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Brand: Sony EAN: 4905524419498 Item Dimensions: Label: Sony Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers. Manufacturer: Sony Model: RDRGX350B.CEK MPN: RDRGX350B.CEK Publisher: Sony Release Date: July 11, 2007 Studio: Sony Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: The RDR-GX350 DVD player-recorder from Sony has 1080p upscaling technology and an HDMi connection so you can get Full HD quality images directly on your TV screen! Equipped with numerous image-enhancing functions, the RDR-GX350 also includes Bravia Theatre Sync and Progressive Scan for precise image rendering. Your favourite films and DivX videos will turn out clearer than ever and without the effects of afterglow or aliasing! Finally, the RDR-GX350 is equipped with Dolby Digital and DTS audio decoders for images that are so realistic, they seem too good to be true! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good valueSony RDRGX350B DVD Recorder The outstanding feature of this recorder is the improved quality of the picture from my old Bush recorder. I played a DVD I had recently watched and the difference is clearly noticeable. And this is BEFORE I have connected the HDMI bits. I just put it in place of my old recorder and transferred the SCART etc connections to the new one. So I am pleased with just for that. It won't play CDs unfortuntaly and seems picky over my own previously recored DVDs but i have only had it an hour or so, and am sertainly hanging onto it. I am glad it does not have Freeview as the display on Sony is too small for my eyes, so I can play my Bush PVR through it and use that. I have learnt that if I record onto my PVR then I can play it back and record it onto DVD at the same time so that is OK. I wouldnt use it for timer DVD recordings though, far too complicated. the remote has a lot of stuff on it but at least it works. My dear old Bush only responded to the remote when it felt in a good mood. I recommend this item but think carefully fuirst for what purposes you want.Thanks Amazon too, it got to me before the computer knew where it was!. Rating: - BARGAIN RECORDER FROM SONYThis machine represents a fantastic bargain, with a quick start up, HDMI and decent play back (also applies via Scart). Although it has only as analogue tuner, Sky etc can be looped through and recorded from using channel line 1. If you're after a no frills recorder but want quality, useability and reliability, this model should be on your shortlist along with the likes of Panasonic's DMR EZ28(dearer but freeview). Rating:  - Good value, but shame no freeview.I ordered this for my Dad to use on his Sony Brava TV and very nice it is too -it took me a while to work my way through the 102 page handbook! I decided to stick to Videoplus to record off the TV. The picture quality compared to VHS is amazing. Although I haven't tried it, it appears you can connect a VHS player to it and copy on to DVD (and therefore also from a camcorder). To me this certainly makes it good value. The downside is no freeview, you record off the 5 analogue channels - BUT you can record 1 freeview channel off a Brava TV, using a scart lead in line 1 and connect to line 1 on the recorder, then press input button on DVD handset and select line 1. You will only record one digital channel and cannot change to watch an analogue channel nor switch the TV off. HOWEVER if you have an ANALOGUE TV and a DIGITAL box you should be able to set up recorder via your digital box then be able to watch analogue TV while recording on digital and switch you TV off,but keep digital box on! It works with my LG TV/VHS. Despite what others have said, no freeview is a major minus point, some areas have already had analogue TV switched off and we all may have by 2012. However who knows what systems we will be using by then! Until then this is a good quality machine at a bargain price and its good practice for recording on DVDs until we all have to buy a more expensive machine! Rating:  - DisappointedI brought this to replace a 5 year old Philips DVD Recorder. The main purpose was to backup stuff from my Sky+ box. The Sky+ has a clever Copy facility, that with my old recorder used to signal the attached recorder to start and stop, so i could backup easily, with no more than 2 keypresses on Sky+. After much research, it looked like the Sync Record function on this unit was exactly the same thing. Its not. This is a huge downgrade in usefulness over an early cheap 5 year old recorder. I even resorted to reading the manual, but to no avail. Its an good recorder, but dont buy this to backup from Sky boxes, as its useless. Rating: - Good.... but wait till you try to copy your discsI thought this was a good replacement for my Panasonic machines (which have both developed some weird faults and will not record on non RAM discs) until I tried to duplicate a DVD-R I made on the Sony on my PC. Yes, Ashampoo says it has copied it and the vob files etc are all there, but the copy will not play on the Panasonic or PC. I have also tried to rip the files of Sony made DVDs using DVDFab (which worked fine on Panasonic discs) so I can post my home vids of bands on YouTube. No luck. I found an alternative ripper but that's another 30 quid. A look around the web told me others had similar problems. It's something to do with Sony's filing system which dislikes your making back up copies of your DIY home clips etc. It makes me worry about what happens when this model dies and I can't play all these discs. That should be OK because it's more a matter of the inability to copy rather than playback. Other than that there's much to commend this well-priced machine.  Try searching the Internet for "Sony RDRGX350B DVD Recorder" or Ebay for "Sony RDRGX350B DVD Recorder". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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