 firmware is a real problem |
| Review Date: May 23, 2010 |
| Reviewer: doglar, Newark, DE United States |
| Every time we bought a new blue ray movie, it would not play without a firmware upgrade. So unless you want to burn a CD every time and spend 30 minutes uploading software to the machine before each movie, I would not recommend it. Seems like the quality of Japanese products is now a myth (toyota). I would say do not buy Sony electronics. |
Not A Reliable Machine
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| Review Date: April 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Brian, russellville ,Ar |
This recorder is a big disappointment. The final straw for me was while trying to record I paused it and a screen come up saying something about system reset complete.I lost an hour of recording ,and had to hold down the power button to get it to respond.I made a nice shiny coaster.
This recorder is under powered and often there are freezes and artifacts on the screen. Sometimes the errors are so bad it won't play back.
If it worked properly it would be a nice machine. Maybe I got a bad one ,But I doubt it.
If you buy this one I wish you good luck. |
Review for SONY DVD recorder
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| Review Date: March 11, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Joseph F. Chiang, NY |
| The SONY DVD recorder is a good one. The only disadvantage is that it does not have a slow motion feature. |
Disenchanted Customer
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| Review Date: March 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Jesse Allen, Atlanta, GA |
To those who like to transfer old VHS tapes to DVD's or classic VHS tapes not available in DVD or Blue-Ray:
Do not bother to purchase this product. This is my second purchase of a Sony DVD recorder. Its predecessor operated better and the only distruction to that model was using a cleaning disk. Warning: Do not use any cleaning disc or cleaning products for any DVD recorder. It will destroy the recording head.
The problem with this recorder is that the door/tray begins to malfunction after one year of use. First the door/tray will not want to stay open long enough to unloaded the disk; then the door/tray will not want to stay close to play the disk. I contacted customer support by email and the course of action involved was to unplug the product and reboot the unit. Guess what? The problem still persisted. Unfortuately, the warranty I purchased from Wal-Mart expired.
One customer tried to send their Sony DVD Recorder, RDR GX257 unit to a repair shop after an expired warrantly and was handed a whopping $115.00 surcharge in addition to shipping and handling charges. Who can afford to waste that amount of money when a new Panasonic is just only $50.00 dollars more. As a word to the wise, do not purchase any DVD recorder from Walmart. The only available recorder Walmart has is the Sony DVD Recorder, RDR GX257 model. Instead, shop Amazon.com and the like and find either a new or refurbished Panasonic or Toshiba product. Forget the Sony RDR GX257, especially if you make a lot of conversions from old VHS tapes to DVD's.
I will likely send this machine to a video repair shop and give someone else the product. The over all grade for this product is a "58" or high "F". It should not break down after one year of use, all the Panasonic products I purchased are still working. Even my Philips DVD player / VHS recorder combo still works. So "good by Sony!"
Therefore, I do not recommend this product. |
Ya Need a Converter box!
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| Review Date: February 27, 2010 |
| Reviewer: PSue, Port Republic, MD USA |
| I thought I could pop it out of the box, plug it in and like all my other Sony appliances, it would work. Not so. No where on the box does it say that you must plug it into a converter box. The directions tell you to contact your cable company. Suppose I don't have a cable company but want to record over the air shows? Well, you just can't do it with this system. Back to store it goes... |
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