Advantages: Clear instructions to use. Simple Disadvantages: Not at all reliable in our experience!
I\'ve had to send two of these machines back. Both in warranty. The second as a replacement for the first model we had.
They might be from Sony but our experience is one of complete lack of reliability and both machines just stopped recording and playing any disc back within a month on the first occasion, and we managed to get 2 months out of the second machine.
I liked aspects of the machines though, not least the user friendly on screen menu which I think is one of the best I've seen, but absolutely no good to you if the machine isn't reliable enough. It also set up easily enough from the box and the instruction manual is clear and comprehensive enough for most newbies into the DVD recorder market to understand.
Its just a shame we've had such a poor experience with the actual machine. I certainly cant recommend it to anyone ...
Advantages: Upscales DVDs to 1080p, multi-format recording, lot of features, good value for money Disadvantages: No digital tuner or cables, set up complicated, picture distortion problem, read review for others
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I had been wondering about purchasing an HD (HD = High Definition, for anyone who's not aware) DVD player in the new year sales, due to the fact that I've recently got a new TV (the Sony Bravia KDL-20S2020, which I've also done a Ciao! review on) that is HD Ready and I quite wanted to take advantage of that, plus I saw one for £180 with an offer for 7 free HD DVDs which I thought was a generous offer at the time (see Toshibas website for info on this if your curious but thats rather off topic really).
After thinking about it for a few days over the Christmas period, I decided that I was being a bit hasty, lets face it nobody knows for sure which HD format will win the so called format war (HD DVD vs Blu Ray (BD)) and as my TV is only pretty small at 20", I decided against it. Trying to think of some alternative ...
IzzyS 04.01.2008 (06.01.2008)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sony RDR-GX 350
Advantages: easy to use, OK features Disadvantages: minor problem occur
Good points: the SonyRDR-GX 210 S is easy to use very basic, and all the controls are normal, it has good sound quality and image quality.
Bad points: makes a lot of noise when loading a DVD (sounds like a fighter jet setting off), I have been having difficulties with the open and close slot it has a mind of its own : ), the SonyRDR-GX 210 S worked well for the first few days then I started noticing faults with the LCD display.
price:I bought mine for ₤115 brand new on special offer and it was a good price at the time, the price range for the SonyRDR-GX 210 S is between ₤135 - ₤200+, you have to keep your eyes pealed and you should search the internet for the cheapest prices, never pay more than ₤140!
summary: most of the time it works well and the quality is there, but when it doesn't work well it ...
