Sony RDR-GX257 Recordable DVD Player with HDMI Upscaling, Black
Sony RDR-GX257 Recordable DVD Player with HDMI Upscaling, Black
- HDMI output w/ up to 1080p upscaling for DVD/VHS
- Line Input Recording (Non-Tuner)
- BRAVIA Sync for Theater
- Compatible w/ DVD-RW/-R/+RW/+R/+R DL, & DVD RAM media
- DVD-Video/Video clip CD/SVCD/CD-DA (CD-R/-RW) playback
The Sony RDR-GX257 DVD Recorder is the ideal companion for your digital video clip recorder. Line Input Recording (non-tuner) lets you report your favored Television displays from your cable or satellite set-top box. You can also use the One particular Touch Dubbing purpose to copy your photographs and home video clip from compatible USB2 or i.Website link-primarily based digital cameras and camcorders3. In addition, knowledge your DVDs in around High definition-top quality with HDMI upscaling (up to 1080p). You can also get pleasure from new music and digital photographs from CD an
Checklist Price tag: $ 129.99
Cost: $ 129.99
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3 comments to “Sony RDR-GX257 Recordable DVD Player with HDMI Upscaling, Black”
July 5th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
A decent-performing recorder that lacks features similarly-priced competitors have.,
The Sony RDR-GX257 is a low-cost, tunerless DVD-Video recorder that manages good recording quality at the two faster speeds and isn’t too difficult to use.
Normally, a recorder that performs its designed function well enough and with sufficient ease would, at least, deserve four stars. Unfortunately, in the case of this recorder, it earns two stars because, for the price, it lacks features that similarly priced competitive units have, such as the Toshiba D-R410 or, for a few more bucks, the Panasonic DMR-EA18K.
One feature that is lacking on the Sony is recording support for dual layer recordable discs. This problem itself may not be an issue, except there are units similarly priced that do support such media. Support for dual layer media on both -R and +R media would’ve added a bit more flexibility to this model that you get from the aforementioned Toshiba and Panasonic models.
Another feature that is lacking are s-video inputs, so you will never be able to record high resolution analog formats, such as S-VHS or Hi-8, to their fullest. On top of that, there are no s-video outputs. There are other players that have s-video inputs (and outputs) at the same price point, so why Sony decided to omit this from this model is baffling, especially since these inputs are included on the mentioned Toshiba and Panasonic players.
What is even more baffling was that the model that the RDR-GX257 replaced, the RDR-GX255, had these features! What in the world was Sony thinking?!
In all, because the features that were in the previous generation model did not get incorporated into the current model and that you can have more features at around the same price from someone else, it is very hard to justify this machine.
In all, I don’t recommend this one.
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|July 6th, 2011 at 12:13 am
Good Product,
I read a lot of the reviews on this product and did not have very high hopes but seeing as all the stores that I went to did not have a large selection of dvd recorders I had to get this model. What I found that the setup was fairly easy if you are technical savvy, if you know what I mean. Well I got it set up to my satellite receiver and I said I was going to test the recorder first, so I got on of my dvds that I use from my computer, DVD+R, which cannot be re-recorded on once it has been recorded on. And what I got was a perfect picture with no 6 second record, like a previous reviewer said, it recorded everything that I wanted it too, it was fairly simple for me. I like to read the instructions that come with the product as it makes getting to know the product a whole lot easier. I suggest if you are going to set this up to give yourself some time to read the operating instructions, because you will not have trouble with this machine. Thanks and I hope this helps.
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|July 6th, 2011 at 12:24 am
NICE AND EASY,
I have owened one of these puppies for about a year now. I ran into this PRODUCT on your site and saw the reveiws. It really does not make sense. I have to say you need to know what you are purchasing. Once you know that, then you can actually see that this product does what it’s supposed to do with ease. I have no issues with it at all. I use it frequently with no issues. As for the machine itself, it plays quietly, and would suggest it to anyone onverting old VHS or Hi-8 to DVD as well as someone recording digital satellite or digital cable instead of using a DVR.
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