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Reviews of Netgear NeoTV 550

Testseek.co.uk have collected 35 expert reviews of the Netgear NeoTV 550 and the average rating is 72%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Netgear NeoTV 550.
Award: Highest Rated March 2011
March 2011
 
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The editors liked

  • Great playback quality
  • Menus were easy to follow
  • Simple to set up
  • Hugely flexible
  • Loads of connections
  • Extensive format support
  • Good connectivity and file format support
  • General compatibility
  • HD audio formats
  • Support and bitstreaming
  • Full Bluray support
  • Including Java menus
  • Content display options
  • Page of covers
  • Coverflow or list
  • Compatible with 3D MVK sidebyside files
  • Easy to set up and use
  • Huge file support
  • Great remote
  • Cover art is useful
  • Good value for money
  • Decent connectivity
  • Well thoughtout setup and use
  • Excellent media compatibility

The editors didn't like

  • Internet TV features didn't work properly
  • Slow to respond to buttonpresses
  • No streaming services to speak of
  • Quite hard to live with
  • Expensive considering there’s no built-in storage
  • Video jukebox system not as good as in competitors' models
  • Ogg Vorbis format not supported
  • Flash memory (USB key or SDHC card) required to play Blurays isn't included
  • Subtitles not always handled well
  • Can't resync audio or video files
  • Lack of internet apps
  • Looks bland
  • No built-in Wi-Fi
  • No HDMI cable
  • WiFi isn't built in
  • Limited selection of online content

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  Published: 2013-09-12, Author: Martin , review by: homecinemachoice.com

  • Decent connectivity, well thoughtout setup and use, excellent media compatibility
  • WiFi isn't built in, limited selection of online content

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  Published: 2011-09-14, Author: Cliff , review by: macworld.co.uk

  • Good connectivity and file format support
  • Expensive considering there’s no built-in storage
  • The NeoTV is also pretty expensive for a device that doesn't have a built-in hard disk – in fact, it even makes the Apple TV look cheap

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  Published: 2011-08-01, review by: techradar.com

  • Easy to set up and use, Huge file support, Great remote, Cover art is useful, Good value for money
  • Lack of internet apps, Looks bland, No built-in Wi-Fi, No HDMI cable
  • A hugely functional and easy-to-use media player that will find files on just about any device...

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  Published: 2011-06-13, review by: whathifi.com

  • Hugely flexible, loads of connections, extensive format support
  • No streaming services to speak of, quite hard to live with

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  Published: 2011-05-01, review by: computeractive.co.uk

  • Great playback quality; menus were easy to follow; simple to set up,
  • Internet TV features didn't work properly; slow to respond to buttonpresses,
  • Works fine as a media player and streamer - just don't buy it for the internet features ...

 
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  Published: 2011-03-24, review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • Despite a couple of little blemishes, the Netgear NeoTV NTV550 is a solid network streamer that's very easy to use. We like its style and features and it performed as it should in our tests. At £136, it's more expensive than smaller media streamers su...

 
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  Published: 2011-03-09, review by: digitalversus.com

  • General compatibility, HD audio formats: support and bitstreaming, Full Bluray support, including Java menus, Content display options: page of covers, coverflow or list, Compatible with 3D MVK sidebyside files
  • Video jukebox system not as good as in competitors' models, Ogg Vorbis format not supported, Flash memory (USB key or SDHC card) required to play Blurays isn't included, Subtitles not always handled well, Can't resync audio or video files
  • Netgear is back in the media centre market with a decent product. The NeoTV 550 has plenty of options, good multimedia compatibility and a nice user interface. If Netgear is on the ball with manufacturer follow-up then this could shape up to be a popul...

 
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  Published: 2011-02-24, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Apart from a fairly fiddly internet content browser, there’s not much wrong with the NeoTV 550. It’s not special enough to justify its premium price, though. ...

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  Published: 2012-02-08, review by: homecinemachoice.com

  • Decent remote and connectivity; network, USB and SDcard support,
  • Some supported files wouldn’t play; JPEG slideshow a bit juddery,

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  Published: 2012-01-26, Author: Will , review by: pcmag.com

  • Supports several file formats. Can catalog videos from different devices.
  • Expensive. No Wi-Fi. No Netflix, Hulu, or other common online streaming services
  • If you have a lot of media stores in your home network's devices, the Netgear NeoTV NTV550 can bring those files to your HDTV, but a too-high price, and a lack of features spoil the deal....

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