Sony RDR-HX900 Review

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Sony RDR-HX900
2.7 stars
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Peter Pollard's Review of Sony RDR-HX900 Digital Video Recorder

3rd Sep 2006

Overall Rating

0.5 stars
  • Value for money
    1 stars
  • Image Quality
    3 stars
  • Features
    3 stars
  • Time DVD Recorder Owned
    Over 1 Year
  • Sound Quality
    3 stars
  • Ease of Use
    2 stars
Good Points

The sales blurb is good, and the presentation. Mine works well provided you don't want to record anything important.


Bad Points

Continually freezes during playback. Will not record more that one program. Will not record via PDC/Video plus. Will not reliably record via manual timer. Press the record button and it will record, press the stop button and it will stop, which is good, but if the recording is long, like a film, it will probably freeze and lock up, and that's all you get.


General Comments

Took my Sony RDR HX900 unit to Sony Service Centre with list of faults at the end of the warranty period. All the faults are still there but Sony refuses to authorise any repairs as they say the warranty has expired. Having paid almost £600 for what I thought was the best product on the market, I am left with a unit that will only do what a £250 unit will do. Lesson, don't buy Sony. The cheaper stuff they produce has never been very good but their top end products are normally very good, pity their after sales is so bad. This unit has never worked properly from day one.

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Members' Comments onPeter Pollard's Review

  • Cippico on 29th Sep 2006

    As with every disatisfied customer, there's a hundred satisfied ones. I have owned my HX900 for over two years now. Not once has it misbehaved. It always records what I tell it and the recordings are wonderous to behold. OK, it was overpriced to begin with, but with kit like this, you've just gotta have it!