The future of digital recording! (Sony RDR-HXD870B)

Member Name: Jazzy09

Product:	Sony RDR-HXD870B
Date:	02/09/09 (162 review reads)
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Advantages: Reliable, records digital and analogue programs!

Disadvantages: Not one weakness with this!

~ Overview ~

As I am a massive film and TV lover I had to buy myself a DVD recorder which would do an all-round job of recording movies and TV shows which I enjoy on a regular basis.

~ Price ~

This little recorder will set you back around £240 including deliver (tends to be around £10 if you order online which I did). I bought my DVD Recorder from Amazon for £237.

~ Strengths & Weaknesses ~

This little beauty has lots of features to delight any technology enthusiast. After using the recorder (using the manual of course) I found it quite easy to navigate around the menus and settings screens and changing the configuration to what I needed was quite easy.

It is very stylish and looks fabulous on a decent TV stand. I can also confirm that so far it has no reliability issues and has not blown up on me yet but you wouldn't expect that from a Sony product.

~ Specifications ~

It comes with a 160GB hard disk which can store a massive amount of data (programs/films) and supports all types of media and also all types of recordable DVD's and CD's. The recorder also supports HDMI up to 1080p and also comes with an integrated freeview tuner to link into digital TV which is essential to record digital TV.

Dimensions of the recorder box: Depth: 286mm Width: 430mm Height: 76.5mm.

It also only comes with one DVD/CD drive but does support firewire and USB hardware to play your media on.

~ Summary ~

- Price: £230
- Cannot be found under any cash back websites
- Supports most recordable DVD's/CD's
- Supports DivX, JPEG, MP3 and USB interface
- One year warranty included
- Supports SCART and S-Video

~ Conclusion ~

This is a fabulous product and for the price it is a true bargain as it does everything you need it to do and more. You get a remote too which I have also had no problems with to date. The black colour makes it look quite stylish and snazzy which looks nice to the average human eye. If you want to impress your mates then this is the device to do it with as it can record vasts amount of data and also back it up for you at the same time.

I tend to use this to record football or even to record programs for my wife (all that rubbish stuff like home and away or those programs that improve people's appearances, all very boring to me). My wife has no problems using this, and she has problems using the toaster! A great product and would recommend to anyone looking to buy a DVD recorder.

My Rating: 5/5

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Summary: A lovely DVD recorder with 160 Gigabytes to play with!

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