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| Value for Money | 5.7/10  |
|---|---|
| Reviewer Rating | 5.7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 5.6/10  |
Full review by
jnorman
on 19th Feb 2007
User Rating : 4
Respect :
+1
Good Points: Easy to use.
Bad Points: Only one tuner and no Programme Delivery Control
General comments: I never realised how useful PDC was until I got this recorder. Nearly all programmes run late against the schedule and I am fed up with getting the last minute or two cut off. It's a feature I just assumed would come standard. Even my old VCR had Video+ and PDC. Totally agree with Freeky. Very disappointed Sony.
jnorman's review and ratings | 69 words
Review by
kosh2
on 2nd Jan 2007
User Rating : 7
Respect :
0
Having never had an HD recorder before I plumped for this one following some good salesmanship in the shop. Now I am no Hi_Fi geek, am not looking for pixel perfect pictures and sound. This is for general family use.
So does it do this well - yes.
I have a sky box linked into line 3 though, as the previous reviewer points out, cannot use RGB. However the picture is fine. Further I have a Sony TV with terrestrial tuner into line 1. The picture quality is fine and a huge improvement on the o ...
kosh2's full review | 271 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
Freeky
on 15th Dec 2006
User Rating : 6
Respect :
+1
I bought the RDR-HXD860 after reading various reviews and Sony`s reputation, unfortunately I have been sourly disappointed. This range of machines seems to have been rushed to market with little attention to design or operation and even less to quality.
This model comes with a 160Gb hard drive and a DVD drive that reads all formats & writes to all except DVD-RAM. The remote is a good size and is well laid out and can also control a few TV`s but many major manufacturers are excluded. The unit ...
Freeky's full review | 800 words
Main characteristics: DVD Type: DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder Number of Discs: 1 Playable Disk Types: DVD-RAM DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW Playable File Formats: MPEG4 DivX MP3 JPEG More...
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