I bought the Sony RDR-HXD995 about two years ago now from my local Comet store. I decided to buy a DVD recorder as I am unable to receive Sky+ in the apartment block that I live in. The Sony RDR-HXD995 stood out from the others available because of the 250GB internal hard drive (this allows 36 hours of high quality recording or around 700 hours of standard quality) and the opportunity to record onto DVD's, plus the Sony branding. Setting up the Sony RDR-HXD995 was not straight forward. The instruction manual was over complicated. I hardly ever have any problems with setting up electronic equipment but the instructions added to my confusion rather than ...  Read the complete review

We've all heard of 'Sky+', the digital satellite tuner which allows you to pause and rewind live TV - but did you know that Freeview offer a similar service in the form of 'Freeview+'? Unlike Sky+ where there is only one box to choose from (well, technically two if you include 'Sky+ HD'), Freeview+ can be accessed by a wide variety of set top boxes made by a number of manufacturers, as long as they display the Freeview+ logo on the front. One such device is the Sony 'RDR-HXD995' which currently costs £269.99 from Amazon. Having previously owned the HXD995's predecessor (the RDR-HXD890) and being rather disappointed with its performance (see previous review) I ...  Read the complete review