Does anyone have this machine and what do they think of it. What's the EPG and general operation like? Does it archive freeview recordings to DVD O.K?
Sony RDR-HXD1065
I have one of these and im very happy with it. it has not suffered from any of the problems that the sonys suffer from, thats been mentioned in these forums. i copy from freeview to the hard drive, edit and burn to dvd. it burns quickly with good results.
If i had to be picky i would say the fans a bit noisy when updating the epg at night but mine is in my bedroom so its more noticeable. and its a lot slower than the older 710, starting up and when scrowling through title list. this may only be annoying to me as i have both machines.
The EPG is good but i only ever have used sony freeviews so its hard to compare. series link is good but only works on bbc and channel 4 stations.
If you have any other questions i'll try to answer
If i had to be picky i would say the fans a bit noisy when updating the epg at night but mine is in my bedroom so its more noticeable. and its a lot slower than the older 710, starting up and when scrowling through title list. this may only be annoying to me as i have both machines.
The EPG is good but i only ever have used sony freeviews so its hard to compare. series link is good but only works on bbc and channel 4 stations.
If you have any other questions i'll try to answer
Hi there.
This is a bit of a mixed bag in my view. There are some benefits and some disadvantages with this box over other PVRs on the market.
** Advantages
All in one Tidy box - Much less clutter
Series record - Thanks to Freeview Playback
Burning recordings onto DVD for archiving etc
Can record from Scart socket. I have set mine to record from a video sender, even a daily timer setup
Fast populating EPG
Remote control will also control SOME televisions.
HDMI output
Onboard video editing
** Disadvantages
Only one Freeview Tuner
No warning the recorder is going to switch over to start recording, just does it. No chance to cancel the recording.
No program information (info button) on recorded programmes both in the title list or whilst playing a recordings. Unless you recognise the thumbnail, you wont know what the programme you recorded is about, except for the title.
Slow remote control respose when scrolling through recordings and menus.
Can only pause Live TV for a MINIMUM of 2 minutes!?!?
No rewinding live TV.
Took me ages to find out how to finalise a DVD to allow it to play on other DVD equipment - Poor menu structure.
Small and confusing VF Display. When I play a recording on my box the display says "T6 hh:mm", what does the T number stand for????
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The only reason I am staying with this box is because there isnt another HDD recorder that has Freeview playback AND external/ SCART record. Im not to fussed about the DVD recording as I only copy stuff off the recorder once in a blue moon.
I ask myself as Sony have got a bit of a specialised market with Freeview Playback and a box that you can record and set timers for SCART recording. Are they being complacent? I have had this box for a few months now and there hasn't been any sign on a firmware update to make it more user friendly. I have tried phoning Sony but got "told what I wanted to hear" so sorry Sony when an alternative comes out I'll be jumping ship.
This is a bit of a mixed bag in my view. There are some benefits and some disadvantages with this box over other PVRs on the market.
** Advantages
All in one Tidy box - Much less clutter
Series record - Thanks to Freeview Playback
Burning recordings onto DVD for archiving etc
Can record from Scart socket. I have set mine to record from a video sender, even a daily timer setup
Fast populating EPG
Remote control will also control SOME televisions.
HDMI output
Onboard video editing
** Disadvantages
Only one Freeview Tuner
No warning the recorder is going to switch over to start recording, just does it. No chance to cancel the recording.
No program information (info button) on recorded programmes both in the title list or whilst playing a recordings. Unless you recognise the thumbnail, you wont know what the programme you recorded is about, except for the title.
Slow remote control respose when scrolling through recordings and menus.
Can only pause Live TV for a MINIMUM of 2 minutes!?!?
No rewinding live TV.
Took me ages to find out how to finalise a DVD to allow it to play on other DVD equipment - Poor menu structure.
Small and confusing VF Display. When I play a recording on my box the display says "T6 hh:mm", what does the T number stand for????
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The only reason I am staying with this box is because there isnt another HDD recorder that has Freeview playback AND external/ SCART record. Im not to fussed about the DVD recording as I only copy stuff off the recorder once in a blue moon.
I ask myself as Sony have got a bit of a specialised market with Freeview Playback and a box that you can record and set timers for SCART recording. Are they being complacent? I have had this box for a few months now and there hasn't been any sign on a firmware update to make it more user friendly. I have tried phoning Sony but got "told what I wanted to hear" so sorry Sony when an alternative comes out I'll be jumping ship.
I have had one of these for a couple of weeks. Overall, very pleased with it. However, I have recently noticed (as Sype describes below) that box turns on at night time and fan noise can be annoying when the box is in a bedroom. I wonder if there is anyway to stop or adjust the updating from happening in the night? Anyone aware?
Originally Posted by granville1957:
“I have had one of these for a couple of weeks. Overall, very pleased with it. However, I have recently noticed (as Sype describes below) that box turns on at night time and fan noise can be annoying when the box is in a bedroom. I wonder if there is anyway to stop or adjust the updating from happening in the night? Anyone aware?”
“I have had one of these for a couple of weeks. Overall, very pleased with it. However, I have recently noticed (as Sype describes below) that box turns on at night time and fan noise can be annoying when the box is in a bedroom. I wonder if there is anyway to stop or adjust the updating from happening in the night? Anyone aware?”
Is it updating the EPG, if so do an online search of the user guide for "EPG"?
Originally Posted by granville1957:
“I have had one of these for a couple of weeks. Overall, very pleased with it. However, I have recently noticed (as Sype describes below) that box turns on at night time and fan noise can be annoying when the box is in a bedroom. I wonder if there is anyway to stop or adjust the updating from happening in the night? Anyone aware?”
“I have had one of these for a couple of weeks. Overall, very pleased with it. However, I have recently noticed (as Sype describes below) that box turns on at night time and fan noise can be annoying when the box is in a bedroom. I wonder if there is anyway to stop or adjust the updating from happening in the night? Anyone aware?”
It's updating the EPG, which it presumably stores to the hard drive - you can't alter the time, as that's when it's transmitted.
Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin:
“It's updating the EPG, which it presumably stores to the hard drive - you can't alter the time, as that's when it's transmitted.”
“It's updating the EPG, which it presumably stores to the hard drive - you can't alter the time, as that's when it's transmitted.”
As a matter of interest, can you switch the EPG Update off?
Originally Posted by planetnokia:
“As a matter of interest, can you switch the EPG Update off?”
“As a matter of interest, can you switch the EPG Update off?”
Yes by switching the unit off at the mains.
With the onboard menu system you can disable the Sony software updates but not the Freeview EPG updates.
Not really the answer you were hoping for.
Last edited by Schizoid Mike : 06-07-2007 at 17:51
