Typical price: £249
What is it: 80GB hard drive PVR with dual digital tuners
What we think: Great performance but unfriendly functionality for the price
Compare the Sony SVR-S500
Sony SVR-S500 compared to other non-standard DVD/PVR products
 Sony SVR-S500 |
 Macpower Mvisto |
 Pioneer LX01 |
 Onkyo TX-SR605 |
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| Review date | 17 Jan 07 | 14 May 05 | 3 Jun 08 | 27 Mar 08 |
| Editor's rating |
7.8
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9.0
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8.8
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8.7
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| Price range | £249 |
£994.95 - £1,420.95
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| Review summary | Sony's SVR-S500 is an excellent, if slightly expensive, 80GB PVR that features a pair of integrated TV tuners for simultaneous watching and recording. If you can ignore some functionality flaws then recording and playback performance is outstanding Read full review |
We've tested several stand-alone video players, but the Mvisto trounces them all. Its support for a huge range of video codecs is reason enough to lust after the device. Not content to stop there, Mvisto have designed an on-screen navigation system that puts most media centres to shame Read full review |
While some home cinema systems are Jacks of all trades, Pioneer's LX01 attempts to master everything from watching and listening to recordings -– but unrivalled features and high-end performance come at an inflated price Read full review |
Onkyo's TX-SR605 simply has a better future-proof specification on paper and sounds better in practice than any other rival AV receiver in its class -- an absolute winner Read full review |
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