This Full-featured DVD Recorder has Hard Disk Drive with Integrated Dual Digital and Analog Tuner, 250GB capacity and photo and music management features.
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the RDR-HXD970 player! This DVD player from Sony uses Bravia Theatre and Theatre Sync technology to give you high definition images by upscaling signals to 1080p f...
A review by Jemma_C on Sony RDR-HXD970 August 19th, 2007
Author's product rating:
Sound Level
Good
Instructions
Very Helpful / Very Easy to Understand
Value for Money
Good
Advantages:
pretty much does everything it says on the tin plus a bit more .
Disadvantages:
only downside is lack of dual digital tuners
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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i was 22 recently and was bought this as a birthday pressie (love you mwah!). It cost £257.94 from 247electrical.co.uk. we had the previous model (RDRHXD860S) but just as alot of other reviews say ours broke down too.
This machine seems to be far superior to the previous model and is far more intuitive to use. In operation it runs almost silently and performs at a much high speed (the 860s had a noisy fan and always had a slight delay before responding to each command).
All recording has been performed faultlessly and the ability to jump advert breaks at the touch of a single button is great. The 250GB hard disk is very rapid in it's operation and provides huge storage potential.
This recorder from Sony employs Bravia Theatre and Theatre Sync technology to give you high definition images via 1080p upscaling on all your DVDs. Able to play DivX formats, the RDR-HXD970 can also use DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs for your recordings. its also got a digital tuner so you get all your freeview channels
its very very sexy looking and has very good build quality, remote is much better than the previous version and with the addition of being able to read usb memory sticks and record directly from camcorder via firewire this is one of the best equipped sony pvrs to date
FEATURES:
Region - Zone 2 Standard - PAL, SECAM DivX/MPEG4 compatible
Compatible Media - DVD play: video DVD, DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R CD play: CD (CD-R/RW) MP3 play: DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R, CD-R/RW JPEG play: DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R, CD-R/RW DivX play: DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R, CD-R/RW
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. ...
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04.03.2008
Quick review of Sony RDR-HXD970 Review ofSony RDR-HXD970by
powerman123
The best recorder i ever used
very quiet
you choose what quality to record the film
store your photo's
very good quality
i brought mine from curry birmingham
get one now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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DVD Additional Features: JPEG photo playback, Block Noise Reduction
Recording features
Synchro Start: Yes
High Speed Dubbing: Yes
Tv tuner
Tuner Qty: 1
Reception System: PAL, SECAM
Video features
Electronic Programme Guide: Digital EPG
Manufacturer's product description
This Full-featured DVD Recorder has Hard Disk Drive with Integrated Dual Digital and Analog Tuner, 250GB capacity and photo and music management features.
Digital tv tuner
Digital TV Tuner Type: DVB-T
Tuner Qty: 1
Clock & alarm
Clock: Yes (digital)
Timer: 32-event
Remote control
Type: Remote control
Technology: Infrared
Connections
Connector Type:
1 x USB ( 4 PIN USB Type A ) - front
1 x USB ( 4 PIN USB Type B ) - front
1 x composite video/audio input ( RCA phono x 3 ) - front
1 x S-Video input ( 4 PIN mini-DIN ) - front
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK) ( 4 PIN FireWire ) - front
1 x RF input - rear
1 x RF output - rear
1 x composite video/audio output ( RCA phono x 3 ) - rear
1 x S-Video output ( 4 PIN mini-DIN ) - rear
1 x component video output ( RCA phono x 3 ) - rear
Like it or not, Freeview TV is coming - that's the over-the-air digital TV that bit by bit will see off analogue TV, and in fact the process has started, with the whole country slated to be 'cut over' by 2012.
Just being able to watch it, assuming you more
- Introduction -
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... more
The setup is relatively easy and mostly intuitive. What's not so straight forward is, that you have to choose each country you want to receive before scanning the DVB-T channels, so the manual could be better. However the the onscreen menu is logical... more
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