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Sony RDR-HXD890 160GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder with freeview - Black

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Average customer rating: 4.0

Binding : Electronics
EAN : 4905524484403
Label : Sony
Manufacturer : Sony
Publisher : Sony
Release date : 2008-04-30
Title : Sony RDR-HXD890 160GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder with freeview - Black
Studio : Sony
Brand : Sony
Model : RDRHXD890B.CEK
MPN : RDRHXD890B.CEK
Package quantity : 1
Feature : Array

Editorial reviews

Product Description
Record and watch all your favourite TV programmes with the Sony RDR-HXD890 DVD recorder/player. This device supports DivX files and features a hard drive with a 160GB capacity, so you can store hours of video. The RDR-HXD890 supports DVD-R/RW, DVD R/RW, and dual-layer DVD Rs in recording mode. Chasing Playback allows you to watch a DVD while simultaneously recording another programme.Other practical features of the RDR-HXD890 include a one-touch copy from the hard drive to a DVD, as well as a digital jukebox to store and listen to up to 999 songs.The RDR-HXD890 also includes one HDMI output and two USB ports - you can even hook up your camcorder to save all your memories to the hard drive! Make the RDR-HXD890 the next addition to your home cinema!

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-12-04 rating:

What is supposed to be simple is NOT
Sony RDR-HXD890 160GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder with freeview - Black
I HAD BEEN WARNED FROM PREVIOUS REVIEWS THAT THE MANUAL WAS DIABOLICAL AND SO IT TURNED OUT TO BE. AT 160 PLUS PAGES IT IS ENOUGH TO PUT ANYONE OFF. HOWEVER ON RECEIVING THE MACHINE FROM AMAZON I SETTLED DOWN TO READ IT. IT COVERS OTHER SERIES AND IS NOT CLEAR UNLESS YOU ARE EXTREMELY WELL VERSED IN COMPUTING AND DVD RECORDERS.
ALL I WANTED WAS A DVD RECORDER TO RECORD FROM MY 2001 PANASONIC!! ON "HOOKING UP" (A.K.A AS "SET UP" EVERY OTHER TV VHS ETC) SUPPOSED TO BE AUTO ONE HAS STILL GOT TO CLICK THIS AND THAT AND THEN CLICK FINISH BUT THEN TO FIND OUT THAT IT DOESN'T WORK IS GALLING TO SAY THE LEAST. YES IT FOUND ALL THE CHANNELS ETC BUT I AM LEFT WITH ONLY THE ANALOGE CHANNELS AND NOTHING DIGITAL. I HAVE CONNECTED IT CORRECTLY AND FOLLOWED THE POOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND HAVE CHECKED AND RECHECKED EVERYTHING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. NOW AT A CHARGE OF £30 I HAVE TO GET AN ENGINEER ALONG NEXT WEEK.
I AM VERY FED UP WITH THIS MACHINE AND THE MANUAL SHOULD MAKE SONY HANG ITS HEAD IN SHAME

review by: date: 2008-12-03 rating:

VHS to DVD
Hi Rodders, when you transfer films from video to dvd does it do it fast speed??

review by: date: 2008-12-01 rating:

J Clark
Even if you are currently only able to receive analogue TV this recorder is very good.
I bought this machine because my trusty old VHS packed in. I am in a non-Freeview area at present, but, as I am in the Border region, the analogue signal will be switched off next summer (2009) so I needed a machine that was usable now (with only analogue) and at some point would be OK with digital terrestrial only.
'An impossible dilemma' I thought till I did some research online and found this Sony as a potential solution.
So far so good. I am very happy with the machine. The instructions were clear, but as ever you should read them before you start setting up. As I was setting up on analogue only there were a few bits to skip. I had not come across Guideplus before. It was a bit of a trial waiting 24 hours for it to download its information - but it was worth the wait! This is a big improvement on Videoplus and makes setting up to record programmes very easy.
After being limited to 4hour VHS tapes it is a joy to have 60+ hours capacity on the hard disk.
I had been resisting upgrading my recording gear until the digital switchover of my local relay station, but, after just a fortnight using this machine, I wish I had replaced my VHS earlier (at a time of my chosing rather than when it gave up the ghost).
My concerns about the one machine working on both analogue and digital systems were unfounded.

review by: date: 2008-12-01 rating:

poor instructions
The unit probably deserves 5 stars, recording to the hard drive is as easy as putting in an old VHS tape and pressing record.
Once the electronic programme guide is set up (it takes 24hrs) then timed recordings could not be easier and after 2 weeksI have had no cut offs, I like the juke box and the photo album, just plug a flash stick into the usb and you can listen to mp3 and view photos from the stick or copy them onto the hard drive.
So why not 5 stars ? well this is my first Sony product and I have not been impressed with the `experience'. The manual is NOT easy reading, they should have a separate leaflet with a quick start up guide, the instructions cover set up for digital and analog settings, why a digital recorder needs analog is beyond me. Ok it could be me and the instructions are starting to make sense after 2 weeks reading and as I get used to the machine.
My biggest gripe is this everyone told me to buy an HDMI lead as the picture quality would be better and I would have less cables
cluttering the back of the TV so I purchased one at the same time. Everything seemed to be working fine then I tried one of my old films
I have over 100 recorded to DVD from my old VHS and from the TV, but the picture would not fill the screen, I have a 42'' TV and the picture
was 4:3 about a 25'' square picture and no matter what I did with the TV zoom buttons the picture would go no bigger, then I noticed that this was the case for some of the music channels although the adverts were ok, also new bought DVDs were ok.
After reading the manual and finding no solutions I fitted the scart lead , everything through the scart fills the screen.
I emailed Sony and asked them if this was normal, they came back to me and said that if a programme was recorded or broadcast in 4:3 then that is how the HDMI would 'see' it. 90% of my recording will be to the hard drive, but I did try a timed recording to a DVD this also came out 4:3. So to prove it one way or the other I put in a brand new DVD and did an instant record for 3 mins the programme was the BBC's breakfast show I stopped the DVD and did an instant record to the hard drive the same programme, result: through the HDMI is DVD 4:3 picture hard drive fills screen???
10 days ago I re emailed Sony to explain this but as yet I have had no reply, A couple of days ago I called in the Sony shop in Meadowhall and asked them if this was normal I don't think they knew, and then the guy asked where I bought my unit I told him Amazon, and then he said 'we are not supposed to give out technical information to people who had
bought from the internet'.If you do buy this machine do not bother with HDMI lead then every thing should be ok. I know its not the end of the
world I can watch new DVDs and the hard drive through the HMDI and everything else through the scart but I seem to have had a lot of hassle to find all this out.
Mick Carver

review by: date: 2008-11-29 rating:

Great kit
I bought this on the strength of other Amazon reviews, and I have to say I'm not in the least disappointed. The picture quality from the Freeview was immediately so much better than I'd been used to through my old LG recorder. I didnt realise there was such a world of colour out there! The unit is quiet, a doddle to setup, and though the manual is a little hefty, you hardly need it. I felt like I'd had it for years within a day. The recordings are excellent, both on HDD and DVD, and dubbing from one to the other is a breeze.

I've had this unit a week, and so far, there's no downside.

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