Sony RDR-HX 525

Quality and clarity of reproductions, seems reliable

Some menu points can be long winded. also, having to disable some function to get others that seem unrelated ; not that easy to use at first, but gets easier with familiarity. can be slow to start up so don't rush to record as program starts

This has now been consigned to a box in the garage. I bought it to replace a cheap Aldi Tevion model. This was because my partner accused me of being a cheapskate and buying a model that was too hard for her to work out how to use. Well, the Tevion...

Bought the HX-525 18 months ago, it has been nothing but disappointment. The manual is a nightmare to understand, the operation of it has always been incredibly slow, and after using it literally about 10-12 times since new, it has now developed an HDD...

The hard drive on my similar machine RDR-HX560 packed up after 13 months, shattering my faith in Sony.The cost of repairing was uneconomic. When it was working,it was fine, apart from niggles like saying the disc was dirty when I tried to record on...

The hard drive on my similar machine RDR-HX560 packed up after 13 months, shattering my faith in Sony.The cost of repairing was uneconomic. When it was working,it was fine, apart from niggles like saying the disc was dirty when I tried to record on...

I've had one of these since May and found it has a few niggling faults. To start with, it won't play a DVD that hasn't got a title, it just gives a helpful message "DVD has no title". While it's rare for commercial DVDs to be titleless (one example is...

it looks nice

the unit is very difficult to set up and to this date i still dont have it operating correctly ; the instructions supplied are very poor

I found it easy to use and had no problems setting it up (although my friends call me Mr. Gadget ask for my assistance when setting up things) Most of my friends are over 65

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Reliable, high build quiality, easy to use

No One Touch Recording feature

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not dable to watch other programmes whilst recorder is functioning