Sony RDR-HXD995

88% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Excellent features ; Decent recording ; Can be upgraded for Pay TV

Won't handle DiVX via USB ; No auto CD track naming

Essential Freeview+ timer features combine with decent 1080p upscaling and time savers such as intelligent chapter creation to form an impressive combi deck

Stylish, simple to use ; good specification ; excellent TV picture and recordings ; good DVD picture

Not much at all

Ticks all our boxes for spec and performance – if you want a huge hard disk, this should be your weapon of choice

In terms of connectivity the Sony RDR-HXD995 has everything you are likely to need. There are two USB ports for viewing digital photos on the large screen, a connection for plugging in your HD camcorder which can then be used to store content on the...

Superb array of flexible features; pay-TV CAM slot included

No auto track naming for CD dukebox; can't play or copy DivX from USB

Does what it is designed for. We hardly ever watch television live these days - all the series we want to watch are queued up on the hard drive for our convenience. Can watch one recording while recording another programme. Can start watching a...

Only irritation is that programmed recordings set up in advance are deleted when the channels have to be re-tuned from time to time. Not surprising, because the advance programming would then be pointing at the wrong channel. I expect this is common of...

easy to use record progams and burn discs fro hard drive

Purchased in June 2009 it worked fine till 19th July 2013 when Digital channels disappeared and the guide didn’t work. Found an update was necessary. Couldn’t make disc but 3 days later update had happened automatically. August 18th it happened again....

Does what it is designed for. We hardly ever watch television live these days - all the series we want to watch are queued up on the hard drive for our convenience ; Can watch one recording while recording another programme ; Can start watching a...

Only irritation is that programmed recordings set up in advance are deleted when the channels have to be re-tuned from time to time. Not surprising, because the advance programming would then be pointing at the wrong channel. I expect this is common of...

easy to use record progams and burn discs fro hard drive

Purchased in June 2009 it worked fine till 19th July 2013 when Digital channels disappeared and the guide didn’t work ; Found an update was necessary. Couldn’t make disc but 3 days later update had happened automatically. August 18th it happened again....

Easy to use from the box. Many additional features for the enthusiastic and the technophile. Ideal for Freeview recording either with the onboard digital tuner or via 'line in' from set top box. Familiarisation rewarded by many user selected options...

Limited editing functionality-cannot join or move parts of recording. Analogue tuner unnecessary- could remove and enable simultaneous recording of 2 digital broadcasts when required? May also improve quality of digital tuner. Manual works well for the...

Not intuitive in use, and very bad at recording programmes already started.