Some time a go I looked into Sony PVR’s and thought that the 910 was the best one to get.

Since then the 910 has been discontinued (though it might still be available).
There is now a 1065 (Sony RDR HXD 1065).
But I also keep hearing (on this forum) about the 860.

Which is the best one to get and why?
(ps, am about to buy a Toshiba 32WLT68 LCD HD Ready Digital TV)

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I've just found out the answer to my own question:
Sony 860 - 160gb
Sony 910 - 250gb no HDMI output
Sony 1065 - 250gb with HDMI

So I shall get the Sony 1065 to use with my Toshiba 32" LCD TV.
> Does anyone have any advice on connecting them? Are there any particurly good scarts/RGBs or anything else we could use to maximise how they work together?

You want to use a HD link. So what do SCART and RGB connections matter?

Anyway. Believe it. Magic cables are a SCAM. Anything beyond competence in a cable is ....well, it's nothing. Don't fall for it. SCART cables are sub-£10, not £35. Or, Lord help us, even more! Gold-plating doesn't help anything. Just keep ordinary plugs clean. The RCA cables that came in the box are fine.

I think buying new scarts is worth it when compared to the quality you get supplied with equipment. I have never paid a lot for scarts but I did swap out all my supplied cables with flat cable JVC scarts (about £17 each) and I could see a difference, the picture was cleaner.

According to Sony's own comparison page here the 1065 won't do Chasing Playback or Simulataneous Rec/Playback but the 860 will.

That is usually because the tat bundled in the box are not indivually screened and nothing more.

Kenable are a good source of leads. I use these:

http://www.kenable.co.uk/product_inf...a8a0c323e68ae8

And the Humax PVR-9200T is a great PVR BTW!

Re: Hotpants post, the digital version of the 910 recorder certainly did/does upscale, as it has an HDMI connector. The 710, which has nigh-on the same spec. as the 910 doesn't have HDMI support.


Clem

sfortune, thats not the best, I use both those functions quite a lot. A bit of a backward step I'd say, especialy as I havn't ever got near the 160Gb limit on my 860.
Add £160 to the price and I would say the 1065 is worth giving a miss, unless there is something I am missing.
Cheers, Stu.

Having had another browse around I'm inclined to believe that sony's own page that I linked to before is wrong.

The Sony Style Page says it does do chasing playback as do numerous vendor sites. Add in the firmware appears to be similar (same version numbers and updated at the same time as the 860) would lead me to believe that the hardware isn't that different to the 860 at all.

It wouldn't be the first time that the marketing department and the technical department failed to agree!