November 8th, 2010
Sony RDRDC100B DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Disk Drive
- DVD Recorder
- 160GB HDD
- 8 Day Electronic Programme Guide
- 1080p HDMI Upscaling
- DVD-R/RW/+R/RW Record & Playback
DVD Recorder with 160GB HDD & Freeview Tuner
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Review by Previous Sony DVD user for Sony RDRDC100B DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Disk Drive
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Very disappointed with this purchase.
I’ve used 2 Sony machines before, so I thought I knew what to expect. My mistake. This machine is way inferior to the Sony DVD RDR-HXD860 or the Sony DVD RDR-HXD890B that I have used before.
It takes a long time to power on. It takes a long time to power off. Also choose your startup options carefully. One option means that if you have coax going into this machine and then out to another device eg TV, then the signal path through this machine is switched off when this machine is in Standby – which could stop your other device(or TV) getting a coax signal.
If you want to edit-out the adverts of anything you record, dont even try with this machine. It has such a flaky play, FF, RWD, slow play edit functionality that you will pull your hair out going back and forth tying to find the right edit point – and even if you can find it, it will remove the sound on the recording for the last few seconds before the edit point.
I really dont understand why Sony released this model … when they have other DVD machines with really good “operating systems” – why not re-use their software instead of issuing this disappointment.
Review by W. Sutherland for Sony RDRDC100B DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Disk Drive
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REF. The Sony Recorder RDR-DC100. This really is a step backwards for Sony, all actions with the remote seem to generate one speed from the machine and thats SLOW, Dubbing in real time is a bind, record a programme you enjoy,say a two hour film onto the H/drive and it’ll take you two hours to transfer, or Dubb, to Disc, its a real time-waster, how I wish my old ‘Lite-on’ recorder was still available.
Review by Admiral Bob for Sony RDRDC100B DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Disk Drive
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I bought this as our old DVD recorder was on the blink, and I wanted something that would also play back my MP3 collection.
On the plus side the unit is stylish and worked first time – no tricky set-up. It plays DVDs and CDs containing MP3s without any problems. I’ve not yet tried connecting a portable hard-disk or flashdrive with MP3s or JPEGs to the USB port, so can’t yet comment on those.
No problems with fan noise at all.
Two minor niggles – (1) I’ve noticed that as the hard disk becomes more used, some playback of recorded TV suffers a little from pixellation. Not sure if this is related to disk fragmentation (presumably sorted by re-formatting the disk) or just a lousy digital signal. (2) We still haven’t got to grips with using the single HDD remote to control the player and our Bravia TV. It’s not idiot-proof and we keep seeming to switch the HDD player off (and then having to wait half a minute to switch it back on) by mistake. Also if you use the HDD as your main unit (i.e. watch live TV through the HDD tuner) be aware that if you have set one channel to record while you watch another on the TV, the picture will suddenly switch to the channel you want to record when the recording starts – so you miss the first 30 seconds of the programme you were going to watch while you fiddle around trying to change the channel on the TV rather than the HDD. I’m sure these are just problems in getting used to new kit, but the use of a single control for both TV and HDD – something I’d expected from buying 2 compatible products from Sony – hasn’t yet got all the bugs ironed out. So 4 stars only.
Review by Norman Church for Sony RDRDC100B DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Disk Drive
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as a rule I always stick to brand names that have given me stirling service in the past,yes Im a mug for brand loyalty. the video was playing up so time for a change. surely I cant go wrong with a sony,from the moment I pluged it in to follow the easy set up my heart sank,3 hours later after randomly pressing buttons,I discovered the manuel had been sketchily translated by a moron. the secret button is never mentioned and its on the dvd remote not the tv remote,brilliant. still now its on, time for a try out,just press a button and instanly nothing happens,press again,move closer,press again,nothing. pick up manual scratch head suddenly disc drawer opens,yes this is a machine that likes to think about what its going to do and it thinks very slowly, it also does not like you watching a program while its recording another a bit of button pressing is required to watch what you want, so its goodbye sony, hello panasonic from now on.
Review by G. Pearce for Sony RDRDC100B DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Disk Drive
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The main selling point of the new series seems to be significantly reduced power consumption. It’s reasonably quiet in operation. I don’t find the interface very intuitive and the instruction manual rates low on clarity.
I have a Sony RDR-HXD860 (whose manual was also hard to decipher) which is about three years old. The old model edits much more accurately. The new model will not “step” one frame at a time. It has more connection sockets but beware! The USB port cannot be used to export video.
In some ways it’s not an improvement on previous models but it’s about half the price I paid three years ago.