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Binding: Electronics Brand: Sony EAN: 4905524419528 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Model: RDRHXD970B.CEK Publisher: Sony Release Date: 2007-03-10 Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great Picture - Poor Scart Switching. Comment: This is a fine piece of equipment. Although sound tends to be a little below what you would expect, the excellent picture more than makes up for this. One major draw back is the strange scart switching behaviour of the current range of Sony machines. Switching seems to be reversed on these machines. Overall, the fine picture and 250GB capacity make this an machine worth having. Customer Rating: Summary: Dissapointed and Disgusted Comment: I ordered this item on 13th January 2008,that date has most certainly been unlucky I as yet have not received the item. Amazon are still advertising the item as available and in stock, I have lost count of the amount of E Mails I have sent demanding an answer from them,I get auotomated replies from Amazon and the occasional name added to the response, but no commited answer from Amazon. They have even taken the antisipated delivery dates off my account notification. I have demanded a confirmed date, but I never get a reply. The service is disgusting,they are advertising the product still, and I have asked many times for them to send the items they are advertising as in stock,no answer!! By the way, the item they now advertise is more expensive than the item I ordered, I think that tells you something "con" is the term I would use. WHERE IS MY STUFF?????? Customer Rating: Summary: Great product - highly recommended Comment: I installed this yesterday mornining, and after one day of use I'm here writing this review. It's easy to set up and so easy to use it's unreal. My wife was a bit hesitant about using it to record stuff, but programming via the electronic programme guide is a sinch, after about 5secs she had the idea. It's important to ensure that you get a NEW model, don't buy secondhand or you could end up with having to run a firmware upgrade to make the EPG programming work properly- visit sonyeurope.com to download the firmware upgrade if you have made that mistake. Upscaling to 1080p is superb, I tried it out with Casino Royale and A Scanner Darkly. I had my neighbour round as I was trying it out, she was so gobsmacked by the quality that she decide to stay and watch for a while! This little box is a winner. The only downside is that for DATA DVDs you are limited to the DivX codec, whereas most internet downloaded TV stuff is XViD, hopefully there's a way round that. But hey I've only had it a day. Customer Rating: Summary: HD out of date Comment: HD out of date, surelys a blue ray dvd recorder is on it's way, this one is yesterdays technology? Customer Rating: Summary: A heap of rubbish - avoid ! Comment: I have had this machine for a couple of months now and quite frankly I wish I had never bought it ! It has now got to the stage where it refuses to record anything at all. If I try and record what I am watching it records less than a minute before stopping. When I try and play recordings back it locks up repeatedly and even turning it off takes ages. If I set the timing to record nothing happens! It makes a very irritating clicking sound most of the time. I have got so fed up with that this evening I have unplugged the machine. So in summary, this dvd recorder is a heap of rubbish. Avoid ! More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: You can record hours of films and TV programmes on the 250 GB internal hard drive of the RDR-HXD970 player! This DVD player from Sony employs Bravia Theatre and Theatre Sync technology to give you high-definition images through upscaling to 1080p for all your DVDs. Its also plays DivX formats, as well as DVD-R and DVD-RW discs, and includes a digital tuner so you can watch free digital TV channels. It stores JPEG images and MP3 files and transfers them quickly to your computer via its built-in USB 2.0 port. The RDR-HXD970 is also PictBridge compatible, so you can print your pictures really easily. With the RDR-HXD970, you can make copies of your video creations and receive data from your digital camcorder thanks to its DV input. Enjoy your favourite TV programmes in digital quality with this DVD player!