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
Average user rating
3.3
poor
Average user rating from 4 users
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Sony SVR-S500 user reviews
February 7, 2007
Posted by: Jide Sobo
"DON'T BUY THIS!"
What I like:
It looks good and the remote's good
What I don't like:
THE FAN!
Review:
Only buy this PVR if you are deaf. If you're not deaf then you will need to turn your TV up so loud to drown out the fan noise that you soon will be deaf. The fan is on 24 hours a day and is anything but quiet. If this machine needs cooling 24 hours a day could Sony not have used their vast product experience to come up with a quieter fan?
I returned this to the shop after less than a week as I couldn't live with the noise.
In case you haven't realised this PVR is VERY NOISY!
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