Customer Reviews

Philips Directv DSX 5500 Multi-Satellite Receiver

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I got three of these receivers a little over a year ago as part of a Directv package. One failed within 9 months - menus would no longer appear. The other two would lock up and have to go through a 5 minute system reset every couple of days. I have since replaced them with Samsung s300w's.

If you own a Seires2 TiVo DO NOT! I repeat DO NOT buy this receiver.Even though Phillips Electronics makes the DSX5500 and Tivo they are NOT compatible.The IR blaster will NEVER work properly with this unit.
3 thumbs down.

I had a Sony receiver but after 8 years it went out and couldn't be replaced. This model is slow, has a very poor picture - red's bleed. My Sony didn't have this problem! I called Philips about it - not helpful at all. Am seriously considering throwing it out for another model and calling it an expensive lessons learned!

I got three of these recivers as part of an offer with directv. After 1 year I got tired of the small lettering and fuzzy picture. I had been over to a friends house that had the RCA DRD435RH madle reciver and loved it! I then bought those to replce these peice of junk recivers.

Pros: cost
Cons: Hard to see program guide,small lettering on guide,remote may not work with all televisions,only 3 day advance schedule,and might have to press remote's 2 or 3 times to get the channel you desired.