Sony RDRGX350B DVD Recorder
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(5 out of 5)Superb Sony
This is a stonking good DVD recorder. The menu and simple timer/setup controls are a joy to use. The Sony RDRGX350B looks sleek and stylish and delivers high quality recordings at many speeds - it can record up to 10 hours on a standard disk!! The machine plays and records most if not all DVD formats and has special modes to record 3 hours on a disk (to record that special 3hr film at best quality).
The menu was easy to operate and had an Undo in case you made a mistake. Having used previous DVD recorders this one stands out and the remote is very light and has great range.
At under £100 this is a bargain. Sony quality without the price.
(3 out of 5)Fantastic quality, but real pity no integrated digital tuner.
I read the reviews already posted for this product before I purchased it from Amazon. I have to agree with all of the positive feedback and would say that watching a DVD on this recorder is an absolutely tremendous experience.
However, and it's quite a big 'however', I find it pretty useless for a DVD Recorder, being more akin to an old VCR than a DVD Player, not to have a built-in digital tuner. Apparently you can download digital channels from a Freeview equipped telly, but I haven't been able to yet and when I can, I will only be able to record digital output when the TV is on. In other words, I won't be able to do timer recordings unless the TV is on.
Bearing in mind the fact that the analogue signal will be turned off over the next couple of years in the UK, I think the lack of an integrated digital tuner is pretty lousy.
That said, if you have Sky or a digital set-top box, I wouldn't think the issues I'm having would be relevant.
Asides from this, as indicated above I can't see how a Blu Ray could be any more crisp than the picture quality provided by the upscaling on this machine.
(5 out of 5)Wow! You can see the difference!
This is a great peice of kit. It's cheap, easy to use and the difference the upscaling makes to the image quality is quite remarkable. I use it through a SONY 37" LCD HD TV.
I watched Disney's Cars and the picture quality is quite stunning. So good in fact that I can't see how HD could improve upon the picture this little baby produces. The upscaling does seem to make a noticable difference.
However, you must use an HDMI cable to get the benefit of the upscaling - a SCART cable won't cut it.
Set up is quite easy and the upscaling option defaults as standard to 1080i, so you don't have to do anything to get a great picture.
The manual is very good and you can use the remote control to control the TV - one less remote to sit on!
The only down side of this product is the small and not always easy to read display. Other than that, highly recommended - it's a bargain.
(5 out of 5)Worth every penny
Excellent quality. Arrived promptly. Easy to setup. Recording within the hour. Used DVD-RW. HQ setting is excellent although disks only last an hour. Took disk straight from SONY and played on Denon with no finalising required. Ace. N.B. For best quality (up to 2 hours) get some Dual Layer DVD-RW. May need a hack for multiregion.
(5 out of 5)EXCELLENT - HDMI player/recorded at this price!
Hi, Wanted a HDMI upscaling player to play a lot of my SD DVD's. Many branded Players are around the 39.99 to 69.99 price so when I saw this SONY player and multi recorder for 89.99 it was almost an instant buy.
Haven't tried the record features yet as only wanted to use it as a player at first. have set up the HDMI link and played Lord of the rings and the Minority Report to test the player. Found that there are a lot of settings for the display, and in a special preview mode you can change tint, sharpening etc and view as you do. My main worry was the new HDMI options. It offered RGB 0-255 RGB 16-232 & Y Cr CB 4:2:2, Y Cr Cb 4:4:4. What the hell was this I thought? Then with some interent help and manual reading I have gone with the Y Cr Cb 4:2:2 option. I find it to be the clearest and best colour range. Most noticealbe is the black range. On RGB 0-255 it is too strong blacks and oversaturated. These options although confusing at first will probably be in every HDMI dvd player/PS3/Xbox elite options screen. Its what your TV (LCD) will suit the best, is the option you choose, there is no standard better option.
Anyway, the remotes ok, the box is stylish to look at and not massive, so far so good. I have the sound coming via my TV to a thearte system. Would have connected via optical digital but this model only has coxial digital. Never mind can't have it all! Only region 2, but this doesn't bother me, I buy from Uk anyway.
Buy it, you won't be disapointed. Cheers All.