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The Philips DVDR5570H is a combined DVD recorder and hard disk recorder. It has an impressive spec for the price and the box looks very smart.
It won't record TV directly to DVD, TV recordings have to be copied from the hard disk to the DVD.
Nice features include the 6 hour live ... Read review
Advantages: pause/rewind live TV, watch recordings/DVDs while recording, IR set top box controller Disadvantages: crashes a lot, flaky, slow menus
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The Philips DVDR5570H is a combined DVD recorder and hard disk recorder. It has an impressive spec for the price and the box looks very smart.
It won't record TV directly to DVD, TV recordings have to be copied from the hard disk to the DVD.
Nice features include the 6 hour live buffer, allowing you to rewind the alst 6 hours of TV and the IR controller which can be used to change channels on a ... ...it initially, but were soon annoyed by a tendency to crash and to muddle up the names of programs stored on the disk. A firmware upgrade to the latest version was supposed to solve these problems, but the upgrade added new problems without solving old ones.
After a little over a year, we've lost patience and we are looking for a replacement. ... more
This isn't a detailed review, I may edit this up into a full review later, if I have the time.
The Philips DVDR5570H is a combined DVD recorder and hard disk recorder. It has an impressive spec for the price and the box looks very smart.
It won't record TV directly to DVD, TV recordings have to be copied from the hard disk to the DVD.
Nice features include the 6 hour live buffer, allowing you to rewind the alst 6 hours of TV and the IR controller which can be used to change channels on a connected cable or satellite box.
We loved it initially, but were soon annoyed by a tendency to crash and to muddle up the names of programs stored on the disk. A firmware upgrade to the latest version was supposed to solve these problems, but the upgrade added new problems without solving old ones.
After a little over a year, we've lost patience and we are looking for a replacement.
