apoel(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 10th February 2005, 16:42
still not able to decide which recorder to buy. from a 200 pounds one i went up and now considering to buy either the sony 900 or the pioneer 520. anyone who can help me decide? do they worth their asking price?
RE: anyone to comment on sony rdr hx900?
phelings(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 10th February 2005, 21:34
The Sony misses the crucial DIVIDE feature on the HDD,making it next to useless for editing.It means if you copy a block of programmes over from Sky+,or maybe VHS,you cannot divide the block into separate programmes for editing. I believe this machine and the Sony 1000 are now discontinued,although they are still in the shops.But get the Pioneer instead
RE: anyone to comment on sony rdr hx900?
Justybabes(Competent) posted this on Sunday, 13th February 2005, 02:07
All the Sonys bar the HX1000 are now discontinued. Yes this is a bit of an issue on for HDD recordings, but you can still get round it with a bit of creative editing via A/B and so on.
Having used both machines, I`d go for the Sony (900 or 1000, theres only the HDD size thats different) simply for the better picture quality - The Pioneers ok for the money, but the lack of a decent video chipset and component / prog out is simply unforgiveable now by Pioneer whom have not got it right since the DVR7000 :(
