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| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: £225.00
New (3) from £225.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 14838
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.9
Dimensions (in): 19.6 x 8.1 x 7.2
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MPN: RDRHXD870S.CEK
Model: RDRHXD870S.CEK
EAN: 4905524419511
ASIN: B000OQ9VO6
Release Date: March 10, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent machine, easy to use March 3, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
After buying and returning a similar spec Panasonic, I did a bit of research looking for players with the specs I wanted; digital tuner, upscaling, multi-region capability, fair size HDD, and found only four or five that met my requirements.
Reviews on Amazon and elsewhere led me to this one, and I'm not at all disappointed. Some reviews said it was not that intuitive to use, but I've found it to be a piece of cake, both following on screen instructions and reading the manual, which to be fair, is rather large (even though I normally let my wife learn new stuff first and then teach me).
Picture quality from DVDs and tuner is really good, pause live T.V function is a doddle and editing out ads and unwanted bits is really easy.
Price wise from Amazon it is 40 quid cheaper than my local Sony dealer, and buying a remote multi-region unlocker from Ebay made that part simple and cheaper again than my Sony dealer doing it for me. The codes to unlock it are available online and are cheaper still.
All in all an excellent buy from Amazon.
 Good recorder let down by EPG December 27, 2007
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
This is a very good recorder let down by a fault in the EPG. Basically it's fine if you set it to record programs on the same day. However programs set more than 24 hours in advance can be lost.
The good news is that apparantly (according to the pcadvisor website) Sony have a fix on CD-ROM. Call them on 0800-1695263.
 Not a Dual Digital Tuner !!! December 25, 2007
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
Don't be caught out by the "Integrated Dual Digital and Analogue Tuner". I thought this would mean it has two digital tuners and that I could record BBC1 and watch BBC3 but you can't you must watch the channel you are recording. Dual means one digital and one analogue. Also the EPG interface is not as nice as the VTX-D800U it has the same layout but it feels a bit crowded and is baby blue not the crisp grey and white. I'm still getting to know this device so may post again.
Quality build Quality performance December 10, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Very satisfactory product with good features.
Pity about instruction manual. Need a lot of patience or a BSc to understand it easily. Dose not have an easy menu or basic functions to get you started.
 Doesn't have the ease of use I would expect of a Sony product November 25, 2007
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
I have been a Sky+ user for a couple of years now, and have always been pleased with its simplicity and ease of use. I wanted to buy a similar piece of kit for my girlfriend's folks. As they use Freeview rather than Sky I settled on the HXD870 mainly for the HDD, with the DVD recorder being a bonus. I have always been a big Sony fan in the past, and am certainly no technophobe, but this piece of kit is a big let-down and will be going straight back.
My biggest gripe is that this machine is far too complicated. Perhaps I have been spoiled by Sky+, but user-friendly this Sony ain't. The on screen menus are clunky and written in a very small font. Also the menus are all in 4:3 format rather than 16:9, causing the TV to switch in and out out of widescreen as you access the menus. The EPG is slow and the controls are completely non-intuitive. The remote control is packed with a myriad of very small buttons, and don't get me started on the "Live pause" feature.
The user manual is a triumph of tech-speak and extends to well over a hundred pages. I expect modern gadgets to be usable "straight out of the box", perhaps referring to the manual for advanced features - but the HXD870 requires to you refer to the manual to perform even simple tasks.
On the upside (which I did want to find, having been a Sony loyalist in the past), the unit has a high quality finish and feels very sturdy. It would look good as part of any home entertainment setup. You have a wide range of inputs & outputs, and whilst I did not try the HDMI upscaling, the other reviewers here have consistently praised this feature. The other features (jpeg and mp3 compatibility) would also be nice to have.
So in summary, if you want a feature packed machine and are not concerned with ease of navigation or user-friendliness then perhaps this is worth a look. On the other hand, if you are after a Sky+ type system to use with Freeview, then I would avoid.
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