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Sony RDR-HXD870 - DVD Recorder With 160GB Hard Drive - With Freeview - Black | 
| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: £175.00
New (9) Used (2) Refurbished (2) from £158.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 70
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 14.5
Dimensions (in): 19.6 x 15.7 x 8
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MPN: RDRHXD870B.CEK
Model: RDRHXD870B.CEK
EAN: 4905524419504
ASIN: B000OQ7878
Release Date: March 10, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | DVD recorder | | • | Freeview and Analogue | | • | Audio Dolby Digital / Dts Surround | | • | 160GB Gb hard disk capacity | | • | Recording format DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW |
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Product Description
The RDR-HXD870 player/recorder can record hours of high-definition video in resolutions of up to 1080p! With Sony's technologies such as Bravia Theatre and Theatre Sync, this player/recorder lets you discover the new face of digital videos, as it incorporates a Freeview tuner that allows you to tune in and record free digital television channels. It can also record high-quality images onto DVD-R and DVD-RW discs or CDs, and is compatible with Pictbridge and other multimedia applications, thanks to its USB port. You can store your JPEG images and MP3 files on its hard drive and make DVD backups of your home videos. You can even increase the quality of your creations by connecting your camcorder to its i.Link input. Also equipped with an HDMI output, the RDR-HXD870 will set off your audio/video system a treat!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 69 more reviews...
Now this was not easy to set up July 6, 2008
Quick delivery and a very good price. Well done Amazon.
I bought the HXD870 to replace my worn out Sony VCR.
My bravia HD-ready Sony TV is only 8 months old and so I had hoped for easy compatibility. (Easy being the essential word).
After many hours of frustration trying to set up my new purchase, I can now use the basics on the DVD recorder and the picture quality is brilliant. So much better than a VCR.
But oh dear the manual is an utter disgrace.
If you are expecting to carefully plod through the instructions, you will be sorely disappointed.
I have better things to do with my life than study the meaning of "dubbing" and "title list" and "hook up" and "smartlink" and so on.
To get any joy, I resorted to re-reading the TV manual (how come Sony can produce a decent TV manual and an awful DVD recorder manual ?)and then I began to grasp some of the things I needed to do. I then had to use my initiative to guess at how to carry out these things. OK for you guys with reasonable initiative, but I knew I was in big trouble when I realized I had to use MY initiative.
The manual is complex, it fails to give explanations for the basics AND it fails to give a good technical explanation. Useless, utterly useless.
This DVD recorder might turn out to be wonderful, but thats no use to me if I can not work out how to use the damn thing.
A big thank you goes to the other reviewers of this product and the customers discussions. Without your goodwill and efforts I would still be clueless as to how to even get a simple recording on this machine. Due to other reviewers, at least I was aware that I was likely to have trouble deciphering the manual.
If you are tempted to buy and your knowledge is limited to setting up a VCR then I recommend that you read up a great deal or you resign yourself to getting someone else to set up this recorder. If you have to resort to the latter, then I doubt that you will ever get to grips with the machine.
Some discussion points, with answers, for the less technically minded (like me!):
I would like to transfer my videos to DVD. Can this machine do this ?
Found out the hard way: Yes this machine will burn you a DVD BUT you need a good VCR before you can start to transfer a video(maybe obvious, but was not obvious to me) AND most videos are copy protected so you can not transfer them anyway!! I can accept this situation now that I know the facts. I have purchased a brand new VCR so that I can (a) copy the amateur videos and (b) still watch the commercially produced videos, but not using my HXD870.
By the way, yes you can watch one channel whilst recording another. But this assumes your TV has either a digibox or a built in tuner, which mine does have. And, due to the useless manual, it might take you four weeks to work out how to actually do this.
Now I know how to operate this part of the recorder, the procedure is in fact quick and easy.
Wonder if Sony would pay me vaste sums of money to write an idiots guide to using their HXD ???????
 Impossible Instruction Book June 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am sure that this is a very good machine if only you can understand the instruction book and the machines own set up program. I have found it next to impossible to tune it into my NTL set top cable box, and have so far only succeded in being able to record the program selected on NTL. I cannot record from the terrestrial service whilst watching NTL.
Disapointing-not recommended unless you have a degree in DVD recording.
Good product June 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had this for a few weeks now and i am pleased with it.
Goods points for me are, DIVX XVID this is a good XVID player, the DVD upscaling to 1080p, i can watch another channel when recording (through my free view tuner on my tv), i have no problems with the free view tuner i used to get breaks & blocks on my old one.
It was easy to setup and selecting a program to record is simple.
The only other thing i would have liked is the function to record 2 programs at the same time, hence i'm knocking off a star.
 Fantastic piece of equipment! June 4, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have just bought one of these recorders and I have to say that I love it!! The initial setup is so easy even the most gadget scared out there could do it. The picture quality on the digital tuner is excellent and the recording TV while watching a DVD is really useful. I have setup the series link and it just makes life easier, no need to worry about missing the Moto GP anymore!! The only minor drawback is that it isn't multi region but I'm looking into sorting that out. Overall I would recommend it to anyone.
Sony RDR-HXD870 = Very capable machine May 6, 2008
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Hard disk recorder with upscaling DVD recorder at a reasonable price. Best features for me are series record and 1080p HDMI output (DVDs look great even with a cheap HDMI cable). Most of the complaints I've read on Amazon seem to fit into 4 main categories:-
1. An expectation that it is a PVR. It does not claim to have twin digital tuners. Most modern TVs usually have an internal Freeview receiver, which is fine if simultaneous recording isn't required.
2. Trouble reading the manual. It's true the manual tends to go into unnecessary detail about advanced settings and modes. I rarely have any need for the manual because I find the recorder and the remote control intuitive. I recommend just playing around with it for 20 mins. It's easy enough to setup (suggest using a SCART cable initially and then migrating to HDMI), it scans all the digital channels automatically. The only option I had to set was the choice of EPG.
3. Weak reception. I don't have any specific problem so cannot comment. It performs just like any other Freeview receiver I've had.
4. Missed timer recordings. I recommend checking the firmware is at least version v1.65. Easy to do - full details are on Sony's website.
My only gripes are minor:- I'd love to move HDD recordings into folders and the EPG just looks a bit dated compared with the one on my Sony TV.
An undocumented feature is that it is also capable of reading DVD-RAM disks, so I was able to dub recordings made on my old Panasonic machine with no trouble.
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