The first thing you notice about Sony’s RDR-HX510 it is the first DVD/HDD combo recorder to be capable of recording to dual layer DVD-R format discs. Similar to other recorders of its breed, the HX510 is compatible with DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R and DVD+RW media and CD and CD-R playback. The hard disk has a average 80GB capacity, allows you to pause live TV very nice , and is written to using high quality 15Mbps recording.
MPEGII compression allows around 6 hours of recording from a DVD-RW disc and there are a variety of quick tools built in to ensure both easy navigation and fast recording. Plus there’s a fast 24x dubbing for transferring data from the HDD to your own media It has all the usual connectivity (SCART, S-Video and Composite) but not HDMI that is found on more expensive equivalents and is suitable for the forthcoming HDTV era.

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