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6 reviews
Apr, 2025
alaTest has collected and analyzed 6 reviews of SRT 5500 MHP. The average rating for this product is 2.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews.
On average, users rate this product 40/100.
Consumer review (productreview.com.au)
Purchased in August 2012 from KMart. Has worked okay sporadically, but tends to freeze when recording, and even on playback, making the use of this device extremely frustrating and unreliable to use. Hard drive capacity is okay. Could not, would not,...
Consumer review (productreview.com.au)
Hi Strong has been very good at fixing my 5500 but in the 1st year i had it it kept pixilating & freezing & it was sent back a few times &now after #years it has stopped all together & will only show a red light . Ihave changed COAX cable & HDMI cable...
Consumer review (productreview.com.au)
I've had the Strong unit for just over a year now and YES initially it had a couple little annoying bugs. Most can be fixed by resetting the unit. Works OK now, not a top end unit but has most features and wasn't expensive. The EPG programme guide is...
EPG, small, twin tuner.
Sometimes unit does some odd things but can be easily fixed by resetting the power to unit.
Consumer review (productreview.com.au)
I have had 2 PVR in 2 days and neither of them worked and they were straight out of the unopened box .I took the first one back The Good Guys agread that it was faulty and replaced it as it would not turn on with another one and had much the same...
Lack of quality control at the factory I would say
Consumer review (productreview.com.au)
I was just loaned this unit by theretailer after my previous Strong PVR had to go in for repairs a 4th time. Just 2 weeks into the loan, the unit has begun automatically powering off and on for no reason; the image has started pixellating and works...
Would be great if not for the reliability and software issues i.e. functionality is great when it works.
Unreliable and has software bugs
Consumer review (productreview.com.au)
Ended up taking this back for a refund. It kept on recording parts of movies. It would record say the first hour of a movie and the last few minutes but missed a whole chunk in the middle. And the solutions suggested by the manurfacturer did not fix...
Cheap
Didn't record properly