Sony RDR-HX900 DVD Recorder with 160 GB Hard Disk Recorder
Sony RDR HX900
After weighing up the pro's and cons ...and PRICE!!,I am very tight fisted and very fussy!!  I went for it. The guy at the Sony shop matched my best online price, so quite a saving from RRP. <br />   The set up is a doddle,except if you live in the UK check that you have set country to ' I ' as this is correct for the UK. <br />    Basic setting up is much like a VCR and playback and recording functions are very very straight forward.  I was editing my Panasonic Digital Camcorder within 1/2 an hour of opening the box. <br />  Recording onto hard disc from - Video tape or even a recorded DVD ( from another system ) did not pose any problems at all and infact the end product from a Video tape was better than the original source. <br />  Lableing the HDD ( hard drive ) again is a simple process, it walks you through it. <br />   When using this item, you get the feeling that everything has been already thought of and you fell like a well cared for child!! <br />   The picture quality through my SONY KV32FX68 is magnificent, I couldn't ask for more. <br />  It gives you the facility to record something to the HDD, watch something else you have recorded to the HDD and then watch what you have already started recording from the beginning while it is still recording...Cool!!!! <br />   The only drawback I have found so far ( and this is still early for me as I only got the unit yesterday )is connecting to an Amp/ Reciever.  I have been using a SONY DVP725s connected through an STR DB930 amp/reciever.  I got superb 5.1 digital and DTS ( where applicable ) On connecting  the HX900, I used an optical cable into the back of the STR DB930.  NO 5.1!!! and DTS on US dics ( coz I got it chipped )NO DTS on UK discs (again where aplicable ) I have emailed Sony Support and am waitig to hear, proberbly something I havent set yet. <br />    Over all, all I can say is BUY ONE!!!! you wont regret it