Sony RDR-GX300 DVD Recorder
Really disappointed
While I normally love Sony products, this was a real let down.The first unit had both an audio, loud hissing when a CD or DVD was loaded but not playing and the picture quality on anything slower than SP was grainy and generally noisy. I exchanged it and the hiss disappeared but the picture quality problems remained. I spent 4 hours on the phone with the very inquisitive Sony customer service people but after going over everything 12 times with various people that seemed to be learning how the product worked from their conversation with me, and 40 different ways to hook up the unit, it was determined that there was something wrong with the way it processed the cable signal from my Motorola cable box and sent it on to my TV. I tried every conceivable combination of component, s-video and RCA cable and nothing helped. I was able to record shows off my cable signal in LP mode with my 5 year old VCR and the picture was better than the DVD recorder. It's too bad because I found it relatively easy to use once I got thru a couple of errors in the manual but the picture quality is so bad I've given up. On to the Philips HDRW720 and a unit with a hard drive. Hopefully I'll have better luck.