Sony RDR-DC205 DVD recorder reviews and price comparison
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- Good points:
- It works
- Bad points:
- You may need a new aerial
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Confirmed purchase: 25 Jan 2011
Judith, Wakefield Bargain hunter
- Good points:
- Easy to programme.
- Bad points:
- Jumps too much in fast forward. Not very easy do erase parts of programmes as no preview. Can't erase programmes whilst recording another
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Confirmed purchase: 12 Mar 2011
Eli, Film lover
- Good points:
- none
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difficult to work out how to link a satellite box in to the system. Guide book no help.
Dislike that when dubbing it is done in real time so I can't watch something else.
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Confirmed purchase: 11 Apr 2011
Paul, Widnes I am gadit man
- Good points:
- Reviewer left no comment
- Bad points:
- The use of the word "Dubbing" why not just use the word "Copy" It was a little confusing
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Confirmed purchase: 06 Sep 2011
Anthony, Southport Bargain hunter
- Good points:
- The recorder is very easy to use and has performed as well as we had hoped
- Bad points:
- None to date
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Confirmed purchase: 03 Mar 2011
ajmer, hounslow Technophobe
- Good points:
- just the looks,and the basic dvd opperations.
- Bad points:
- takes too long to boot up,no high speed dubbing,when selecting dubbing mode it does't automatically dub in the order of selection,overall dissapointed .
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Confirmed purchase: 01 Feb 2011
Product Features
| Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes) | 320 |
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| Playback formats | DVD Plus R |
| Playback formats | DVD Plus RW |
| Playback formats | DVD-R |
| Playback formats | DivX |
| Playback formats | Super Video CD |
| Recording format | DVD Plus RW |
| Recording format | DVD-R |
| Recording format | DVD Plus R |
| Recording format | DVD-RW |
| Recording format | Double layer |
| Audio technology | Dolby Digital |
| Upscaling | Yes |
| Connections | HDMI |
| Connections | USB |
| Connections | Firewire |
| Extra functions | Electronic Program Guide |
| 3D | No |
| Freeview or Freesat tuner | FreeSat |
| Number of scart ports | 2 |
| Release date | 2009-11-02 |
Also known as: RDRDC205, Sony RDRCDC205, Sony RDRDC205B, Sony RDR-DC205B
Manufacturer's Description
Slim and stylish Freeview+ model designed to fit high quality recording seamlessly into your living room.
Features:
- 250GB hard drive capacity – To store your favourite programmes safely
- On screen guide – Intuitively designed for simple navigation and one touch recording
- Bravia Sync – Control your TV and Home Cinema with a single remote seamlessly
- Pause Live TV – Stop a live TV programme and resume viewing whenever you want
- Chasing Playback – Watch the beginning of a record while the recording continues to the end
- Series Link – Record the entire series of TV programmes at the touch of a button
- Direct Recording – Keep the quality of recording as close as possible to the level the broadcaster intended
- HDMI™ output with 1080p upscaling to maximise picture quality even on large screens
- Designed to complement the latest flat TV screens perfectly
- HDD CAM link – Connect a Sony SD HDD Cam to the recorder and store video to the hard drive or burn to a DVD
- USB Connection – Connect a range of – Photo TV HD – View your digital still images in High Definition on your TV
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can I plug an external hard drive into the usb socket and record programs on it ?
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Not so far as I'm aware.
There doesn't appear to be any means by which recording can take place other than to the internal hard disk.
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CAN YOU RECORD OF SKY+
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Don't know since I don't have a Sky+ box. However, since it's possible to record from several sources (I record from a VCR), as long as that source is not protected, I can't see why not.
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can you record directly on to a disc or do you have to record to the hard drive then dub it onto a disc?
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Sony RDR-DC205 is an excellent recorder. You have to record to the hard drive then dub it onto a disc. The quality of the recording is superb, well done Sony. Sony RDR-DC205 is user friendly as well.
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Not possible to record direct to DVD but first to hard disk, thence dub to DVD. The only problem that dubbing can only be done in real time. Otherwise fine.
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where i purchase this model in trichy
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SORRY I don't understand the question
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I bought mine on ebay, pre-owned. We have now had it for around 6 months and it has worked well, the only thing that I would say is that it is slow to react to commands compared with other models.
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I don't understand the question
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how can i link my sky digibox so i can get a tv signal to the sony rdr
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Can't tell you - have never used a Sky digibox. Surely Sky tech support can tell you.
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I'd like to know how to link it up to my Sky+ box, too - has anyone managed this?
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nor me - only an ordinary Sky box. There is a page on the website that shows how to link up external boxes. I also had to put the tv onto AV1 to be able to see tv when the recorder was switched on
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CAN YOU PLAY BLU RAY DISCS ON IT ????
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I'm sorry but I don't know, as I don't have any.
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No - DVD and CD only.
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Where can I download/obtain an instruction manual for the RDR-DC 205
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I don't know as we had a manual with our dvd.
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Try the Sony website.
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Will this machine play dvd's recorded on other recorders/computers, and will it play pre-recorded (commercial) dvd discs?
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Yes. In my experience it will play all commercial DVDs (dependent upon region) and those created on other DVD recorders and PCs. I have done the latter many times with few problems. However beware PC software that produces non-standard file formats.
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It will play whatever region you are in pre-recorded dvds.
Some of my early DVDs in +rewrite won't play - but that could just be the age!
Some files that have been sent to me from outside theUK and burnt won't play on anything so I just convert them to AVI
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has anyone had a problem with this recorder not recording some programmes set on series recording.also picture freezing and skipping on playback through hdmi connection? i have had my hdmi cable checked, it is of good quality and was o.k. this is doing my head in !!!!
help would be appreciated thanks-
Sorry No I've not had this problem.
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Haven't used it for series recording, but I am having problems with it skipping, freezing & pixalating during playback. Also having problems with dubbing to DVD discs. I was told by Sony that this was probably due to the switchover to digital due to take place. This has now happened & still not working. Sony gave me an update disc to try, but it was up to date. I am taking my recorder back to Sony next week to be repaired.
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My RDR-DC205 was on timer recording but stopped halfway through the prog.Error message E01 came up.Checked HDD and in the formetting section it stated that the Druve was full which was incorrect as there was 160+GB left.Switched off and on restarting next day back it came appearing to work OK apart form Skipping badly on the lest part recording,it does tend to pix a lot.Does any one know if reformatting drive would clear this??-
I don't actually know but I would assume that reformatting should clear any problems. Hope this helps.
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Not exactly that problem but I do have skipping issues on recordings which reformatting the hard disk failed to resolve. I would suggest contacting Sony support but their responses to my queries on this matter have not been impressive, i.e. their final advice was "re-set to factory settings" after I told them their initial instruction on accessing a particular menu option was not available on my machine.
My impression is that they don't try very hard!
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How do I record one programme while watching another both on digital
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If you mean simultaneous Play and Record then go to page 57 of your owners manual. If, however, you want to watch a TV program while recording then go to page 30.
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Malcolm, Hornchurch Film lover
Score 8.0/10After a while I met problems with (a) recorder failing to start for a pre-set recording; (b) missing sections of a second or so in the recording. The recorder was returned to the supplier who diagnosed firmware that was not up-to-date; it appeared that this was a not uncommon failing since they had seen the problem before. I don't think most users would expect to have to update internal software - or know how.
Confirmed purchase: 27 Jan 2011