Sony RDR-GXD360 DVD recorder reviews and price comparison

Score 8.3/10 Read 27
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This DVD recorder is a good all rounder.

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Ease of use	7.7
Image quality	8.4
Sound quality	8.1
Design	8.3
Value for money	8.6
Overall rating	8.3

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Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Freeview ease of programming
Bad points:: Cannot pause record to miss adverts when recording in manual mode.

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 21 Jul 2007

norman, doncaster

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: pleased with the unit in general
Bad points:: none for me but i should hqave thought longer and bought a unit with a hdmi socket and hard drive

Ease of use	5.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	5.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 16 May 2007

Joseph, Chichester

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: This DVD player / recorder lives up to its reputation as a Which magazine recommended buy. It is very good and easy to use.
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 10 Sep 2007

Mike, Milton Keynes

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Very easy setup and usage. Freeview works fine - who needs to pay for Sky??
Bad points:: Loading and formatting discs can be slow. It has locked-up a couple of times but doing a factory reset has fixed the issue each time. A wish-list feature would be having two Freeview tuners - one for recording and one for watching.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 10 May 2007

Amanda, Bournemouth

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Pretty much everything. Stylish, compact, good features, quality of playback very good.
Bad points:: It's probably because I'm not very bright with technology, but it took me a while to work out how to use it. The instruction manual is a bit on the translated-from-Japanese-via-Swedish type, but once I got the hang of it it's not difficult to use.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 08 Nov 2007

David, Woodfor Green, Essex

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: I found the product easy to install and use.
Bad points:: would have been nice to be able to use the 'pause button' during recording in order to 'cut out' adverts.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 02 Oct 2007

John, Gerrards Cross

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: buillt in Freeview is a bonus. Playback is fine
Bad points:: Why is recording such a pain???
Will not record on SONY DVD+RW without the disk having been formatted in my PC!

Ease of use	4.0
Image quality	7.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 01 Aug 2007

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Product Features

Playback formats	DVD Plus RW
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Playback formats	DVD-RAM
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Playback formats	DVD Plus R
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Playback formats	DVD-R
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Playback formats	Super Video CD
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Recording format	Double layer

Recording format	DVD Plus RW

Recording format	DVD-RW

Recording format	DVD-R

Recording format	DVD Plus R

Upscaling	Yes
Upscaling DVD players use video processing techniques to improve the quality of a standard definition image from a DVD to a near high definition (HD) image.
Connections	Firewire

Extra functions	Electronic Program Guide

3D	No

Freeview or Freesat tuner	FreeSat
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Release date	2006-07-17
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: SONY RDRGXD360, Sony RDR GXD360/S

Manufacturer's Description

Freeview Digital tuner

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