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The Sony RDR-HXD 790 is a finicky but effective piece of kit.
Advantages: Does exactly what it should. Quite smart-looking. Lots of different features.
Disadvantages: Finicky to begin with. Instruction manual not crystal clear.
...For a first time buyer of a DVD recorder, the RDR-HXD 790 is admittedly not the simplest machine to operate. To begin with is the initial connecting and setting up of the recorder.
Although the instruction manual gives varying options of how to connect it to televisions, sound systems, cable receivers, etc, it was not terribly clear. I bought this DVD recorder to live in the same corner as a digital television, DVD player, and Sky + box, but the instructions seemed to imply that only an analogue signal could be received through the DVD recorder, which also has a digital input and hard drive recorder built in that allows you to pause live television.
However, there is a way around it: For example, if you want to record two things on Sky +, record another on the DVD hard drive, and watch another through the television, you will need to...
tuckers87
22.07.2009 ·
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Sony RDR-HXD870 - great picture performance
Advantages: Picture quality, series recording, connectivity, editing features
Disadvantages: Software issues, Freeview EPG takes time to populate
...Sony RDR-HXD870S
We've used the Sony since summer '07 as our sole Freeview box and as a way of archiving TV series and films recorded via our Sky+ system. The only difference between the 870S and the 870B illustrated above is colour - the 870S is silver (to match the rest of our AV kit).
I'll start with the bad points, of which the Sony has 2 major ones:
1. The Freeview Guide can take a very long time to populate. If you are used the the Sky guide, or other Freeview boxes for that matter, it can be a pain. Delays of over 2 minutes are not uncommon even when looking at the same day listings. We are running the 870 from a newly installed digital aerial, aligned and tested by a professional, and the 870 itself says the signal is perfect, so this is not the cause.
2. The originally supplied software that deals...
SvenP
04.02.2008 ·
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Sony RDR-HX510
Advantages: Sleek, stylish, feature rich
Disadvantages: Expensive, slow to respond
...Sony RDR-HX510
After much research I had narrowed down the selection to 2 products - 1 from Panasonic and this 1 from Sony.
Both were similarly priced when I bought the Sony RDR-HX510 at £320.
There was not much in it when quality was compared, but the clincher was compatibility - I have mostly Sony everything so I reasoned that it was more likely to work well with own brand then competitor brands.
What's in the Box?
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Recorder unit, basic audio/visual cables, manual, power cable and remote control (with batteries).
What's not in the Box?
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No sample recordable disc (very poor Sony !!!)
No Scart cable(s)
No Progressive scan connection cables (these will set you back £20-£30 for a cheap set)
No sample memory stick (again - poor Sony !!!!)
No channel...
a4angus
10.11.2005 ·
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Sony RDR-HXD 870
Advantages: Built in HDD, Plays Alomost All media, Built in Freeview
Disadvantages: none that i can think of
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pfishers
13.08.2007 ·
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Sony RDR-HXD710
Advantages: Easy to use, good picure and sound and not noisy
Disadvantages: Died too young!
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Amicha2000
27.01.2009 ·
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sony rdr-hxd 870
Advantages: twin tuners hdmi upscaling
Disadvantages: even bigger hard drive would be good
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silverspooninmouth
20.02.2008 ·
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Sony RDR - HXD970 DVD recorder
Advantages: Own internal tuners, easy to use and quiet.
Disadvantages: 250gb might not be big enough but there is the 500 gb version.
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Bob77
04.03.2008 ·
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Sony RDR-GX120
Advantages: Clear instructions to use. Simple
Disadvantages: Not at all reliable in our experience!
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runetune
28.07.2007 ·
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'Sony' 172 Pages Of Instructions!
Advantages: Goes way beyond just being a TV recorder
Disadvantages: You have to read through 172 pages to find out to what extent!
...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 can (I'm conveniently forgetting any aerial upgrades that may be needed), merely requires either a set-top box or a TV with the digital tuner built in.
Try recording it though and your options get slimmer.
You can either buy a set-top box that also contains a hard disk drive and two tuners, (aka Personal Video Recorder or PVR), or buy a machine like the Sony RDR-HXD870 which can not only receive Freeview, but record to a hard drive, and thence to a built-in DVD recorder if the need to archive anything should crop up. This also means that it doubles as a DVD and CD player.
So...
BNibbles
09.12.2007 (11.12.2007) ·
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