Sony RDR-HXD995

DVD recorders have usurped the place of traditional VCRs because of their higher storage capacity and better service. With prices becoming more affordable, DVD recorders can be availed by any pocket, especially as the era of VCRs comes to an end. Sony, the pioneer in technology, has unveiled a series of hard disk DVD recorders that has high flexibility n terms of storage size and features. Through the Sony RDR-HXD995 you now have the freedom to watch what you want to and any time you want to. Its 160GB hard disk drive is enough to spell out its huge capacity through which you can record up to 455 hours.

The Sony RDR-HXD995 has both HDD and DVD technology incorporated in it. If you record to the hard disk drive, then you can store up to a whopping 1420 hours of TV entertainment without the need for blank discs. So you can record all your favorite programs in your holiday and never worry about it getting over. Flexibility is the key to this DVD recorder as you can playback your stored programs and record newer ones simultaneously. The set up is intuitive and easy. In the event of running out of space on this recorder, you can lower the quality of the recordings to fit into the memory. Later you can fine tune the quality in the manual mode.

Sony has its sleeves full of tricks when it comes to features. With the integrated digital tuner or Freeview, you have access to over 40 free TV and radio channels. So you don't have to go and spend that extra buck on a separate Freeview box. The presence of a separate analog with digital area connectors makes it easy to receive free digital channels. The Sony RDR-HXD995 has been designed to fit seamlessly with other Sony Home Cinema products. So with just one remote control you gain control over your entire home theatre system including TV, HDD DVD recorder and surround. Record digital TV and even pause on live TV.

Sony has surely crammed in a great set of features into this recorder. The X-Pict Story feature creates slideshows of your pictures and matches time to music and even store it so that you can reminisce on them in the future. It is also provided with 2 USB ports so that you can upload and playback multimedia. Other than MP3 and JPEG playback, you can even hook up this HDD DVD to a PictBridge printer. The 1080p upscaling maximizes the picture quality in the large screen. The HDD handy cam connection lets you record from a Standard Definition (SD) Camcorder directly to the Hard Drive. It doesn't finish only on video. With the Digital Music Jukebox you can store up to 999 songs. With the common interface slot you can subscribe to Setanta sports without setting up an extra box.

Sony goes beyond the ordinary to come up with some amazing products that serves are the best in performance and style. Sony emphasis time and again how its products are made keeping the consumers in mind. With a Sony product consumers do not have to worry about the quality and features, instead they can rest assured about the excellent after sales service that thousands of Sony employees provide.