Sony RDR-HXD790 120GB Storage, , Upscaling DVD Recorder Reviews

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This DVD recorder is a good all rounder. “Once you have worked out the buttons its brilliant!!” Heather, Bonnyrigg View all 21 real customer reviews

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Design	8.4
Ease of use	7.5
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.8
Value for money (at time of purchase)	9.2
Overall rating	8.9

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Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Price & Picture Quality

- Ease of use

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11 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Nov 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ picture quality
ease of recording and playback

- instruction book could be simpler

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8 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Dec 2008

Score 10.0/10

Heather, Bonnyrigg

+ once you have worked out the buttons its brilliant!!

- Reviewer left no comment

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8 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Demanding family of 5”

+ Very easy to record TV programmes to the HD or DVD

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7 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Martyn, Chichester

+ Image quality and facilities

- Set up was difficult

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7 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Karen, Blackpoo , “Technophobe”

+ Once it is set up, it is very easy to use. It looks good and has lots of great features. I purchased an hdmi cable at the same time which enhanced the picture considerably.

- The instruction manual is difficult to understand and the power light is very bright. It is also noisy while recording

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Jeanne, West Sussex , “like drame series.”

+ Good to have hard disc and DVD recording, I can lend the DVDto people not able to watch the show.

- Like any new equipment it takes a while to get your head around it's properties.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

Carol, Hull

+ compatable with Bravia TV no bad points easy touse the hard drive is very useful and copying hard drive to disk is simple just follow the instructions.

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purchased 11 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ compatable with tv

- difficult to install EPG

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Steve, Dorset

+ Versitile and plays almost any format

- instruction manule index is not user friendly

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Relatively easy to use, good connectivity to other items via USB Hub and other connections.

- Handbook difficult to interpret and assumes familiarity with technical language.

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purchased 17 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use, links very well to Sony TV, great selection of connection options

- Manual, EPG system, tuning not too easy

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purchased 17 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

amanda , bradford

+ Reviewer left no comment

- its a bit hard to work out but when you do it is brilliant

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purchased 17 Jun 2009

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Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB	120
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	Yes
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	1
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	2
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.
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	Yes
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	1
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
DVB-S	No
Some TVs have DVB-S.
Colour	Multi
The main colour of the product.
Progressive Scan	Yes

Also known as: Sony 120Gb, Sony RDRXD790

Manufacturer's Description

Entry-level Hard Disk Drive DVD Recorder with 120GB capacity, Integrated Digital and Analogue Tuner, BRAVIA Sync and 1080p upscaling via HDMI.

120GB capacity for a max recording of 340 hours onto the Hard Disk Drive

BRAVIA Sync – Automatically controls TV and Home Cinema components with one-click ease

HDMI output with 1080p upscaling to maximise picture quality even on large screens.

2x USB ports for connecting a PictBridge compatible printer, digital camera or other USB storage devices.

X-Pict Story is an enhanced Photo Slide Show feature which enables you to frame your photos with the appropriate look and feel through sound and transition effects. The final result can be burnt onto DVD and shared among family and friends.

And a Digital Music Jukebox so you can store and enjoy up to 999 of your favourite songs.

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