Philips DVDR5500 review

Typical price: £120

What is it: DVD recorder with built-in Freeview tuner

What we think: For the most part, it impresses with its top notch recording quality

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7.0

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	Philips DVDR5500	Panasonic DMR-ES10	Philips DVDR3305	Hitachi DV-RX7000E
Review date	5 Mar 08	17 Jun 05	28 Feb 06	14 May 05
Editor's rating	7.0	8.7	8.1	8.0
Price range	£120
Review summary	The Philips DVDR5500 produces great quality recordings, looks stylish and is easy to use. Its DVD playback quality may only be so-so, but at this price it still represents good value for money Read full review	Panasonic's budget DVD recorder shows the manufacturer at the top of its game, reaping the benefits of the company's history in the market. It can record to various -R/+R/RAM DVD media and is one of the few models that can offer quality recordings at the 4-hours-per-disc setting. And with component outputs providing a very good AV performance to a flat-screen TV, this is the budget DVD recorder of the future Read full review	This is the best budget DVD recorder on the market by some margin. It offers excellent quality recordings straight from TV, impressive playback of shop-bought discs and is incredibly easy to use Read full review	Hitachi's DVRX-7000E may be the company's first DVD recorder, but it's the best value model on the market. Sitting way above the raft of cheap recorders from the no-name brands, it rewards you with stellar picture quality and useful features, such as the ability to remove advert breaks in programmes Read full review
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