Sony RDR-DC505

My RDR-DC505B recorder is connected to a Bravia KDL-32 EX403 television and having both from the same manufacturer gives very clear and good viewing, howerver when everything runs smoothly see below.

With two pieces of equipment from same manufacturer and being able to use one controller should make life easy. Unfortunately not the case. If the switch on procedure is not carried out in the correct sequence power to the recorder can take ages to...

Ease of use

Very slow to turn on

I have an earlier model of this Sony DVD recorder (which is sadly no longer in production) and am impressed by it, so wanted a second one for another room in the house. I like the way I can watch a pre-recording saved on the hard drive whilst recording...

I was disappointed to find that it will not record in any format other than High Quality so where as I am used to burning several recorded programmes to a single DVD I am lucky if I can fit one programme with htis model in fast burn mode. This is a big...