Tag : sony rdrgx315, dvd recorder

Company : Sony List Price : $299.99 Amazon Price : Used Price : Average customer review :

Features

• Component Video Input, Output, S-Video Inputs (2), Optical and Coaxial Digital Outputs, Audio Inputs (2), Audio Outputs (2), Composite Video Outputs (2), Composite Inputs (2), TV Input (RF Type), S-Video Inputs (2)
• Simultaneous Record/Playback (VR Mode)
• Timer Recording Feature and VCR Plus+ Recording
• Satellite Receiver/Cable Box Control
• Variable Bit Rate for Adjustable Recording Times (60-360 Minutes)

Amazon.com Product Description

Record your favorite TV programming from the built-in TV tuner or quickly and easily dub your camcorder’s video footage to DVD with the Sony RDRGX315 progressive scan DVD player/recorder. This single-disc unit can record to both DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW disc formats as well as dual-layer DVD+R discs (for 8.5 GB of storage), and it can play CD-R/RW discs with MP3 audio files and JPEG image files. It provides front AV, S-Video, and i.Link (Firewire) connections, which enables you to quickly patch in a camcorder (either DV or Digital8 format). It features a new slim-line chassis and quick-response graphic user interface (GUI) for easy operation and access to advanced functions. It features the following recording modes:

• HQ (High Quality): 60 minutes
• HSP: 90 minutes
• SP (Standard): 120 minutes
• LSP: 150 minutes
• LP: 180 minutes
• EP: 240 minutes
• SLP: 360 minutes
• SEP (Long Duration): 480 minutes

The RDRGX315 offers both Dolby Digital and DTS decoding and provides the following connections:

• Composite AV In (RCA): 2 (1 front)
• Composite AV Out (RCA): 2
• S-Video In: 2 (1 front)
• S-Video Out: 1
• Optical Audio Out: 1
• Coaxial Audio Digital Out: 1
• Firewire: 1

What’s in the Box
DVD player/recorder, remote control, 2 batteries, antenna cable, AV cord, printed instructions

Customer reviews

OK, but it doesn’t work now
This DVR was OK for what we used it for, but now (for the last year almost) it only intermittently records DVDs. it seems to be a heat related problem, and I’ve done the best I can to separate it from other equipment. It often works in the AM on one or two programs and then quits. This is the second SONY DVR i’ve had that is heat sensitive to recording and the 3rd overall that just seems to quit after a year or so of service. It’s out of warranty and I’m not sure what to buy anymore.

Will not buy again
I have had nothing but trouble with this unit and I just bought it last year. We purchased a sony b/c it was compatible with our sony camcorder and now we cannot even burn our information on to a CD.

I will preset the recorder for programs and it will not even record at all. It will only record when you press the record button for immediate recording. Even then it will sometimes only record a portion of the program. I guess it has something to do with the copyright protection I keep reading about.

I have a Samsung recorder and it hasn’t given me any trouble. I will not buy this Sony product again.

Exceptionally Unreliable
I have many Sony Products — a television, a minidisc player, an AV receiver, a VCR, etc., and I have to say given my past experience that I still it find it hard to believe that this piece of junk says Sony on it. This recorder is very good at making coasters. Of course, you may not even get to make a coaster because there are times when I have difficulty getting the tray to even come out. I’ve been in the demeaning position of sitting there and hitting the eject button 10-15 times before getting a response. The motor is working but the door is stuck or unresponsive from day one. The DVDs it does make “successfully” can’t be played on any other piece of equipement under any circumstances and the thing sometimes won’t even play the DVDs it burns itself. While it used to finalize DVDs in the past, the DVD recorder has essentially decided it no longer wishes to perform that work. The Remote Control is the most awful and ill conceived remote I have ever had the misfortunate to hold in my hand. Key functions are essentially hidden away in a strange compartment. I made the huge mistake of buying the recorder without doing any research only because I have purchased so many Sony products over the years. In any event, this DVD recorder is good if you are looking to burn $200 for no reason and I am utterly over my brand loyalty to Sony and will look to another manufacturer when I finally do replace this garbage. Run fast and far away from this one.

The best DVD recorder is
I am so happy with the Sony DVD Recorder RDRGX315. Originally I had purchased the Sony RDRGX330 and was not satisfied because I could not edit out the commercials.

After I purchased the RDRGX315 recorder and started using it I was in heaven. Sony needs to bring back the RDRGX315 because it is better than the other one.

It works.
I bought 2 bargain recorders that had to be returned for repairs within weeks. Both had frequent burn errors and were real particular about the brand of disk I used. Some disks were unviewable after finalizing. One recorder broke again right after the warranty expired (90 days) and the other had to be sent back again just before the warranty expired. While it was in transit I bought the Sony and put the “bargain” recorder in a closet when it came back. After 100’s of recordings and nearly a year of constant use I have had 2 bargain off-brand disks that would not finalize properly . I have tried -R, +R, -RW and +RW of various brands with no problems. I only wish there was an easier way to name the titles. When it wears out I will get another just like it.