Sony RDR-HX525 80GB Storage DVD Recorder Reviews

16 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This DVD recorder has no outstanding positive points. - It scores very poorly on ease of use. “Easy to operate and record from any source” Carl, Cambs View all 16 real customer reviews

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16 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
71% of people recommend it.

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Design	7.7
Ease of use	6.1
Image quality	7.6
Sound quality	7.8
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.2
Overall rating	7.8

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Carl, Cambs

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to operate and record from any source

- a bit finiky at start up, takes a few seconds to respond to the open command

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16 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ recording to and play back from the hard disk excellent and v.easy to use

- case dimension is annoyingly deep made worse by chunky scart leads jutting out further

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Jul 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Neat. Light to carry from store. Good clear onscreen instructions. Decemt picture and sound quality for the price.

- Difficult to tell if it's recording or not. You can dim the display, but even with this turned off, display is difficult to read.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 May 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Easy to use

- Nothing bad

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purchased 12 Dec 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ features

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 17 Aug 2007

Neil, Buckhurst Hill

Score 3.0/10

+ it looks nice !

- the unit is very difficult to set up and to this date i still dont have it operating correctly
the instructions supplied are very poor

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purchased 17 May 2007

Jason, Andover

Score 8.0/10

+ Reliable, high build quiality, easy to use

- No One Touch Recording feature

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purchased 12 May 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 3.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- not dable to watch other programmes whilst recorder is functioning

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purchased 04 May 2007

John, Kingston upon Hull

Score 10.0/10

+ I found it easy to use and had no problems setting it up (although my friends call me Mr. Gadget ask for my assistance when setting up things) Most of my friends are over 65

- could not find any

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purchased 12 May 2007

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Hard Disk Capacity in GB	80
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Integrated VCR	No
Some devices come with a video cassette player built-in.
Blu Ray Playback	No
A ‘Yes’ indicates that this device is able to play Blu Ray discs, which is the standard format for high definition (HD) video.
Upscaling	No
Upscaling DVD players use video processing techniques to improve the quality of a standard definition image from a DVD to a near high definition (HD) image.
Multi region	No
Some devices are able to play discs from any ‘region’:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd_region, while others are only able to play discs from their home region.
Blu Ray Recording	No
A yes means that this device is able to record data to a high-capacity Blu Ray disc.
HDMI Interface	0
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of Scart Interfaces	1
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Number of Discs	1
The number of discs that the player will hold inside its body ready to play.
DVD+R Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD+R format.
DVD-R Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD-R format.
DVD+RW Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD+RW format.
DVD-RW Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD-RW format.
DVD-RAM Playback	No
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD-RAM format.
HD-DVD Playback	No
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the HD DVD format.
DivX Playback	No
A yes means this device is able to play video compressed using the popular ‘DivX format.’:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divx
DVD+R Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD+R format.
DVD-R Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD-R format.
DVD+RW Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD+RW format.
DVD-RW Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD-RW format.
DVD-RAM Recording	No
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD-RAM format.
HD-DVD Recording	No
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the HD DVD format.
USB Port	No
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
DVB-S	No
Some TVs have DVB-S.
Colour	Silver
The main colour of the product.
Release Date	1 Apr 2006
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.
Freeview	No
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
Progressive Scan	Yes

Also known as: SONY RDRHX525, Sony RDR HX525, Sony RDR-HX 525

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Best Picture Quality HDD Recorder ( 80GB ) with Electronic Programme Guide ( EPG ).

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Sony RDR-HX525 80GB Storage DVD Recorder Reviews

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