 04 Jun 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Upscaling picture quality is fantastic- especially when you have a LARGE HDTV. Plays DIVX directly from a USB pen
- The EPG was a bit fiddly to sync.
purchased 03 Oct 2008
LOUISE, MERSEYSIDE , “WORKING MUM”
Score 6.0/10+ COMPACT AND ATTRACTIVE CASING. PLENTY OF FEATURES.
- SLOW TO LOAD. QUITE COMPLICATED TO USE
purchased 30 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 6.0/10+ Menus are easy to use as is the guide+ for selecting TV programmes to record. Silent in use.
- Use with a camcorder gave various problems which required resetting. Does not allow connecting an external hardisk and does not allow copying video files to the USB port (even if they come from a camcorder). Fairly slow startup.
purchased 27 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 7.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- The clock is very strange as it stays at the time you have closed the DVD player for a very long time and then starts moving. It is NEVER at the correct time and the manual is not very good at explaining how to rectify this problem. Another problem is that I wanted to record directly on to disc but it appears I cannot do this and you have to record to the hard drive then to disc. This is extremely annoying
purchased 27 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ picture quality
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only 1 tuner
slow menu
purchased 21 Nov 2008
Keef, Canterbury
Score 9.0/10+ Easy to use menu wth a sleek turntable on the remote.
- None, i can't fault this machine
purchased 30 Nov 2008
William, Alness , “Movie fan”
Score 8.0/10+ Not used it extensivley yet but operates easliy with set up easy with onscreen prompts.
- Reviewer left no comment
purchased 05 Dec 2008
Bob, Altrincham
Score 1.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- Reviewer left no comment
purchased 05 May 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- Reviewer left no comment
purchased 22 Jul 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
- Reviewer left no comment
purchased 12 Sep 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser , “Biggus Dickus”
Score 8.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
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purchased 16 Nov 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
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purchased 18 Dec 2008
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10+ Reviewer left no comment
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purchased 27 Dec 2008
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Expert reviews for Philips DVDR5520H
TechRadar expert review
Somewhat more run-of-the mill in styling terms than the quirky Philips DVD recorders of old, the DVDR5520 combines DVD recording with 160GB of HDD capacity, a single digital tuner and HDMI upscaling all the way to 1080p. Also on board are multimedia playback coupled with a 'jukebox' facility; i.Link for dubbing from digital camcorders; automatic HDD 'buffering' of the current programme; and ‚Äì unique among the recorders tested here ‚Äì Dolby Digital 5.1 recording.Sharing filesHowever, the latter isn't as useful as it sounds. First of all, the input is coaxial-only, making it incompati…
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reviewed 01 Jul 2008
Product Features
Hard Disk Capacity in GB
 
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160 |
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Integrated VCR
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No |
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Blu Ray Playback
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No |
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Upscaling
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Yes |
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Blu Ray Recording
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No |
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Number of Scart Interfaces
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2 |
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Number of Discs
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1 |
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DVD+R Playback
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Yes |
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DVD-R Playback
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Yes |
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DVD+RW Playback
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Yes |
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DVD-RW Playback
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Yes |
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DVD-RAM Playback
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No |
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HD-DVD Playback
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No |
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DivX Playback
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Yes |
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DVD+R Recording
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Yes |
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DVD-R Recording
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Yes |
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DVD+RW Recording
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Yes |
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DVD-RW Recording
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Yes |
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DVD-RAM Recording
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No |
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HD-DVD Recording
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No |
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USB Port
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Yes |
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DVB-S
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No |
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Colour
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Black |
Also known as: Philips DVDR5520H
Manufacturer's Description
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