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5 Aug 19th, 2007 

19 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
pretty much does everything it says on the tin plus a bit more .

Disadvantages:
only downside is lack of dual digital tuners

Recommendable Yes:

Detailed rating:

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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

Removable recording supports - DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD+R / DVD+RW
Internal 250BG hard drive

Integrated Audio Decoder -
Dolby Digital
DTS
Jukebox MP3
Audio converter

Video Out -
HDMI output
Composite output (YUV)
Coaxial output
S-video output/input
Audio RCA output/input


2 Scart AdapterS
USB 2.0 Port
i.Link input
PictBridge input

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES

RMT-D248 P remote control,
2 AA batteries,
2 antenna cables,
power cable
Manual in English


Dimensions (mm) - 430 x 76.5 x 286
Weight (kg) 4.7 

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Comments about this review »

jupiter28 28.03.2008 10:10

hi, i've been after this model for some time - i felt your review could have done with less of the specs as that is already included and more depth about function

mightymuffin 21.08.2007 22:36

Little more information required to get a higher rating - if you edit, just message me and I'll re-read for you xx

nathaninnit 20.08.2007 11:17

Sorry but the review needed more of your personal opinion rather than a list of specs.x

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Disadvantages: 250gb might not be big enough but there is the 500 gb version.

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