Sony SVR-HD700

Easy to use, dual HDTV tuners, plenty of storage space

Price

The Sony SVR-HD900 is an easy to use and feature filled hard disk recorder with 160GB of disk for both standard definition and high definition TV.

Twin HD TV tuners ; Intuitive recording interface ; 160GB hard drive ; HDMI connectivity ; Effective design

No USB/Firewire port for interfacing with an external storage solution ; EPG is limited ; HDMI cable must be purchased separately ; Cycling through menus is slow at times

Overall, Sony's SVR-HD700 has a lot going for it and, despite the inability to pull recordings onto an external drive and the limited EPG, we wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to high-end PVR buyers.

surprisingly reliable (seriously)

no editing options, broken EPG

outweighed by cons

EPG is slow to load (why is it not updated all the time, surely the data is continually broadcasted and can be stored?). Slow to respond to remote control (channel changes)

good recorder when it works

unfortunatly when a product breaks down 4 times in 2 years and repairing it is so expensive that it can be cheeper to replaced it in such a short time its junk

Good picture, functionality

The unit freezing problem. Does anyone know how to fix the issue? I mean that I don't want to use the unit as a boat anchor

I still believe that the unit specifications are great and I could have enjoyed it

Lousy service, poor communication and when the going got tough they prefer to refund than repair, so now I have to spend more to get an equivalent (It wont be a SONY)

Great Picture Quality ; Simple ; Can watch a recording and record 2 separate programs simultaneously ; Can set video throughput ie. 720p etc

Software/Firmware. HDMI ver 1.1 - believe to be causing a lot if issues people talk about, for me a power cycle until the HDMI light goes out and the relay drops is enough for it to reboot properly, this takes 30 secs though. Happens mainly when...

When the unit works, while not the answer to all needs, it perform beautifully and its easy to use

The damned thing keeps breaking down and I get nagged by the women of the house. ( MAybe I should tape the nagging and send it to SONY)

The High definition is great

There is no editing of shows. Even my $130 digitec PVR does that ; Channels cannot be sorted as the user wants on the remote ; EPG programme guide is crap. How long do I have to wait for it to work?(Another thing the digitec does well)