Product Description

80GB Hard Drive DVD Recorder model with Digital Tuner.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54876 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: RDRHXD560S.CEK
• Released on: 2006-07-31
• Dimensions: 9.70 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
HDD recording is changing the way we experience home entertainment. Record directly to this 80 GB Hard Disk Drive and store up to 100 hours worth of material. The intuitive interface lets you effortlessly manage your stored material so that you can watch what you want, when you want. Then, if you want to transfer to DVD, you can do it at high speed!

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Customer Reviews

Patience is a virtue
This is an excellent piece of kit for the price but be warned it isn't without it's little idiosyncracies. When you first get it and your all excited by the prospect of setting it up and using it for the first time it kind of lets you down to the point where you think it must be faulty. First of all the dvd drawer will not open until you have unlocked it by holding down the square button for 30 secs. The next dissapointment is the EPG doesn't immediately load all the programme info. In fact it took mine overnight to do it.

After saying all that the picture / sound quality is typically sony and the ease of use means it has been well thought out. The remote is intuative and positive. Its everything you need in a machine of this type...eventually.

Easy to use and setup
Have now had this for 2 weeks, and find it a great piece of kit. Probably changed how we watch television, in very short time frame.

Easy to use, reasonabley intuitive, and if not the manual explains how to proceed. Also very easy to set up, took 10 minutes from opening the box to getting a picture.

I'm sorry about the size but feel the quality!
This was my third HDD DVD recorder purchase in 12 months. The 2 previous models I purchased,(a Yamada and a Goodmans) were more at the 'budget' end of the market but I was still impressed with their capability and value for money. The Yamada (250gb) was recently returned with a hard disk failure so with a full refund I was able to find a Sony RDRHXD560S on Amazon for the same great price. I have had the unit just a few days but I am blown away by the difference in the whole experience and user friendliness of this unit and it's software. Having freeview within the unit also makes a big difference. It is very quiet compared to the 2 previous units I owned. My only regret is that I did not invest an extra £83 to get the 160GB hard disk and I am going to have to be a little more disciplined about deleting or dubbing items - sadly I struggled to convince the wife on the extra cost and I don't have a HDTV. One learning from my experience with HDD recorders is to make sure that anthing precious such as family home movies etc is backed up onto a DVD which is finalised - if the hard drive fails you're unlikely to recover it.
Finally - well done Amazon I ordered this at 12.30 pm and it was delivered at 8am the following morning. I was up and running before breakfast!