Sony RDR GXD500 Review

Good Points
When it does work properly(which is not often) it does it ok.

General Comments
Not only does the Sony RDR GXD500 constantly freeze up, but it refuses to play certain disks. It has a fast view and rewind view that only works on 3 settings. Setting one is just faster than normal viewing. Setting 2 is not quite double speed. Setting 3 is 50million times faster and will show random screen shots instead of playing them in a sequence. It is impossible to see or find any part of the dvd you want to watch. I paid £500 for this brand new. To be honest it has put me off sony. Also in high quality recording mode it will only record for an hour. Pointless totally pointless. At least it should be able to record for a full 2 hours then at least you could record a whole film. For the price you are better off getting a digi recorder, the recoding process on this machine leaves a lot to be desired. So many features but what is the point if you can only record for an hour at the most. Sony are not a top quality brand and the sooner people accept this the better it will be for all those involved