Sony RDR-HXD1065
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Sony RDR-HXD1065

DVD recorder / HDD recorder with digital TV tuner

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Sony RDR-HXD1065 is a DVD recorder with 250GB hard disk drive for up to 387 hours of TV recording without the need for blank discs. It features twin analog and digital tuner for...
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Excellent, but not high definition
Review of Sony RDR-HXD1065 by dobieg

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 The model has now been superseded, but there seems to be plenty of these available online, and at a substantial ...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

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02.01.2008


Sony RDR-HXD1065

General

MPN: RDRHXD1065S.CEK

Product Type: DVD recorder / HDD recorder with digital TV tuner

Width: 43 cm

Depth: 29.1 cm

Height: 5.8 cm

Weight: 4.8 kg

Enclosure Colour: Silver

System

A/V System Recommended Use: Home

Parental Lock: Yes

Parental Control Type: Password

Max Recording Capacity: 387 hour(s)

Features: Progressive scanning (line doubling), simultaneous recording and playback, variable bitrate (VBR), chasing playback, time base correction (TBC)

Audio system

Output Mode: Stereo

Digital Audio Format: Dolby Digital output, DTS digital output

Connectors

Optical Digital Output: Yes

Coaxial Digital Output: Yes

Dvd

Type: DVD recorder

Media Type: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, SACD, SVCD, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD+R, Kodak Picture CD, DVD, CD, Video CD

Recordable Media: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL

Media Format: NTSC, PAL

Video D/A Converter: 12bit / 108MHz

Audio D/A Converter: 24bit / 192kHz

Recording Mode: SP, LP, EP, HQ, HSP, SLP, LSP, ESP

Programmability: 30 events / 1 month

Media Load Type: Tray

Supported Digital Video Standards: DivX, MPEG-1, MPEG-2

Supported Digital Audio Standards: MP3

DVD Repeat Modes: A-B repeat, all

Dvd features

Video Noise Reduction: Yes

TV Screen Saver: Yes

MP3 Compatible: Yes

DVD Additional Features: JPEG photo playback, Block Noise Reduction

Recording features

Synchro Start: Yes

High Speed Dubbing: Yes

Manufacturer's product description

Sony RDR-HXD1065 is a DVD recorder with 250GB hard disk drive for up to 387 hours of TV recording without the need for blank discs. It features twin analog and digital tuner for clear TV reception and up to 8 days TV program information displayed on-screen.

Tv tuner

Channel Coverage: UHF:21-69, VHF:2-12, Cable:1-20

Reception System: PAL-L, SECAM-I, SECAM-D, SECAM-B, SECAM-K, PAL-B, SECAM-G, PAL-G, PAL-I, PAL-D, SECAM-L, PAL-K

Video features

Electronic Programme Guide: Showview, GUIDE Plus+, VideoPlus+

Programme Guide Features: Timer Programming

Digital tv tuner

Digital TV Tuner Type: DVB-T

Tuner Qty: 1

Clock & alarm

Clock: Yes (digital)

Timer: Record

Remote control

Type: Universal remote control

Technology: Infrared

Connections

Connector Type:

  • 1 x RF input - rear
  • 1 x RF output - rear
  • 1 x G-Link Interface ( mini-phone 3.5mm ) - rear
  • 1 x HDMI output ( 19 pin HDMI Type A ) - rear
  • 1 x component video output ( RCA phono x 3 ) - rear
  • 1 x composite video/audio output ( RCA phono x 3 ) - rear
  • 1 x S-Video output ( 4 PIN mini-DIN ) - rear
  • 2 x SCART ( 21 PIN SCART ) - rear
  • 1 x S-Video input ( 4 PIN mini-DIN ) - front
  • 1 x composite video/audio input ( RCA phono x 3 ) - front
  • 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK) ( 4 PIN FireWire ) - front
  • 1 x USB - front

Power

Type: Internal

Voltage Required: AC 230V ( 50/60 Hz )

Power Consumption Operational: 58 Watt

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