Tuesday, January 12th, 2010...10:44 pm
Sony RDR-GX300 DVD Recorder
- Universal DVD-R/DVD-RW, DVD+R/+RW recorder and player
- Records up to 5 hours of audio/video content per single-sided 4.7 GB DVD
- Precision Cinema Progressive with Pixel-by-Pixel I/P Conversion produces seamless, flicker-free images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs
- Front-panel audio/video input provides simple connection to camcorders or other devices
- Simplified timer recording through VCR Plus+ electronic program guide
Product Description
Sony’s new RDR-GX300 DVD Recorder is the component moment you have been waiting for. Record to DVD from your television and see the difference digital technology makes. The RDR-GX300 features DVD+RW/-RW/-R DVD Format Recording Compatibility, Precision Cinema Progressive 480P for Playback, and a User Friendly Graphic User Interface.The Timer Recording feature and Adjustable Recording Times (60-360 Minutes) enable simple TV to DVD recording. Additional features include a Variable Bit Rate for Linear and Non-Linear Editing, Video DAC with 108Mhz processing with NSV, a 192 kHz 24 Bit Digital to Analog Converter, a Dolby Digital and DTS Optical/Coaxial Output, and TV Virtual Surround with 4 Surround Modes.Amazon…. More >>
but one major con to me is that this recorder lacks compatibility to record/play DVD-RAM discs which personally I believe is the best format for recording TV. It allows you to “chase playback”, meaning you can watch something on it while it’s recording! (both previously recorded or currently being recorded). You can jump to any spot on the disc and begin playing or recording right away – even arrange recorded programs for playback in any order you choose. What a cool feature! DVD-RAM discs can be copied to & erased up to 100K times. DVD-RAM is found on recorders from some toshiba, samsung, jvc, and most panasonics and I believe it’s popularity will grow as more people learn of it’s capabilities.
The plus format is not as commonly found as the minus is. In fact, I’ve only seen it supported as far as recorders are concerned from sony. Perhaps that means it’s a dying format, I don’t know. I hate to have to give sony a “bad” review because I do love their electronics-they are a quality brand, however the lack of DVD-RAM support means I’ll be buying another brand. Also tell me how such an expensive recorder from sony doesn’t also include an HDMI output and SACD playback??? Also lacks firewire port which is very surprising considering most of the DVD recorders on the market have it. Also lacks JPEG & WMA support. sorry sony you lose!
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a terrible machine. Within 3 months it refused to play any DVD or CD whatsoever, saying it had failed to load. When I did some research on the internet I found out that a number of people had this problem.
A complete waste of money.
Rating: 1 / 5
I ordered this DVD Player and I am not able to use the main feature, which is chasing playback. For some reason the DVD player will not let me use this function, and after several hours on the phone with Sony’s customer service the problem is still not fixed. I wish Sony had better customer service. Would not purchase this item online, make sure you check out all the features right after you purchse this item. And purchase this item in a store so that you can return it if it doesn’t work.
Rating: 3 / 5
I have an extensive collection of old vhs tapes I wanted to convert to digital on dvd’s. some are copy protected but i bought a video enhancer that allows you to by pass the protection not legal on rented vhs tapes i know that but sometimes it will copy and other times it won’t copy.? jus stops in 8 seconds then might 17 minutes and stop again every few seconds etc hey I paid lots of money over the years for the vhs tapes I bought and seems sad I can’t keep them and update them to digital aftre spending all that money. And the sony has the slowest fast foward I ever seen. maybe 8x terrible on our own home made movies where there is no chapters to jump to.
Rating: 3 / 5
While I normally love Sony products, this was a real let down.The first unit had both an audio, loud hissing when a CD or DVD was loaded but not playing and the picture quality on anything slower than SP was grainy and generally noisy. I exchanged it and the hiss disappeared but the picture quality problems remained. I spent 4 hours on the phone with the very inquisitive Sony customer service people but after going over everything 12 times with various people that seemed to be learning how the product worked from their conversation with me, and 40 different ways to hook up the unit, it was determined that there was something wrong with the way it processed the cable signal from my Motorola cable box and sent it on to my TV. I tried every conceivable combination of component, s-video and RCA cable and nothing helped. I was able to record shows off my cable signal in LP mode with my 5 year old VCR and the picture was better than the DVD recorder. It’s too bad because I found it relatively easy to use once I got thru a couple of errors in the manual but the picture quality is so bad I’ve given up. On to the Philips HDRW720 and a unit with a hard drive. Hopefully I’ll have better luck.
Rating: 1 / 5