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 ...
derek-j-a 23.11.2008
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Advantages: good picture easy to record, lots of conectivity Disadvantages: The Price
from my experience I have not had any problems at all. the instillation is very simple as you are just walked through the options step buy step the hard work is done for you. The remote control is simple as well were as its all 1 press of a button to get where you need. The recording quality can be very good if you have it on the highest quality but will reduce the hours to record which is 80 Hours. can record upto 400 hours at that length the picture ... ...The playback of DVD is as good as you could expect from a DVD player it has realist colours and the sound is in stereo recordings can be copied from DVD to HDD or the other way around without having to watch them by 1 button press. The included free view receiver has everything a standard box including teletext and has a fine picture to it. It was easy to tune in as it searches for the channels its self. you will get all the channels you get on a ...
mstmst124 13.06.2009
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Have found these units excellent. Easy to use even without the manual. Quality seems good too.
They work fine with standard USB keyboard. F1=system menu, F2=Title Menu, F3- HDD or DVD, F4=Timer menu. The ENTER key used to confirm Arrow left/right to navigate through menus, arrow up/down to shuttle through Titles/chapters, ESC=EXit, DEL= erase.
They keyboard functions make it very quick to program events and search existing titles.
Very happy with the units performance so far, with so much of this unit i still need to explore. Burning and searching can also be done via keyboard control, searching within a title can be quckly done, eg, search for exact duration from start of title. Also usefull feature of TV model code entry to program as remote for use with your TV.
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Hyrundi 12.09.2008
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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 ...
Finchie 08.11.2008
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Advantages: It looks very smart, It's not hard to use, quiet when playing the DVD disc. Disadvantages: A little bit pricey
...play. I think that the Sony is a very good quality product to purchase. From my point of view I have always found that most Televisions and other electrical goods come with very complicated remote controls and buttons, but I found that the Sony wasn't so daunting after all. So over all in my opinion I think this is a good DVD player to go for if your looking to have the extra wow in your DVD player. Enjoy. ...
rachaelrugby 20.08.2009
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Advantages: Great picture quality Disadvantages: Unreliable, tuner faulty in two machines over three weeks.
...now! I always thought Sony was a reliable make, could this be a 'faulty batch' as JL have suggested. The picture quality was great but I still haven't worked out how to watch one and record another digital channel. The best EPG was my Matsui freeview box and the Sony one was taking a bit of getting used to. I didn't have long enough! My opinions are influenced by the fact that the machines only lasted a couple of days at a time. ...
Honeybland 09.06.2009
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