Testseek.com have collected 8 expert reviews of the TVonics DTR-Z500 and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for TVonics DTR-Z500.
(77%)
8 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Unusual styling, Easy set up, Picture quality, Capacity
Price, System crashes, EPG,
Pricey and lacking a HDMI socket, the TVonics DTR Z500 is nevertheless an attractive and capacious Freeview+ set top box. The easy to use interface, neat remote control and the more usual features such as series linking and dual channel recording make ...
Abstract: In February this year (23-2-09) I reviewed a pre production version of their 250GB version. Here I am looking at the resale version and the one I have is 500GB and it takes a long time – with normal watching – to fill this unit up....
Do you still have your primary school report cards? And the newspaper from the day of your first filling? Then you’ll love this capacious PVR, capable of hoarding over 300 hours of SD video on its hard drive. Video quality is fine for SD and stereo...
There’s no HD upgrade path – neither HDMI nor up-scaling video. Other missing features include audio description and the ability to output a Freeview signal on the RF loop-through. A somewhat noisy fan occasionally kicks in, but only when the...
Solid construction, good components and a mighty half terabyte of storage should be enough to woo anyone, even if one day you’ll miss High Def functionality.TVonics DTR-Z500 is tagged with TVonics DTR-Z500, TVonics and Freeview receiver. Select a ta...
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Published: 2009-02-23, Author: Ian , review by: CNET.co.uk
Unusual but pleasant styling; very good picture quality
Expensive; not quite as impressive as the competition
The TVonics DTR-Z500's generous 500GB of storage means you'll have plenty of space to store your recordings without needing to constantly delete things. Compared to its predecessor, the DVR-FP250, there hasn't been any great leap forward in terms of p...
The DTR-Z500 lacks some of the bells and whistles of rival boxes such as the similarly priced Sagem 67250, namely an HDMI output with upscaling, editing, the ability to export recordings or MP3 or JPEG support. However, it remains one of the best vani...
If youre not concerned about matters HD and have no intention of shifting content between your DVR and PC then the Z500 is not a bad buy. Its very easy to set up and use, has one of the best EPGs we have come across, has an excellent remote control ...
