Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23429 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: RDRHXD870S.CEK
• Released on: 2007-03-10
• Dimensions: 7.94 pounds
• Hard Disk: 160unknown-units

Manufacturer's Description

All you need to know about the Sony 2007 Hard Disk Drive Recorder range The new Sony range of Hard Disk Drive Recorders give you more time to do the things you want to do. Whether that’s going out with friends, playing your favourite sport or enjoying time with your family. These new features allow you to watch what you want, whenever you want.

Definition High Definition: HD means Higher Definition - up to 4x more detail and clarity. It really is the future of home entertainment. The industry standard for HD is 720 lines, however, Sony are leading the way with 1080 lines - or HD1080. Standard Definition: Standard definition is what we've been watching for years on our TV's, it can still produce superb quality images and if you're going to play back your footage on a SD TV then a SD Hard Disk Drive Recorders will deliver great looking results.

Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Recording HDD recording is changing the way we experience home entertainment. Record directly to HDD and store a massive amount of content without the need for tapes or discs! RDR-HXD870: 160GB Hard Disk Drive for up to 455 hours of TV recording RDR-HXD970: 250GB Hard Disk Drive for up to 710 hours of TV recording RDR-HXD1070: 500GB Hard Disk Drive for up to 1400 hours of TV recording

Integrated Digital Tuner FREEVIEW Digital broadcasts offer 30+ TV channels as well as 20 radio radio stations including entertainment, children's, news, music and lifestyle. The FREEVIEW service is a simple way of getting a wide choice of digital channels and no contract. What better way to enjoy them than with Sony BRAVIA televisions.

EPG (Electronic Program Guide) The 8 day on-screen guide allows you to select the programme to watch or record at the touch of a button. Simply press ‘Enter’ to store the programme to your built-in Hard Disk Drive Recorder. Select the programme you have recorded from the on-screen menu, then sit back and enjoy.

HDMI (High Definition Media Interface) A HDMI interface allows for the best picture possible from your Sony DVD/HHD/Blu-ray player/recorder to your Sony BRAVIA LCD TV.

BRAVIA Theatre Sync With a single touch of a button, control your entire Sony entertainment system and remove the need for additional remote controls.

Series Recording Never miss you favourite shows again! Just follow the simple steps below; 1. Access EPG 2. Select programme 3. Press ‘Blue’ to access Series Info for episode detail 4. Choose to record one episode only or select ‘Series Timer’ to record all episodes 5. Series Info screen shows programmed episodes 6. Series Recording display in 8 Day EPG for future episodes

Pause Live TV & Simultaneous Record and Playback You can pause your favourite TV shows, movies or live sports and pick up where you left off ! With Simultaneous Record and Playback, you can watch one show and record another, making sure that you never miss you favourite shows when they clash!

Photomovie You can playback your favourite photos, view thumbnails and play a slide show while you listen to music! Just simply place a photo CD/DVD in your HDD Recorder or connect your digital camera via USB and you can easily access your content with the intuitive menu system.

Music Jukebox You can playback your favourite songs/albums, sort by artist, album, track and genre with this great feature. Simply place a music CD/DVD in your HDD Recorder or connect your MP3 player via USB and you can easily access your content with the intuitive menu system.

Automatic Programme Title Labelling Isn't it difficult to find that programme you recorded on the VHS tape you want to watch and cant easily find? Now with Automatic Programme Title Labelling you can easily find your recorded shows, just by looking at the name and the synopsis!

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Customer Reviews

A superb feature-laden machine that delivers excellent results
Having had this for a week now I can heartily recommend it. I spent some time researching these machines as I wanted one that had the following features:
1) HDMI output
2) 1080p upscaling
3) S-Video and iLink (Firewire) input for converting my camcorder footage to DVD
4) Digital Freeview Tuner (and analogue back-up)
5) Decent size hard drive
Not only does it provide these it also has a great user interface, lots of advanced features and makes recording and archiving camcorder footage and off-air recording a cinch. I had also heard that these fan cooled devices created a high level of ambient noise (like a PC). This Sony is damn near silent! Picture and audio quality is excellent. Overall - very highly recommended, and because of its usability a real bargain.

Best Value By A Mile!!!!!
While i don't dispute that some people may have had problems with their machines, i felt i had to come on here and defend it. IT'S BRILLIANT!!!

I've had the RDR-HXD870 for a few months now and I have no idea how i ever lived without it before! It's the best thing i've bought in a long, long while. It was very simple to set-up, the Freeview pictures are noticeably better than the standard analogue images, the 1080 upscaling is excellent, and it's ultra-reliable.
After researching for an eternity, i'd decided to go for the Panasonic DMREX77 and was about to buy it, when i read a review that felt the Sony was a better option. After comparing the two, i felt the Sony was superior, and i'm SO glad i made that decision. I'd always heard that Sony HDD recorders suffered from noisy fans, which was apparently true on early models, but the HXD870 is virtually silent.
The EPG system is excellent and simple to use.
In the 3 months i've owned it, it hasn't failed to record a single programme i've set it to record.
The edit functions on recorded media are EXCELLENT, allowing you to edit your recordings by chapter, and by the second.
It records to all DVD formats (+/-R, +/-RW, DL, ROM).
The USB port on the front is an inspired idea, allowing you to simply plug in a flash drive or mp3 player and transfer your music to the HDD Jukebox, or transfer photos the the HDD photo album.

...all this, AND it plays DivX, AND it has HDMI, AND a DV port!!!

Try finding that level of specification on another quality-brand machine for such a low price.

I would recommend the HXD870 whole-heartedly. A brilliant piece of kit.

Very good for the price
This unit is fairly compact and neatly presented. The display, while informative, is too small and dim for my liking. I think the decision to use it was was driven more by styling than anything else... There are not so many connectors/controls under the front panel flap that would seem to justify it.
That apart, the recorder performs very well. The controls and screen feedback are informative and functional (not particularly nice looking but they get the job done). Ther are lots of options for recording quality etc. that generally give results accordingly.
Dubbing to DVD is easy and very flexible.
I guess one of the main selling points of this unit will be the 1080p upscaling. I am glad to report that is works very well. It has a slightly "softer" image quality than the tuner of my Sony X-series TV for freeview transmissions, but upscaling for DVD looks very nice if you have a TV that supports 1080p.
Overall, well worth the money.