Sony RDR-HXD-890 Hard Drive & DVD Recorder
Review of Sony RDR-HXD890 by
derek-j-a
Advantages: Record to hard drive, DVD drive, watch and record at the same time.
Disadvantages: I needed to read the instruction manual!
...what was available. Being a Sony lover I was impressed by the RDR-HXD-890, one of the latest hard disk drive/DVD recorders from Sony's Range. It seems that black is back in vogue which I have always preferred; when I bought the last recorder, all I could get was silver, but there is a choice of black or silver with the RDR-HXD-890.
When I got the machine home, I discovered that there were so many options on this machine that I had to sit down and ... ...lot different to my last Sony machine. The RDR-HXD-890 has a built in digital tuner for freeview, and an analogue connector for those who cannot yet receive a digital signal. It has two scart lead connections and HDMI output to connect to a high definition television. The machine has a 160GB hard disk drive and a DVD Recorder. The hard drive will store a maximum recording of up to 455hours and 23hours in HQ+ recording mode. There is a button on ...
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23.11.2008
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Panasonic DMR-EX768
Review of Panasonic DMR-EX768 by
nikitafondi
Advantages: while its Pause Live programme allows you to record an episode
Disadvantages: no disadvantages at all
Panasonic DMR-EX768 can record your favourite TV programmes this is very good feature of this machine. his DVD player/recorder is compatible with DivX and has a 160 GB hard drive for storing hours and hours of films. and this is the superb feature of this dvd player and recorder its like while its Pause Live programme allows you to record an episode of your favourite TV series while watching the beginning of it. it supports all the media mentioned ...
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17.11.2008
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Panasonic DMR-EZ48V
Review of Panasonic DMR-EZ48V by
nikitafondi
Advantages: connectivity of usb
Disadvantages: bit slow
...media creating people but this panasonic Panasonic DMR-EZ48V is superb alternative for converting casettes in to dvd now we can say good bye to those media converting or creating people bcos we no more need thier help with the help of this machine we can that job very easily this machine supports all these formats mentioned here The DMR-EZ48V plays DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, CD-R, CD-RW, and SD. You can also enjoy ...
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17.11.2008
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Panasonic DMR-EX98V
Review of Panasonic DMR-EX98V by
nikitafondi
Advantages: rich feature remote
Disadvantages: complexity in recording tv
...the durability of this product is good and it is easy to operate with it rich feature remote. and we all that panasonic is very renowned brand so the serivice is available at every part of the world in its large network of dealership. this is good product to buy. ...
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17.11.2008
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Would get full marks if a bit quieter
Review of Sony RDR-HXD890 by
Finchie
Advantages: Excellent performance
Disadvantages: Slightly noisy
This is an excellent product that has given me a lot of pleasure in the two weeks I've owned it.
I use it for recording from two satellite boxes (one Sky) and it's connected to a Panasonic TV. I don't have Freeview so I haven't been able to try the digital tuner. It's possible to control the Sky box using an IR transmitter that comes with recorder so that you can do timed recordings off Sky. (This isn't as neat a solution as having a Sky+ box but ... ...easy to set up and it works faultlessly.
The picture and audio quality is excellent for both DVD playback and HDD recordings.
The machine is a bit noisy when operating but no worse than the VCR it replaced. I suppose it does have a hard drive in it and it's therefore not going to be completely silent. It also does an automatic update when in standby which means that it switches itself on during the night. Probably not something that you want in ...
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08.11.2008
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