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Magnavox MDR515H

67 reviews

Nov, 2024

Positive
usability (28)
price (7)
design (3)
image quality (2)
size (1)

Negative
reliability (3)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 67 reviews of Magnavox MDR515H. The average rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average rating of 3.7/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) for all reviews. People are impressed by the image quality and design. The price and usability also get good feedback, whereas many are critical about the reliability. There are some mixed reviews about the size.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) the Magnavox MDR515H is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Magnavox MDR515H

alaTest has collected and analyzed 62 user reviews of Magnavox MDR515H from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the image quality and design. The price and usability are also mentioned favorably, but many are critical about the reliability. There are some mixed views about the size.

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82% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

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Hard-drive DVD recorder

Experts and users say that DVD recorders with hard-disk drives are the easiest to use and leave owners most satisfied. Unfortunately, most manufacturers have stopped offering these in the U.S. The remaining models, such as the Magnavox MDR515H/F7, fall...

Easy to use, stores up to 620 hours of video, built-in tuner, can pause live TV

No program guide, must be programmed manually

Mar, 2011

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

I Found The Deck To Replace VHS

As a professional in the television and film industries, I'm pretty demanding. The machines I have in the house are all professional level decks. So when they started to age and I knew that I would eventually have to replace one or both of them, I ...

Multiple inputs & outputs including HDMI, RCA, 500-GB HDD, high-speed dubbing, chasing playback

Deck can lock up, no auto scheduler, no wide-screen

Jul, 2011

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)

Maurice

I happy with this DVR. It works well. On some occasions it has had problems with recordings coming from digital channels. Overall this is a good unit and it has been recording tv shows for me for about three years now. I only wish it costed me a bit less.

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)

Magnavox 500GB DVR and DVD Recorder MDR515H

This is a great machine but buy new. Bought a referbished model and lasted less than a year. I thought I was getting a deal but got ripped off instead.

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)

Jimmy

Works well. Purchased as a tuner for my 46" plasma monitor... quick boot and working good. Was led to believe this was able to view and record two channels at once... not so. The unit is a single tuner with a pass through - allowing you to record on...

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