Sony SVR-S500 user reviews
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User reviews4
Frank Skilbeck 23 March 2007
Good: It's a Digifusion FVRT200
Bad: It's a Digifusion FVRT200
Comment: I haven't got one of these Sonys but looked at in the shop, it's basically a Digifusion FVRT200 (made by Beko) with a shiny Sony front panel. My second FVRT200 has just packed up and the web is awash with tales of woe of these units. It looks like Sony picked the wrong unit to badge engineer.
Jide Sobo 7 February 2007
Good: It looks good and the remote's good
Bad: THE FAN!
Comment: 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!
David Sadler 25 October 2006
Good: Ease of use
Bad: Poor programme guide
Comment: IT'S GOING BACK - ONLY HAD IT 2 MONTHS - KAPUT!
Louis Michaels 9 October 2006
Good: Slim design
Bad: Film constantly on, even on standby. Terrible EPG. Output clicks to 4:3 every time you change channel.
Comment: Avoid like the plague!
I returned this to John Lewis 1 week after purchase. Apparently lots of customers had returned them for the above reason.
I bought instead the very good Sony RDR-HXD860 recordable DVD-HDD.