Combined AV Devices > Sony Combined AV Devices > DVD recorder / HDD recorder with digital TV tuner

Advantages: Own internal tuners, easy to use and quiet.
Disadvantages: 250gb might not be big enough but there is the 500 gb version.

An excellent DVD recorder. I am transferring my VHS tapes to DVD as well as recording new TV programmes. It is fairly easy to use and the quality is excellent. I particularly like the way you can list your recordings by category (film, documentary etc) making it easy to find what you are looking for. Recording using the Electronic Programme guide is very simple and there is a facility to time slip programmes if your viewing is interupted by a phone ...
...a different programme to the one you are watching. The DVD recorder employs upgrading of DVD playback using the HDMI connection. So, if you have one of the HD ready TVs you will enjoy a better picture. One further attribute of this machine is that it is very quiet in operation. ... Read review

Advantages: Really Simple To Use
Disadvantages: Only Has one tuner

...Looks Great, usual sexy sony styling. Silver on top and bottom, most controls hidden under bottom flap, sexy mirror effect strip running the entire length on the front. The romote control is great looking aswell and best of all, controlable in the dark with a very simple layout. Operation This has to be the easiest machiene I have ever had to work but it does SOOOOO much. The menu screens are intuative to use and every function you could possibly ...
...you lots of things, DVB, HDD 160Gb, chaptering system.....blah blah blar. What does it all mean? Well, first of you can choose to record straight to disk or HDD (you can dub second for second (real time) to disk from HDD later). Now it becomes a typical VHS for the 21st Centary. Instead of analogue recording, you have digital freeview recording, and what a fine reception you get from it with full use of all freeview services except top-up tv (but ... Read review

Advantages: Does far more than you might expect
Disadvantages: No High Definition support

...wrong, then tell me!) Sony use an alphanumeric convention with their products, RDR-HXD1065 indicates that this is a high-end digital DVD-Hard disk recorder - Having tried for nine months, I've not been able to play or record high definition content on this system. In spite of these drawbacks, I still find it an immensely useful piece of kit. The model has now been superseded, but there seems to be plenty of these available online, and at a substantial ...
...massive 250Gb hard disk, which SONY claim can hold up to 350 hours of video content (that's fourteen and a half days at 24 hours a day!) It ALSO acts as a CD/DVD player, offers a bewildering number of connectivity options, as well as providing a means of storing MP3 tracks and JPG pictures. Other than high definition, the only other formats of any note which are missing are DivX, SACD and support for dual layer DVD+R media. It won't play Sony's ... Read review

Advantages: Design, Ease of Use, Hard Disc and DVD recording, Digital Tuner
Disadvantages: Not easy to see recording light, slow startup

...setup and of typically high Sony build standards. There is a plethora of inputs and output connections, and the recorder has the ability to record to it's internal Hard Drive or to DVD disc. The recorder also has a digital tuner which allows it to pick up terrestrial digital channels on Freeview. In all I think this offers excellent value for money vs quality, there are many cheaper alternatives, but I have had many Sony products and always feel ...
...It is typical of a Sony device in that it is very well made, excellent design features and simple menu systems. It's light, it's slim and looks the part with its silver/black finish. There are some minor issues, but for the price, for the brand and for the overall features, I am totally happy with my purchase. I hope this helps to inform your decision. Thanks for reading. ... Read review

Advantages: Low cost
Disadvantages: Dodgy menus, very disk fussy, lousy DVD burner that will fail.

...eventually replaced the DVD burner in mine with a Liteon 20X unit for about £16. This solved the problem, and for the moment, it's been working perfectly. Fitting a replacement burner is straightforward enough, though getting it to neatly fit into the existing front fascia is a bit more challenging. ... Read review