Philips DVDR5520H Reviews

The Philips DVDR5520H's main attraction is its built-in Freeview PVR. DVD and support for downloaded Internet material is also available. It looks sleek and attractive and has excellent connectivity, and a very well laid out electronic programme guide. Pi...

Picture and sound quality; design

Menus are quite slow at times and rather annoying

Not a bad all-rounder. We like the picture and sound quality and there are enough features to justify the asking price, but we were annoyed by how the menu system operated at times

We liked Philips' DVDR5570H recorder, so things look promising for its almost identical DVDR5520H sibling.

The DVDR5520H can't quite match the high standards set by the latest recorders from the Panasonic camp, but it comes mighty close. And in some areas, it's actually better - in particular its live TV flexibility boosted by the terrific Time Shift Buffer, a...

Der Philips DVDR5520H ist kein schlechtes Allroundgerät. Bild- und Tonqualität können überzeugen, und es gibt genügend Features, um den Listenpreis zu rechtfertigen. Nur das Menüsystem kann manchmal ziemlich nerven.

hohe Klangqualität, ausgezeichneter Tragekomfort, ansprechendes Design, klangliche Balance, bemerkenswerte Detailwiedergabe, attraktives Design, GPS integriert, gute Tastatur, Bewegungssensor, Internetzugang via HSDPA, gute Akkulaufzeit, außergewöhnlich p...

etwas wenig Wärme bei den Mitten, Kamera ohne Blitz, proprietärer Kopfhöreranschluss, kein WLAN, nur mäßige Videofunktionalitäten, deutliche Bewegungsunschärfen, billig wirkendes Design, gedämpfte Farben, wenig Anschlussmöglichkeiten, mäßige LifeCam-Softw...

Der Player beeindruckt durch seinen Funktionsumfang und eine solide Leistung. Nur das umständliche Menüsystem und die langsame Performance fallen negativ ins Gewicht.

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.

abilility to record freeview whilst watching other channels ease to set up recordings

original set up

abilility to record freeview whilst watching other channels ease to set up recordings

original set up