Sony RDR-HXD870 - DVD Recorder With 160GB Hard Drive - With Freeview - Silver.
Sony RDR-HXD870 - DVD Recorder With 160GB Hard Drive - With Freeview - Silver.
HDD DVD RECORDER 160GB INT DIG TV TUNER HDMI OUTPUT IN
Customer Review: High Quality but with some limitations
This is an incredible machine for the money. It’s best trick is the DVD upscaling to 1080p through HDMI which has stopped me bothering about HD-DVD and Blu-Ray until the format war is over. On my 1080p capable Sony TV the picture quality is simply staggering - worth the asking price alone. Normal TV upscaling with less data to work with is less impressive but perfectly acceptable. Recording quality depends on your signal quality and compression - use HQ if you have the disc space.
Flexibility to edit TV recordings before transfer to TV (removing unwanted sections) is easy and the transfer quality is very good depending on the settings you use. When dubbing to DVD the HXD870 appears to be incapable of recording something else to HD (unlike when watching a recording or DVD at the same time which is fine).
It you look ahead a few days in the digital TV listings there can be a substantial delay in completing the full schedule - for some reason this data isn’t immediately available on the hard drive which seems an odd decision by Sony. This can be annoying when trying to schedule recordings, a procedure that is otherwise very simple.
I was disappointed that despite indications to the contrary your recorded TV and DVDs cannot be played back through the aerial. This is a simple pass through connection only - there is no channel to tune into like a VCR. It does feed a picture to HDMI and Scart outputs at the same time so you can use a separate modulator if a feed to a remote TV is wanted. Digital audio output is coax only.
If you ask a question through the Sony website, be prepared to wait. They get to it eventually but this service does not appear to have a high priority.
The limitations of the HXD870 only affect you when doing unusual things. As soon as you play a DVD at HD resolution you forgive it everything!
Customer Review: Wonderful box
The Sony RDR 870 is simple a wonderful piece of equipment once you are able to get it up and running. The documentation is easy to follow if only concerned about connecting Freeview or analogue/satellite. Trying to connect both is not explained and you are more or less left with trial and error and some pointers hidden in quite a sizeable document. Contacting Sony was a waste of time as no one appears to respond to your email*. As always Amazon did a great job in delivering on time and the equipment in one piece. Unlike a friends experience with Bt Shop were the whole process was a nightmare from beginning to end
*To update my review and to be fair to Sony, they made contact by telehone
and confirmed my connections to be correct. A bit late but at least they showed that they do care about customers.
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Sony Bravia KDL32U2000 - 32″ Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV - With Freeview 
Every BRAVIA television is HD-ready so you can enjoy theadvantages of High Definition (around four times more detail andclarity) in combination with renowned BRAVIA colour. Designed tolook as good as the pictures they produce the U-Series BRAVIA LCD
Used Price: ?396.99
Customer Review: Excellent value for money
Having missed out on this tv when on offer with Woolworths, I still bought it at 480 through amazon and its well worth it and still a great deal. Excellent delivery, so easy to set up, best picture I have ever had and better than my old sony CRT (trinitron?). Sound is great. Very good deal on a Sony Bravia and the slate grey colour is perfect - not too shiny! Buy it !!!
Customer Review: Brilliant but….
Very happy overall with this TV. It looks great, is easy to set up and has nice onscreen menus with excellent sound. However I’ve noticed that slow moving or still images have portions move at times. You might expect LCDs to show problems with fast action but no problem there - it’s great for sports. I’d be interested to see if anyone else has noticed piecs of onscreen faces distort and then re-resolve? If I can sort that with a setting option I’d gladly rate it 5*
JEJA JV-TV720A 7.0″ Widescreen Digital Mobile LCD Mini TV With FreeView DVB-T Tuner 
It is JEJA JV-TV720A 7″ Digital LCD mini TV with top quality, which has Twin tuner for digital and analogue reception, receives all FREEVIEW digital channels, digital teletext, Multi system analogue TV programes, it also has Remote control, exernal antenna socket, DVB-T optimised mag-mount antenna, Mains/12V operation.
It has wide view angle, designed by the update Japanese TV technology with fine and crisp picture.
Please be aware: The included DVB-T antenna may not work well in those aera with week freeview signla, buy may need to update it byh an DVB-T antenna with amplifer.
Box Contents:
1 X JEJA 7.0″ LCD TV with Freeview
1 X Car Adaptor
1 X A/V Cable
1 X Antenna
1 X Earphones
1 X Stand
1XRemote Control
Xoro HSD7510 (UK Model) 9.2 inch Multiregion Portable DVD Player & Digital Freeview TV 
This elegantly engineered product is a 9.2 inch 16:9 LCD top line tablet portable DVD player with the disk loader at back and also a high definition portable digital TV allowing you to watch over 30 freeview TV channels. XORO HSD 7510 is a multi-region player supporting MPEG4 / DivX / Xvid and almost all video formats. With its integrated card reader and USB port you can play and watch video programs stored in various devices. As a TV receiver it has the integrated features of fast program scan, Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and Teletext. Please note that there may be difficulty to receive freeview TV signal by the included portable antenna in some areas where the signal is not sufficiently strong. This is due to that the freeview service (www.freeview.co.uk) in the UK does not fully support portable TV antenna at present. The reception will be improving along with the progress of Digital Switchover Program (http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk). A signal amplifier or booster may improve reception capability in regions where the signal is marginally strong. (Please note that reception capability may also be affected by various factors such as proximity to freeview TV/digital radio transmitters, tall building structures, thick walls, ceilings and etc.). A rooftop TV aerial may be required to watch freeview channels in regions where the signal is insufficient for a portable antenna.
Customer Review: Where it belongs
Yes I bought one of these and it’s now on the local rubbish dump where it belongs. It never worked.
Customer Review: Elegant and nice!
I was in the market for a good quality portable DVD player for my daughter and stumbled on this Xoro gem which also comes with Freeview TV and whole host of other useful features. The player looks really smart and feels robust. The screen gives very good pictures. The unit’s seven-day electronic programme guide is easy to operate and the tuner only takes a couple of minutes to locate the TV and radio channels. The player comes with its mini-aerial, and like all digital sets, this TV does have to be in strong signal area to receive TV preogrammes. Other features include an SD card reader so one can view their photos as a slideshow. There are two headphone jacks which is handy if you have two kids who want to watch a DVD at the same time when you are driving! The only area that is not allowing me to give it 5 stars is the TV reception in poor signal areas (not the players fault mind you!). Overall very pleased and recommended.
