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 Customer Reviews
Bargain, 16 Nov 2008
I bought this early as I am working overseas and wanted to avoid any mailing problems as this is my Xmas treat. My only slight disappointment is it has fallen by another £10 from the £175 the wife kindly paid.
I also ordered a 1gb sony memeory stick to enable the BD Live facility.
Anyway it arrived and connected to my 40" Sony Bravia and DSL LAN, and after a few easy steps it was updated to profile 2 and I had a quick peek at the BD live bit on the Iron Man BD disc. As for picture quality it was superb (pores on faces individual hairs showing, hugely greater clarity etc) and the sound through my lower end Pioneer dvd/amp was excellent, although could only hook up by stereo analogue so no surround sound. Will have to save for a 7.1 HDMI system.
The remote is similar to the Bravia TV and it was instantly dual functional.
Anyway it is now packed away and will not come out until Crimbo.
I also registered the product and Sony are to send Batman Begins, and Casino Royale - a true bargain and all for £165 (not complaining too much on the price I was refunded VAT).
Stunning, 14 Nov 2008
Visually stunning, without a doubt my best buy from Amazon by far.
If you are thinking of buying a Blu ray player. look no further, don't dilly dally buy this Sony model now.
WOW, 14 Nov 2008
Wow what can I say first blue ray player I have bought picture quality fantastic, set up easy. Delivery from Amazon second to none.Would reccomend this player and Amazon to everyone even the wife was impressed!.Dont delay get yours today.
Top notch, 09 Nov 2008
Once again, amazon delivered well before the estimated date. After having read all the other reviews on the sony BDPS350 blue ray player, I decided to buy one. I have to agree with all the other positive reviews about this player. It's fantastic value for money compared to other makes in this range/level of blue ray players. It does exactly as advertised & the picture & sound quality are excellent. I haven't connected mine to the internet yet as I've had no problems with any of the players operations or play back. This player is by far the best one that I've had & I think it will take some beating.
Fantastic, 07 Nov 2008
I was going to purchase a PS3 but after reading reviews about this player and already owning a games console, I decided to purchase this player. Firstly the delivery from Amazon was fantastic, but was a little upset to find no Batman or Casino Royal in box as stated. This was resolved with a quick phone call to Amazon.
Now onto the Blu-Ray player, it's fantastic I would recommend this player to anyone who was looking into Blu-Ray. I made the Player multi-region for DVD's in about 10 Minutes using a simple hack found on the net using an All4one remote. Unfortunately this hack only works for DVD's but that's fine for me as I had loads of Region 1 DVD's that I still wanted to play. The Picture and sound quality is fantastic with no sign of video juddering like I have seen on other players. 5/5
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Product Description
Record and watch all your favourite TV programmes with the Sony RDR-HXD890 DVD recorder/player. This device supports DivX files and features a hard drive with a 160GB capacity, so you can store hours of video. The RDR-HXD890 supports DVD-R/RW, DVD R/RW, and dual-layer DVD Rs in recording mode. Chasing Playback allows you to watch a DVD while simultaneously recording another programme.Other practical features of the RDR-HXD890 include a one-touch copy from the hard drive to a DVD, as well as a digital jukebox to store and listen to up to 999 songs.The RDR-HXD890 also includes one HDMI output and two USB ports - you can even hook up your camcorder to save all your memories to the hard drive! Make the RDR-HXD890 the next addition to your home cinema!
Customer Reviews
Bargain, 16 Nov 2008
I bought this early as I am working overseas and wanted to avoid any mailing problems as this is my Xmas treat. My only slight disappointment is it has fallen by another £10 from the £175 the wife kindly paid.
I also ordered a 1gb sony memeory stick to enable the BD Live facility.
Anyway it arrived and connected to my 40" Sony Bravia and DSL LAN, and after a few easy steps it was updated to profile 2 and I had a quick peek at the BD live bit on the Iron Man BD disc. As for picture quality it was superb (pores on faces individual hairs showing, hugely greater clarity etc) and the sound through my lower end Pioneer dvd/amp was excellent, although could only hook up by stereo analogue so no surround sound. Will have to save for a 7.1 HDMI system.
The remote is similar to the Bravia TV and it was instantly dual functional.
Anyway it is now packed away and will not come out until Crimbo.
I also registered the product and Sony are to send Batman Begins, and Casino Royale - a true bargain and all for £165 (not complaining too much on the price I was refunded VAT).
Stunning, 14 Nov 2008
Visually stunning, without a doubt my best buy from Amazon by far.
If you are thinking of buying a Blu ray player. look no further, don't dilly dally buy this Sony model now.
WOW, 14 Nov 2008
Wow what can I say first blue ray player I have bought picture quality fantastic, set up easy. Delivery from Amazon second to none.Would reccomend this player and Amazon to everyone even the wife was impressed!.Dont delay get yours today.
Top notch, 09 Nov 2008
Once again, amazon delivered well before the estimated date. After having read all the other reviews on the sony BDPS350 blue ray player, I decided to buy one. I have to agree with all the other positive reviews about this player. It's fantastic value for money compared to other makes in this range/level of blue ray players. It does exactly as advertised & the picture & sound quality are excellent. I haven't connected mine to the internet yet as I've had no problems with any of the players operations or play back. This player is by far the best one that I've had & I think it will take some beating.
Fantastic, 07 Nov 2008
I was going to purchase a PS3 but after reading reviews about this player and already owning a games console, I decided to purchase this player. Firstly the delivery from Amazon was fantastic, but was a little upset to find no Batman or Casino Royal in box as stated. This was resolved with a quick phone call to Amazon.
Now onto the Blu-Ray player, it's fantastic I would recommend this player to anyone who was looking into Blu-Ray. I made the Player multi-region for DVD's in about 10 Minutes using a simple hack found on the net using an All4one remote. Unfortunately this hack only works for DVD's but that's fine for me as I had loads of Region 1 DVD's that I still wanted to play. The Picture and sound quality is fantastic with no sign of video juddering like I have seen on other players. 5/5
Excellent, 17 Nov 2008
Having had a bad experience with a cheaper no name product, and fighting tooth and nail to get a refund I decided to up my budget and get a named brand. Had a DVD recorder from Sony for about 4 years before it gave up the ghost, so felt comfortable with my purchase. As stated before the instructions can jump about abit but having mastered Sony's style before this was fairly straight forward to set up and get recording. Have had recorder for 4 days and am still finding options that will probably never use. If you just want to record digital TV to disc then this will do just fine. I have tried the usb port for playing music and viewing pictures very easy to work.Only niggle is when connected with HDMI cable mine gives a reduced screen size on some channels i.e. not wide screen as set. Have switched to using a scart lead and this solves screen size problem with no noticable change in picture definition.
Better than my previous HDD machine, 06 Nov 2008
Excellent!
It could be a bit tricky to set up if you look at the vast array of set ups in the manual but in reality it was fairly easy if you just logicaly follow the various inputs and outputs. Once set up it is easy to use. The EPG is OK and works fine and makes recording programs easy.
My machine is not in the least bit noisy in fact it is much quiter than my previous HDD machine (a Liteon).
Only problem I have is that it rejects DVD+RW discs! Any body else have this problem?
Very versatile, 04 Nov 2008
I bought this to replace a Samsung which cost nearly the same but was very disappointing. The Samsung dvd/hdd suffered from a lot of picture freeze and interference, and the programme menu was so frustratingly slow to respond you don't think the instruction has registered. This Sony couldn't be more different; it feels high quality as soon as you take it out the box, the instructions are relatively straightforward if you persevere, and operation is easy when you get the hang of it. What doesn't come across in the specification is the great editing function for your dv or hdd camcorder, and as I have a Sony model this is a huge bonus. Using an I-link connection the dvd/hdd remote operates the camcorder whilst playing and editing, and you can edit frame by frame. I can't believe I am doing this within a few days! The tuner gives a much better picture on my new Samsung tv than the built-in tuner, it is virtually free of interference and the screen display responds as soon as you press the key. Brilliant.
Sony RDR HXD890, 31 Oct 2008
Got the recorder yesterday and I have to say, i have made the right choice. I only had 1 problem and that was me putting the arial cables in the analogue section and not the digital, 1 quick change over and voilla. Anyway, onto the important stuff. Recording and putting it onto the dvd is so simple. just choose where you want to record to the recording quality and you're away. I've also connected the VCR and recorded 1 of my dad's videos and put it to DVD, no problems what-so-ever. And because it has so many recording modes, it can manage to fit it to a disk at a good quality. All of the features are good on this are good; the pause Tv records to the hard drive so you can go back to it at any time and skip the adverts in seconds. The only criticism of this is the remote which seems a little OTT, but you can get used to it in a short amount of time. Overall, I would recommend it to anyone, it is nearly perfect. Just 1 question to people who own it though. If the program over-runs, does the recording extend to account for this.
NTSC plays in black & white, 27 Oct 2008
The machine can be hacked to be region free, but NTSC disks only play in black & white. While this is an improvement over the Daewoo DH-6100P, which refuses to play NTSC disks, it's not a patch on my 4 year old £25 no-brand, which plays NTSC disks perfectly.
The user interface is not very easy to drive. Manually setting it to record a program via timer, is way too complicated. The Daewoo displays on screen were you can fill in all the details for your timer recording; with the Sony you have to fill in 5 different screens. The OSD for program info, is not very intuative either.
Very clear recordings but pants UI.
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Product Description
Progressive Scan component video for optimized image quality
Customer Reviews
Bargain, 16 Nov 2008
I bought this early as I am working overseas and wanted to avoid any mailing problems as this is my Xmas treat. My only slight disappointment is it has fallen by another £10 from the £175 the wife kindly paid.
I also ordered a 1gb sony memeory stick to enable the BD Live facility.
Anyway it arrived and connected to my 40" Sony Bravia and DSL LAN, and after a few easy steps it was updated to profile 2 and I had a quick peek at the BD live bit on the Iron Man BD disc. As for picture quality it was superb (pores on faces individual hairs showing, hugely greater clarity etc) and the sound through my lower end Pioneer dvd/amp was excellent, although could only hook up by stereo analogue so no surround sound. Will have to save for a 7.1 HDMI system.
The remote is similar to the Bravia TV and it was instantly dual functional.
Anyway it is now packed away and will not come out until Crimbo.
I also registered the product and Sony are to send Batman Begins, and Casino Royale - a true bargain and all for £165 (not complaining too much on the price I was refunded VAT).
Stunning, 14 Nov 2008
Visually stunning, without a doubt my best buy from Amazon by far.
If you are thinking of buying a Blu ray player. look no further, don't dilly dally buy this Sony model now.
WOW, 14 Nov 2008
Wow what can I say first blue ray player I have bought picture quality fantastic, set up easy. Delivery from Amazon second to none.Would reccomend this player and Amazon to everyone even the wife was impressed!.Dont delay get yours today.
Top notch, 09 Nov 2008
Once again, amazon delivered well before the estimated date. After having read all the other reviews on the sony BDPS350 blue ray player, I decided to buy one. I have to agree with all the other positive reviews about this player. It's fantastic value for money compared to other makes in this range/level of blue ray players. It does exactly as advertised & the picture & sound quality are excellent. I haven't connected mine to the internet yet as I've had no problems with any of the players operations or play back. This player is by far the best one that I've had & I think it will take some beating.
Fantastic, 07 Nov 2008
I was going to purchase a PS3 but after reading reviews about this player and already owning a games console, I decided to purchase this player. Firstly the delivery from Amazon was fantastic, but was a little upset to find no Batman or Casino Royal in box as stated. This was resolved with a quick phone call to Amazon.
Now onto the Blu-Ray player, it's fantastic I would recommend this player to anyone who was looking into Blu-Ray. I made the Player multi-region for DVD's in about 10 Minutes using a simple hack found on the net using an All4one remote. Unfortunately this hack only works for DVD's but that's fine for me as I had loads of Region 1 DVD's that I still wanted to play. The Picture and sound quality is fantastic with no sign of video juddering like I have seen on other players. 5/5
Excellent, 17 Nov 2008
Having had a bad experience with a cheaper no name product, and fighting tooth and nail to get a refund I decided to up my budget and get a named brand. Had a DVD recorder from Sony for about 4 years before it gave up the ghost, so felt comfortable with my purchase. As stated before the instructions can jump about abit but having mastered Sony's style before this was fairly straight forward to set up and get recording. Have had recorder for 4 days and am still finding options that will probably never use. If you just want to record digital TV to disc then this will do just fine. I have tried the usb port for playing music and viewing pictures very easy to work.Only niggle is when connected with HDMI cable mine gives a reduced screen size on some channels i.e. not wide screen as set. Have switched to using a scart lead and this solves screen size problem with no noticable change in picture definition.
Better than my previous HDD machine, 06 Nov 2008
Excellent!
It could be a bit tricky to set up if you look at the vast array of set ups in the manual but in reality it was fairly easy if you just logicaly follow the various inputs and outputs. Once set up it is easy to use. The EPG is OK and works fine and makes recording programs easy.
My machine is not in the least bit noisy in fact it is much quiter than my previous HDD machine (a Liteon).
Only problem I have is that it rejects DVD+RW discs! Any body else have this problem?
Very versatile, 04 Nov 2008
I bought this to replace a Samsung which cost nearly the same but was very disappointing. The Samsung dvd/hdd suffered from a lot of picture freeze and interference, and the programme menu was so frustratingly slow to respond you don't think the instruction has registered. This Sony couldn't be more different; it feels high quality as soon as you take it out the box, the instructions are relatively straightforward if you persevere, and operation is easy when you get the hang of it. What doesn't come across in the specification is the great editing function for your dv or hdd camcorder, and as I have a Sony model this is a huge bonus. Using an I-link connection the dvd/hdd remote operates the camcorder whilst playing and editing, and you can edit frame by frame. I can't believe I am doing this within a few days! The tuner gives a much better picture on my new Samsung tv than the built-in tuner, it is virtually free of interference and the screen display responds as soon as you press the key. Brilliant.
Sony RDR HXD890, 31 Oct 2008
Got the recorder yesterday and I have to say, i have made the right choice. I only had 1 problem and that was me putting the arial cables in the analogue section and not the digital, 1 quick change over and voilla. Anyway, onto the important stuff. Recording and putting it onto the dvd is so simple. just choose where you want to record to the recording quality and you're away. I've also connected the VCR and recorded 1 of my dad's videos and put it to DVD, no problems what-so-ever. And because it has so many recording modes, it can manage to fit it to a disk at a good quality. All of the features are good on this are good; the pause Tv records to the hard drive so you can go back to it at any time and skip the adverts in seconds. The only criticism of this is the remote which seems a little OTT, but you can get used to it in a short amount of time. Overall, I would recommend it to anyone, it is nearly perfect. Just 1 question to people who own it though. If the program over-runs, does the recording extend to account for this.
NTSC plays in black & white, 27 Oct 2008
The machine can be hacked to be region free, but NTSC disks only play in black & white. While this is an improvement over the Daewoo DH-6100P, which refuses to play NTSC disks, it's not a patch on my 4 year old £25 no-brand, which plays NTSC disks perfectly.
The user interface is not very easy to drive. Manually setting it to record a program via timer, is way too complicated. The Daewoo displays on screen were you can fill in all the details for your timer recording; with the Sony you have to fill in 5 different screens. The OSD for program info, is not very intuative either.
Very clear recordings but pants UI.
Not high quality audio, 18 Nov 2008
Doesn't have a optical output, so cannot output DTS. Why can't Amazon either list all the interfaces or show you a picture? Otherwise OK.
good value'!!!!, 17 Nov 2008
the code kalpesh provided does work great player that has played all i have thrown at it so far... kalpesh you the man... thank you...
disappointing, 16 Nov 2008
We bought this as a region-free replacement for our even cheaper Amazon-bought Yelo DVD player - sadly no longer available. Compared to the Yelo we have the following issues:-
- the multi-region hack is tedious but ultimately worked OK
- the picture quality (especially colour) out-of-box was very poor; but it was possible to adjust the various menus to correct this (SCART to Sony LCD TV)
- It seems impossible to stop the player from auto-sleeping if it is paused for any length of time (the 'sleep' menu setting makes it sleep whilst actually playing!!!!)
- The above is particularly a problem because, even if the disk is left in, 'sleep' causes the machine to forget its place on the disk. So if you pause it and go for an extended phonecall/coffee you will have to sit through all the garbage stuff ('copying is stealing'....) again to get to the disk menu, then use scene select to find your place again!! FTR the Yelo remembers its place on the DVD indefinitely if the disk is left in the machine.
- We are trying to repair the Yelo! (plays OK but the disk tray eject tends to stick).
A good inexpensive multi-regional player, 02 Nov 2008
If all you want is a very basic dvd player, say for the bedroom, then at the moment, you are really looking at either this Philips or the Toshiba SD280E. They are similarly priced with similar specs. The advantage of the Tosh is that it will play your divx movies whilst the Philips will not. Nevertheless I chose the Philips, purely on the fact that it is silver in colour whilst the Toshiba is black. A minor point really but as my bedroom telly is also silver I wanted it to match.
I see from reading these comments that some have struggled with making the Philips multi-region. If this is you then try again and make sure you follow Kalpesh's instructions to the letter. It does work. It took me less than a minute to complete.
Buy with caution., 01 Nov 2008
Yes it's cheap. For a reason. Within two months of me purchasing I cannot play anything on it all. Am now in the process of returning what promised to be a very versatile machine but instead is what appears to be a white elephant. Shame.
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Product Description
Panasonic Blu-ray Player with BD-Live, Viera Link and SD Memory Slot, Hdmi Connection
Customer Reviews
Bargain, 16 Nov 2008
I bought this early as I am working overseas and wanted to avoid any mailing problems as this is my Xmas treat. My only slight disappointment is it has fallen by another £10 from the £175 the wife kindly paid.
I also ordered a 1gb sony memeory stick to enable the BD Live facility.
Anyway it arrived and connected to my 40" Sony Bravia and DSL LAN, and after a few easy steps it was updated to profile 2 and I had a quick peek at the BD live bit on the Iron Man BD disc. As for picture quality it was superb (pores on faces individual hairs showing, hugely greater clarity etc) and the sound through my lower end Pioneer dvd/amp was excellent, although could only hook up by stereo analogue so no surround sound. Will have to save for a 7.1 HDMI system.
The remote is similar to the Bravia TV and it was instantly dual functional.
Anyway it is now packed away and will not come out until Crimbo.
I also registered the product and Sony are to send Batman Begins, and Casino Royale - a true bargain and all for £165 (not complaining too much on the price I was refunded VAT).
Stunning, 14 Nov 2008
Visually stunning, without a doubt my best buy from Amazon by far.
If you are thinking of buying a Blu ray player. look no further, don't dilly dally buy this Sony model now.
WOW, 14 Nov 2008
Wow what can I say first blue ray player I have bought picture quality fantastic, set up easy. Delivery from Amazon second to none.Would reccomend this player and Amazon to everyone even the wife was impressed!.Dont delay get yours today.
Top notch, 09 Nov 2008
Once again, amazon delivered well before the estimated date. After having read all the other reviews on the sony BDPS350 blue ray player, I decided to buy one. I have to agree with all the other positive reviews about this player. It's fantastic value for money compared to other makes in this range/level of blue ray players. It does exactly as advertised & the picture & sound quality are excellent. I haven't connected mine to the internet yet as I've had no problems with any of the players operations or play back. This player is by far the best one that I've had & I think it will take some beating.
Fantastic, 07 Nov 2008
I was going to purchase a PS3 but after reading reviews about this player and already owning a games console, I decided to purchase this player. Firstly the delivery from Amazon was fantastic, but was a little upset to find no Batman or Casino Royal in box as stated. This was resolved with a quick phone call to Amazon.
Now onto the Blu-Ray player, it's fantastic I would recommend this player to anyone who was looking into Blu-Ray. I made the Player multi-region for DVD's in about 10 Minutes using a simple hack found on the net using an All4one remote. Unfortunately this hack only works for DVD's but that's fine for me as I had loads of Region 1 DVD's that I still wanted to play. The Picture and sound quality is fantastic with no sign of video juddering like I have seen on other players. 5/5
Excellent, 17 Nov 2008
Having had a bad experience with a cheaper no name product, and fighting tooth and nail to get a refund I decided to up my budget and get a named brand. Had a DVD recorder from Sony for about 4 years before it gave up the ghost, so felt comfortable with my purchase. As stated before the instructions can jump about abit but having mastered Sony's style before this was fairly straight forward to set up and get recording. Have had recorder for 4 days and am still finding options that will probably never use. If you just want to record digital TV to disc then this will do just fine. I have tried the usb port for playing music and viewing pictures very easy to work.Only niggle is when connected with HDMI cable mine gives a reduced screen size on some channels i.e. not wide screen as set. Have switched to using a scart lead and this solves screen size problem with no noticable change in picture definition.
Better than my previous HDD machine, 06 Nov 2008
Excellent!
It could be a bit tricky to set up if you look at the vast array of set ups in the manual but in reality it was fairly easy if you just logicaly follow the various inputs and outputs. Once set up it is easy to use. The EPG is OK and works fine and makes recording programs easy.
My machine is not in the least bit noisy in fact it is much quiter than my previous HDD machine (a Liteon).
Only problem I have is that it rejects DVD+RW discs! Any body else have this problem?
Very versatile, 04 Nov 2008
I bought this to replace a Samsung which cost nearly the same but was very disappointing. The Samsung dvd/hdd suffered from a lot of picture freeze and interference, and the programme menu was so frustratingly slow to respond you don't think the instruction has registered. This Sony couldn't be more different; it feels high quality as soon as you take it out the box, the instructions are relatively straightforward if you persevere, and operation is easy when you get the hang of it. What doesn't come across in the specification is the great editing function for your dv or hdd camcorder, and as I have a Sony model this is a huge bonus. Using an I-link connection the dvd/hdd remote operates the camcorder whilst playing and editing, and you can edit frame by frame. I can't believe I am doing this within a few days! The tuner gives a much better picture on my new Samsung tv than the built-in tuner, it is virtually free of interference and the screen display responds as soon as you press the key. Brilliant.
Sony RDR HXD890, 31 Oct 2008
Got the recorder yesterday and I have to say, i have made the right choice. I only had 1 problem and that was me putting the arial cables in the analogue section and not the digital, 1 quick change over and voilla. Anyway, onto the important stuff. Recording and putting it onto the dvd is so simple. just choose where you want to record to the recording quality and you're away. I've also connected the VCR and recorded 1 of my dad's videos and put it to DVD, no problems what-so-ever. And because it has so many recording modes, it can manage to fit it to a disk at a good quality. All of the features are good on this are good; the pause Tv records to the hard drive so you can go back to it at any time and skip the adverts in seconds. The only criticism of this is the remote which seems a little OTT, but you can get used to it in a short amount of time. Overall, I would recommend it to anyone, it is nearly perfect. Just 1 question to people who own it though. If the program over-runs, does the recording extend to account for this.
NTSC plays in black & white, 27 Oct 2008
The machine can be hacked to be region free, but NTSC disks only play in black & white. While this is an improvement over the Daewoo DH-6100P, which refuses to play NTSC disks, it's not a patch on my 4 year old £25 no-brand, which plays NTSC disks perfectly.
The user interface is not very easy to drive. Manually setting it to record a program via timer, is way too complicated. The Daewoo displays on screen were you can fill in all the details for your timer recording; with the Sony you have to fill in 5 different screens. The OSD for program info, is not very intuative either.
Very clear recordings but pants UI.
Not high quality audio, 18 Nov 2008
Doesn't have a optical output, so cannot output DTS. Why can't Amazon either list all the interfaces or show you a picture? Otherwise OK.
good value'!!!!, 17 Nov 2008
the code kalpesh provided does work great player that has played all i have thrown at it so far... kalpesh you the man... thank you...
disappointing, 16 Nov 2008
We bought this as a region-free replacement for our even cheaper Amazon-bought Yelo DVD player - sadly no longer available. Compared to the Yelo we have the following issues:-
- the multi-region hack is tedious but ultimately worked OK
- the picture quality (especially colour) out-of-box was very poor; but it was possible to adjust the various menus to correct this (SCART to Sony LCD TV)
- It seems impossible to stop the player from auto-sleeping if it is paused for any length of time (the 'sleep' menu setting makes it sleep whilst actually playing!!!!)
- The above is particularly a problem because, even if the disk is left in, 'sleep' causes the machine to forget its place on the disk. So if you pause it and go for an extended phonecall/coffee you will have to sit through all the garbage stuff ('copying is stealing'....) again to get to the disk menu, then use scene select to find your place again!! FTR the Yelo remembers its place on the DVD indefinitely if the disk is left in the machine.
- We are trying to repair the Yelo! (plays OK but the disk tray eject tends to stick).
A good inexpensive multi-regional player, 02 Nov 2008
If all you want is a very basic dvd player, say for the bedroom, then at the moment, you are really looking at either this Philips or the Toshiba SD280E. They are similarly priced with similar specs. The advantage of the Tosh is that it will play your divx movies whilst the Philips will not. Nevertheless I chose the Philips, purely on the fact that it is silver in colour whilst the Toshiba is black. A minor point really but as my bedroom telly is also silver I wanted it to match.
I see from reading these comments that some have struggled with making the Philips multi-region. If this is you then try again and make sure you follow Kalpesh's instructions to the letter. It does work. It took me less than a minute to complete.
Buy with caution., 01 Nov 2008
Yes it's cheap. For a reason. Within two months of me purchasing I cannot play anything on it all. Am now in the process of returning what promised to be a very versatile machine but instead is what appears to be a white elephant. Shame.
If you are looking for dedicated player than PS3 than this is the one for you, 16 Nov 2008
Got this great player last week, I was using PS3 before for Blu Ray only and I was not happy with sound quality... So I bought this player and found huge difference!
In PS3, it was restricted in Picture and Sound settings, you can now play around as you can in dedicate player. Now I can set them as I want and pass... sound in Bitstream to my amplifier to get maximum output.
About this player, it's easy to setup, crisp picture, better colours and excellent sound output.
I already mentioned about sound. Huge difference (if you have surround system). Also you can use onboard processor to HD Audio Decoding if your amplifier doesn't support them. Works flawlessly!
BD Live, Profile 2.0, SD Card, Divx, MP3 and online updates are great to have them.
Note: playing divx (on CD/DVD-+RW) is bit tricky on this player. I hope they will fix this issue with firmware update soon.
Audio CD and SD DVD quality is also awesome.
Easy to make it multiregion by using remote codes.
In nutshell it's an excellent player!
little belter, 14 Nov 2008
Ultra slim player, great looks and stunning performance.Not only does this player deliver but Amazon did a great job too.Great delivery and great unbeatable price. A brand new product and 2 free films, what a steal. I can't really add anything that hasn't already been said other than the main reason I bought this player was not for the blu-ray but to use the SDHC function in conjunction with my Panasonic SD9 camcorder and what a result. HD quality Home made videos blow you away with their realistic image quality. Holiday images are like you are still away.
My current set up is a Panasonic Viera 42" plasma 1080i with HDMI link & SPDIF connection to my existing DVD based 5.1 surround Samsung HT X250R home cinema.
Really Great...., 11 Nov 2008
It arrived today, although the HDMI lead ordered at the same time, is being sent from Jersey, strangely, and wont be here till thursday. So it's working throught the component outputs at the moment at 1080i and looks amazing on my samsung 32" TV.
The HDMI lead will allow me to use one remote to control everything, i need an av amp now to get the most out of the truehd audio as im just using the speakers built into the tv at the moment, although they still sound pretty good. HIghly Recommended over the Sony version!
Awesome, 09 Nov 2008
Read the reviews from WhatHiFi and decided to partner this with a Panny 42 inch Plasama (PZ85) and what a combination. Fanastically easier to setup and the rsults are simply stunning. Shame about the delivery service (CityLink) which was appalling.
A Panasonic Wonder with Profile 2 and Upscaling, 08 Nov 2008
Purchased to match a Panasonic 1080p Television after reading many reviews.
Consider connecting through HDMI not Component Video to utilise all the features. As usual these days a HDML lead is not included. The HDMI lead recommended by Amazon as a package is the one to get as some HDMI leads are wired differently and the Panasonic Viera Link will not work (my original didnt).
Profile 2 means you can connect to the Internet to do Firmware updates as new features are added.
As regarding Upscaling (rendering ordinary DVD to a higher quality if possible) the manual is a bit confusing as the default condition assumes connection by Component Video and you need to find the right menu to change this if using the superior HDMI connection.
The US import version of the BBC Planet Earth I am told is 1080p rather than 1080i if your TV supports the higher format whereas most UK Blu Ray discs are not yet showing the full potential of Blu Ray.
After watching full 1080p for a while and switching back to ordinary Freeview TV really emphasises the quality of this product.
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Customer Reviews
Bargain, 16 Nov 2008
I bought this early as I am working overseas and wanted to avoid any mailing problems as this is my Xmas treat. My only slight disappointment is it has fallen by another £10 from the £175 the wife kindly paid.
I also ordered a 1gb sony memeory stick to enable the BD Live facility.
Anyway it arrived and connected to my 40" Sony Bravia and DSL LAN, and after a few easy steps it was updated to profile 2 and I had a quick peek at the BD live bit on the Iron Man BD disc. As for picture quality it was superb (pores on faces individual hairs showing, hugely greater clarity etc) and the sound through my lower end Pioneer dvd/amp was excellent, although could only hook up by stereo analogue so no surround sound. Will have to save for a 7.1 HDMI system.
The remote is similar to the Bravia TV and it was instantly dual functional.
Anyway it is now packed away and will not come out until Crimbo.
I also registered the product and Sony are to send Batman Begins, and Casino Royale - a true bargain and all for £165 (not complaining too much on the price I was refunded VAT).
Stunning, 14 Nov 2008
Visually stunning, without a doubt my best buy from Amazon by far.
If you are thinking of buying a Blu ray player. look no further, don't dilly dally buy this Sony model now.
WOW, 14 Nov 2008
Wow what can I say first blue ray player I have bought picture quality fantastic, set up easy. Delivery from Amazon second to none.Would reccomend this player and Amazon to everyone even the wife was impressed!.Dont delay get yours today.
Top notch, 09 Nov 2008
Once again, amazon delivered well before the estimated date. After having read all the other reviews on the sony BDPS350 blue ray player, I decided to buy one. I have to agree with all the other positive reviews about this player. It's fantastic value for money compared to other makes in this range/level of blue ray players. It does exactly as advertised & the picture & sound quality are excellent. I haven't connected mine to the internet yet as I've had no problems with any of the players operations or play back. This player is by far the best one that I've had & I think it will take some beating.
Fantastic, 07 Nov 2008
I was going to purchase a PS3 but after reading reviews about this player and already owning a games console, I decided to purchase this player. Firstly the delivery from Amazon was fantastic, but was a little upset to find no Batman or Casino Royal in box as stated. This was resolved with a quick phone call to Amazon.
Now onto the Blu-Ray player, it's fantastic I would recommend this player to anyone who was looking into Blu-Ray. I made the Player multi-region for DVD's in about 10 Minutes using a simple hack found on the net using an All4one remote. Unfortunately this hack only works for DVD's but that's fine for me as I had loads of Region 1 DVD's that I still wanted to play. The Picture and sound quality is fantastic with no sign of video juddering like I have seen on other players. 5/5
Excellent, 17 Nov 2008
Having had a bad experience with a cheaper no name product, and fighting tooth and nail to get a refund I decided to up my budget and get a named brand. Had a DVD recorder from Sony for about 4 years before it gave up the ghost, so felt comfortable with my purchase. As stated before the instructions can jump about abit but having mastered Sony's style before this was fairly straight forward to set up and get recording. Have had recorder for 4 days and am still finding options that will probably never use. If you just want to record digital TV to disc then this will do just fine. I have tried the usb port for playing music and viewing pictures very easy to work.Only niggle is when connected with HDMI cable mine gives a reduced screen size on some channels i.e. not wide screen as set. Have switched to using a scart lead and this solves screen size problem with no noticable change in picture definition.
Better than my previous HDD machine, 06 Nov 2008
Excellent!
It could be a bit tricky to set up if you look at the vast array of set ups in the manual but in reality it was fairly easy if you just logicaly follow the various inputs and outputs. Once set up it is easy to use. The EPG is OK and works fine and makes recording programs easy.
My machine is not in the least bit noisy in fact it is much quiter than my previous HDD machine (a Liteon).
Only problem I have is that it rejects DVD+RW discs! Any body else have this problem?
Very versatile, 04 Nov 2008
I bought this to replace a Samsung which cost nearly the same but was very disappointing. The Samsung dvd/hdd suffered from a lot of picture freeze and interference, and the programme menu was so frustratingly slow to respond you don't think the instruction has registered. This Sony couldn't be more different; it feels high quality as soon as you take it out the box, the instructions are relatively straightforward if you persevere, and operation is easy when you get the hang of it. What doesn't come across in the specification is the great editing function for your dv or hdd camcorder, and as I have a Sony model this is a huge bonus. Using an I-link connection the dvd/hdd remote operates the camcorder whilst playing and editing, and you can edit frame by frame. I can't believe I am doing this within a few days! The tuner gives a much better picture on my new Samsung tv than the built-in tuner, it is virtually free of interference and the screen display responds as soon as you press the key. Brilliant.
Sony RDR HXD890, 31 Oct 2008
Got the recorder yesterday and I have to say, i have made the right choice. I only had 1 problem and that was me putting the arial cables in the analogue section and not the digital, 1 quick change over and voilla. Anyway, onto the important stuff. Recording and putting it onto the dvd is so simple. just choose where you want to record to the recording quality and you're away. I've also connected the VCR and recorded 1 of my dad's videos and put it to DVD, no problems what-so-ever. And because it has so many recording modes, it can manage to fit it to a disk at a good quality. All of the features are good on this are good; the pause Tv records to the hard drive so you can go back to it at any time and skip the adverts in seconds. The only criticism of this is the remote which seems a little OTT, but you can get used to it in a short amount of time. Overall, I would recommend it to anyone, it is nearly perfect. Just 1 question to people who own it though. If the program over-runs, does the recording extend to account for this.
NTSC plays in black & white, 27 Oct 2008
The machine can be hacked to be region free, but NTSC disks only play in black & white. While this is an improvement over the Daewoo DH-6100P, which refuses to play NTSC disks, it's not a patch on my 4 year old £25 no-brand, which plays NTSC disks perfectly.
The user interface is not very easy to drive. Manually setting it to record a program via timer, is way too complicated. The Daewoo displays on screen were you can fill in all the details for your timer recording; with the Sony you have to fill in 5 different screens. The OSD for program info, is not very intuative either.
Very clear recordings but pants UI.
Not high quality audio, 18 Nov 2008
Doesn't have a optical output, so cannot output DTS. Why can't Amazon either list all the interfaces or show you a picture? Otherwise OK.
good value'!!!!, 17 Nov 2008
the code kalpesh provided does work great player that has played all i have thrown at it so far... kalpesh you the man... thank you...
disappointing, 16 Nov 2008
We bought this as a region-free replacement for our even cheaper Amazon-bought Yelo DVD player - sadly no longer available. Compared to the Yelo we have the following issues:-
- the multi-region hack is tedious but ultimately worked OK
- the picture quality (especially colour) out-of-box was very poor; but it was possible to adjust the various menus to correct this (SCART to Sony LCD TV)
- It seems impossible to stop the player from auto-sleeping if it is paused for any length of time (the 'sleep' menu setting makes it sleep whilst actually playing!!!!)
- The above is particularly a problem because, even if the disk is left in, 'sleep' causes the machine to forget its place on the disk. So if you pause it and go for an extended phonecall/coffee you will have to sit through all the garbage stuff ('copying is stealing'....) again to get to the disk menu, then use scene select to find your place again!! FTR the Yelo remembers its place on the DVD indefinitely if the disk is left in the machine.
- We are trying to repair the Yelo! (plays OK but the disk tray eject tends to stick).
A good inexpensive multi-regional player, 02 Nov 2008
If all you want is a very basic dvd player, say for the bedroom, then at the moment, you are really looking at either this Philips or the Toshiba SD280E. They are similarly priced with similar specs. The advantage of the Tosh is that it will play your divx movies whilst the Philips will not. Nevertheless I chose the Philips, purely on the fact that it is silver in colour whilst the Toshiba is black. A minor point really but as my bedroom telly is also silver I wanted it to match.
I see from reading these comments that some have struggled with making the Philips multi-region. If this is you then try again and make sure you follow Kalpesh's instructions to the letter. It does work. It took me less than a minute to complete.
Buy with caution., 01 Nov 2008
Yes it's cheap. For a reason. Within two months of me purchasing I cannot play anything on it all. Am now in the process of returning what promised to be a very versatile machine but instead is what appears to be a white elephant. Shame.
If you are looking for dedicated player than PS3 than this is the one for you, 16 Nov 2008
Got this great player last week, I was using PS3 before for Blu Ray only and I was not happy with sound quality... So I bought this player and found huge difference!
In PS3, it was restricted in Picture and Sound settings, you can now play around as you can in dedicate player. Now I can set them as I want and pass... sound in Bitstream to my amplifier to get maximum output.
About this player, it's easy to setup, crisp picture, better colours and excellent sound output.
I already mentioned about sound. Huge difference (if you have surround system). Also you can use onboard processor to HD Audio Decoding if your amplifier doesn't support them. Works flawlessly!
BD Live, Profile 2.0, SD Card, Divx, MP3 and online updates are great to have them.
Note: playing divx (on CD/DVD-+RW) is bit tricky on this player. I hope they will fix this issue with firmware update soon.
Audio CD and SD DVD quality is also awesome.
Easy to make it multiregion by using remote codes.
In nutshell it's an excellent player!
little belter, 14 Nov 2008
Ultra slim player, great looks and stunning performance.Not only does this player deliver but Amazon did a great job too.Great delivery and great unbeatable price. A brand new product and 2 free films, what a steal. I can't really add anything that hasn't already been said other than the main reason I bought this player was not for the blu-ray but to use the SDHC function in conjunction with my Panasonic SD9 camcorder and what a result. HD quality Home made videos blow you away with their realistic image quality. Holiday images are like you are still away.
My current set up is a Panasonic Viera 42" plasma 1080i with HDMI link & SPDIF connection to my existing DVD based 5.1 surround Samsung HT X250R home cinema.
Really Great...., 11 Nov 2008
It arrived today, although the HDMI lead ordered at the same time, is being sent from Jersey, strangely, and wont be here till thursday. So it's working throught the component outputs at the moment at 1080i and looks amazing on my samsung 32" TV.
The HDMI lead will allow me to use one remote to control everything, i need an av amp now to get the most out of the truehd audio as im just using the speakers built into the tv at the moment, although they still sound pretty good. HIghly Recommended over the Sony version!
Awesome, 09 Nov 2008
Read the reviews from WhatHiFi and decided to partner this with a Panny 42 inch Plasama (PZ85) and what a combination. Fanastically easier to setup and the rsults are simply stunning. Shame about the delivery service (CityLink) which was appalling.
A Panasonic Wonder with Profile 2 and Upscaling, 08 Nov 2008
Purchased to match a Panasonic 1080p Television after reading many reviews.
Consider connecting through HDMI not Component Video to utilise all the features. As usual these days a HDML lead is not included. The HDMI lead recommended by Amazon as a package is the one to get as some HDMI leads are wired differently and the Panasonic Viera Link will not work (my original didnt).
Profile 2 means you can connect to the Internet to do Firmware updates as new features are added.
As regarding Upscaling (rendering ordinary DVD to a higher quality if possible) the manual is a bit confusing as the default condition assumes connection by Component Video and you need to find the right menu to change this if using the superior HDMI connection.
The US import version of the BBC Planet Earth I am told is 1080p rather than 1080i if your TV supports the higher format whereas most UK Blu Ray discs are not yet showing the full potential of Blu Ray.
After watching full 1080p for a while and switching back to ordinary Freeview TV really emphasises the quality of this product.
question for 360guy, 16 Nov 2008
Im thinking of buying this but its to replace my old Sony 5.1 system that i plug my 360 into. I notice you say there's no way of plugging the 360 into this system but the specs say it has an Optical in so Why don't you use that ?
Quite good for a surround sound 'sound' not a hifi replacement!, 16 Nov 2008
Sony DAV-DZ260 - 5.1 ch - DVD Home Cinema System - Black
** £129 brand new in Sainsbury's by the way **
Good piece of kit. Sounds quite good, not a worthy replacement for hifi separates but fine for surround sound purposes. Not a "cure for cancer" like most reviews on this product seem to claim.
It is easy to set up with miles of colour coded cables. HDMI and optical cables are NOT included. USB port won't read Hard Disks, only USB sticks. Regarding radio, the FM antenna is included but it's rubbish, so plugged it into the FM arial in the house which is not ideal if you're using that for the TV! Not tried the Digital Media port because there isn't a cable for this either...
Great hdmi upscaling DVD player so still can't see the point of buying blue ray stuff! Music channels sound great when on loud but too much bass and treble - extremes of both levels rather than a balance/synergy which is why i'm a little disappointed to be replacing my old hifi separates. But if you're not a big audio-phile then this is a good surround set.
Can't hear much from the rear speakers either by the way. In fact I watched The Departed last night and got hardly anything out of the rear speakers. Talk shows sound better through the TV only.
It will split stereo broadcasts into 5.1 surround which is good but then you have to keep changing the settings back and forth for this. And as with any digital output, the result is only as good as the source in the first place.
Brilliant!, 15 Nov 2008
I bought this item following all the reviews on here - they weren't wrong!
This little system - for the money - ticks all the boxes & actually sounds excellent into the bargain, as well as really easy to install.
The only thing I found was that I needed a digital optical cable from the 'system' into my Sony Bravia TV, as well as the HDMI cable, in order to benefit from surround sound whilst watching TV, #ie not a DVD#.
Excellent - Many thanks to all the peeps who took the time to review!
Mike Helensburgh, 09 Nov 2008
This is my first ever purchased home cinema system.Would have spent more if neccessary.However the reviews on this product were so good,I decided to go ahead.Great piece of kit.Sound is amazing especially the base.Wife says its just like being at the cinema.However not sure whether the dog is enjoying it as much.Well done sony for the product and well done Amazon for the price and very prompt delivery
Excellent Value for Money, 09 Nov 2008
I recently purchased this home theatre system, mostly based on the many positive reviews on this site, the price, and the high number of connectors (HDMI, optical audio input). I am very impressed with this unit and highly recommend it, especially to owners of Sony televisions with HDMI connectors. The "One Touch" DVD play feature works very smoothly and the audio quality is great. Also works well as a stand-alone CD player. Highly recommended.
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Sony RDRGX350B DVD Recorder
Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
*Best price found from Amazon Marketplace seller
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*Amazon: £84.35
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Product Description
The RDR-GX350 DVD player-recorder from Sony has 1080p upscaling technology and an HDMi connection so you can get Full HD quality images directly on your TV screen! Equipped with numerous image-enhancing functions, the RDR-GX350 also includes Bravia Theatre Sync and Progressive Scan for precise image rendering. Your favourite films and DivX videos will turn out clearer than ever and without the effects of afterglow or aliasing! Finally, the RDR-GX350 is equipped with Dolby Digital and DTS audio decoders for images that are so realistic, they seem too good to be true!
Customer Reviews
Bargain, 16 Nov 2008
I bought this early as I am working overseas and wanted to avoid any mailing problems as this is my Xmas treat. My only slight disappointment is it has fallen by another £10 from the £175 the wife kindly paid.
I also ordered a 1gb sony memeory stick to enable the BD Live facility.
Anyway it arrived and connected to my 40" Sony Bravia and DSL LAN, and after a few easy steps it was updated to profile 2 and I had a quick peek at the BD live bit on the Iron Man BD disc. As for picture quality it was superb (pores on faces individual hairs showing, hugely greater clarity etc) and the sound through my lower end Pioneer dvd/amp was excellent, although could only hook up by stereo analogue so no surround sound. Will have to save for a 7.1 HDMI system.
The remote is similar to the Bravia TV and it was instantly dual functional.
Anyway it is now packed away and will not come out until Crimbo.
I also registered the product and Sony are to send Batman Begins, and Casino Royale - a true bargain and all for £165 (not complaining too much on the price I was refunded VAT).
Stunning, 14 Nov 2008
Visually stunning, without a doubt my best buy from Amazon by far.
If you are thinking of buying a Blu ray player. look no further, don't dilly dally buy this Sony model now.
WOW, 14 Nov 2008
Wow what can I say first blue ray player I have bought picture quality fantastic, set up easy. Delivery from Amazon second to none.Would reccomend this player and Amazon to everyone even the wife was impressed!.Dont delay get yours today.
Top notch, 09 Nov 2008
Once again, amazon delivered well before the estimated date. After having read all the other reviews on the sony BDPS350 blue ray player, I decided to buy one. I have to agree with all the other positive reviews about this player. It's fantastic value for money compared to other makes in this range/level of blue ray players. It does exactly as advertised & the picture & sound quality are excellent. I haven't connected mine to the internet yet as I've had no problems with any of the players operations or play back. This player is by far the best one that I've had & I think it will take some beating.
Fantastic, 07 Nov 2008
I was going to purchase a PS3 but after reading reviews about this player and already owning a games console, I decided to purchase this player. Firstly the delivery from Amazon was fantastic, but was a little upset to find no Batman or Casino Royal in box as stated. This was resolved with a quick phone call to Amazon.
Now onto the Blu-Ray player, it's fantastic I would recommend this player to anyone who was looking into Blu-Ray. I made the Player multi-region for DVD's in about 10 Minutes using a simple hack found on the net using an All4one remote. Unfortunately this hack only works for DVD's but that's fine for me as I had loads of Region 1 DVD's that I still wanted to play. The Picture and sound quality is fantastic with no sign of video juddering like I have seen on other players. 5/5
Excellent, 17 Nov 2008
Having had a bad experience with a cheaper no name product, and fighting tooth and nail to get a refund I decided to up my budget and get a named brand. Had a DVD recorder from Sony for about 4 years before it gave up the ghost, so felt comfortable with my purchase. As stated before the instructions can jump about abit but having mastered Sony's style before this was fairly straight forward to set up and get recording. Have had recorder for 4 days and am still finding options that will probably never use. If you just want to record digital TV to disc then this will do just fine. I have tried the usb port for playing music and viewing pictures very easy to work.Only niggle is when connected with HDMI cable mine gives a reduced screen size on some channels i.e. not wide screen as set. Have switched to using a scart lead and this solves screen size problem with no noticable change in picture definition.
Better than my previous HDD machine, 06 Nov 2008
Excellent!
It could be a bit tricky to set up if you look at the vast array of set ups in the manual but in reality it was fairly easy if you just logicaly follow the various inputs and outputs. Once set up it is easy to use. The EPG is OK and works fine and makes recording programs easy.
My machine is not in the least bit noisy in fact it is much quiter than my previous HDD machine (a Liteon).
Only problem I have is that it rejects DVD+RW discs! Any body else have this problem?
Very versatile, 04 Nov 2008
I bought this to replace a Samsung which cost nearly the same but was very disappointing. The Samsung dvd/hdd suffered from a lot of picture freeze and interference, and the programme menu was so frustratingly slow to respond you don't think the instruction has registered. This Sony couldn't be more different; it feels high quality as soon as you take it out the box, the instructions are relatively straightforward if you persevere, and operation is easy when you get the hang of it. What doesn't come across in the specification is the great editing function for your dv or hdd camcorder, and as I have a Sony model this is a huge bonus. Using an I-link connection the dvd/hdd remote operates the camcorder whilst playing and editing, and you can edit frame by frame. I can't believe I am doing this within a few days! The tuner gives a much better picture on my new Samsung tv than the built-in tuner, it is virtually free of interference and the screen display responds as soon as you press the key. Brilliant.
Sony RDR HXD890, 31 Oct 2008
Got the recorder yesterday and I have to say, i have made the right choice. I only had 1 problem and that was me putting the arial cables in the analogue section and not the digital, 1 quick change over and voilla. Anyway, onto the important stuff. Recording and putting it onto the dvd is so simple. just choose where you want to record to the recording quality and you're away. I've also connected the VCR and recorded 1 of my dad's videos and put it to DVD, no problems what-so-ever. And because it has so many recording modes, it can manage to fit it to a disk at a good quality. All of the features are good on this are good; the pause Tv records to the hard drive so you can go back to it at any time and skip the adverts in seconds. The only criticism of this is the remote which seems a little OTT, but you can get used to it in a short amount of time. Overall, I would recommend it to anyone, it is nearly perfect. Just 1 question to people who own it though. If the program over-runs, does the recording extend to account for this.
NTSC plays in black & white, 27 Oct 2008
The machine can be hacked to be region free, but NTSC disks only play in black & white. While this is an improvement over the Daewoo DH-6100P, which refuses to play NTSC disks, it's not a patch on my 4 year old £25 no-brand, which plays NTSC disks perfectly.
The user interface is not very easy to drive. Manually setting it to record a program via timer, is way too complicated. The Daewoo displays on screen were you can fill in all the details for your timer recording; with the Sony you have to fill in 5 different screens. The OSD for program info, is not very intuative either.
Very clear recordings but pants UI.
Not high quality audio, 18 Nov 2008
Doesn't have a optical output, so cannot output DTS. Why can't Amazon either list all the interfaces or show you a picture? Otherwise OK.
good value'!!!!, 17 Nov 2008
the code kalpesh provided does work great player that has played all i have thrown at it so far... kalpesh you the man... thank you...
disappointing, 16 Nov 2008
We bought this as a region-free replacement for our even cheaper Amazon-bought Yelo DVD player - sadly no longer available. Compared to the Yelo we have the following issues:-
- the multi-region hack is tedious but ultimately worked OK
- the picture quality (especially colour) out-of-box was very poor; but it was possible to adjust the various menus to correct this (SCART to Sony LCD TV)
- It seems impossible to stop the player from auto-sleeping if it is paused for any length of time (the 'sleep' menu setting makes it sleep whilst actually playing!!!!)
- The above is particularly a problem because, even if the disk is left in, 'sleep' causes the machine to forget its place on the disk. So if you pause it and go for an extended phonecall/coffee you will have to sit through all the garbage stuff ('copying is stealing'....) again to get to the disk menu, then use scene select to find your place again!! FTR the Yelo remembers its place on the DVD indefinitely if the disk is left in the machine.
- We are trying to repair the Yelo! (plays OK but the disk tray eject tends to stick).
A good inexpensive multi-regional player, 02 Nov 2008
If all you want is a very basic dvd player, say for the bedroom, then at the moment, you are really looking at either this Philips or the Toshiba SD280E. They are similarly priced with similar specs. The advantage of the Tosh is that it will play your divx movies whilst the Philips will not. Nevertheless I chose the Philips, purely on the fact that it is silver in colour whilst the Toshiba is black. A minor point really but as my bedroom telly is also silver I wanted it to match.
I see from reading these comments that some have struggled with making the Philips multi-region. If this is you then try again and make sure you follow Kalpesh's instructions to the letter. It does work. It took me less than a minute to complete.
Buy with caution., 01 Nov 2008
Yes it's cheap. For a reason. Within two months of me purchasing I cannot play anything on it all. Am now in the process of returning what promised to be a very versatile machine but instead is what appears to be a white elephant. Shame.
If you are looking for dedicated player than PS3 than this is the one for you, 16 Nov 2008
Got this great player last week, I was using PS3 before for Blu Ray only and I was not happy with sound quality... So I bought this player and found huge difference!
In PS3, it was restricted in Picture and Sound settings, you can now play around as you can in dedicate player. Now I can set them as I want and pass... sound in Bitstream to my amplifier to get maximum output.
About this player, it's easy to setup, crisp picture, better colours and excellent sound output.
I already mentioned about sound. Huge difference (if you have surround system). Also you can use onboard processor to HD Audio Decoding if your amplifier doesn't support them. Works flawlessly!
BD Live, Profile 2.0, SD Card, Divx, MP3 and online updates are great to have them.
Note: playing divx (on CD/DVD-+RW) is bit tricky on this player. I hope they will fix this issue with firmware update soon.
Audio CD and SD DVD quality is also awesome.
Easy to make it multiregion by using remote codes.
In nutshell it's an excellent player!
little belter, 14 Nov 2008
Ultra slim player, great looks and stunning performance.Not only does this player deliver but Amazon did a great job too.Great delivery and great unbeatable price. A brand new product and 2 free films, what a steal. I can't really add anything that hasn't already been said other than the main reason I bought this player was not for the blu-ray but to use the SDHC function in conjunction with my Panasonic SD9 camcorder and what a result. HD quality Home made videos blow you away with their realistic image quality. Holiday images are like you are still away.
My current set up is a Panasonic Viera 42" plasma 1080i with HDMI link & SPDIF connection to my existing DVD based 5.1 surround Samsung HT X250R home cinema.
Really Great...., 11 Nov 2008
It arrived today, although the HDMI lead ordered at the same time, is being sent from Jersey, strangely, and wont be here till thursday. So it's working throught the component outputs at the moment at 1080i and looks amazing on my samsung 32" TV.
The HDMI lead will allow me to use one remote to control everything, i need an av amp now to get the most out of the truehd audio as im just using the speakers built into the tv at the moment, although they still sound pretty good. HIghly Recommended over the Sony version!
Awesome, 09 Nov 2008
Read the reviews from WhatHiFi and decided to partner this with a Panny 42 inch Plasama (PZ85) and what a combination. Fanastically easier to setup and the rsults are simply stunning. Shame about the delivery service (CityLink) which was appalling.
A Panasonic Wonder with Profile 2 and Upscaling, 08 Nov 2008
Purchased to match a Panasonic 1080p Television after reading many reviews.
Consider connecting through HDMI not Component Video to utilise all the features. As usual these days a HDML lead is not included. The HDMI lead recommended by Amazon as a package is the one to get as some HDMI leads are wired differently and the Panasonic Viera Link will not work (my original didnt).
Profile 2 means you can connect to the Internet to do Firmware updates as new features are added.
As regarding Upscaling (rendering ordinary DVD to a higher quality if possible) the manual is a bit confusing as the default condition assumes connection by Component Video and you need to find the right menu to change this if using the superior HDMI connection.
The US import version of the BBC Planet Earth I am told is 1080p rather than 1080i if your TV supports the higher format whereas most UK Blu Ray discs are not yet showing the full potential of Blu Ray.
After watching full 1080p for a while and switching back to ordinary Freeview TV really emphasises the quality of this product.
question for 360guy, 16 Nov 2008
Im thinking of buying this but its to replace my old Sony 5.1 system that i plug my 360 into. I notice you say there's no way of plugging the 360 into this system but the specs say it has an Optical in so Why don't you use that ?
Quite good for a surround sound 'sound' not a hifi replacement!, 16 Nov 2008
Sony DAV-DZ260 - 5.1 ch - DVD Home Cinema System - Black
** £129 brand new in Sainsbury's by the way **
Good piece of kit. Sounds quite good, not a worthy replacement for hifi separates but fine for surround sound purposes. Not a "cure for cancer" like most reviews on this product seem to claim.
It is easy to set up with miles of colour coded cables. HDMI and optical cables are NOT included. USB port won't read Hard Disks, only USB sticks. Regarding radio, the FM antenna is included but it's rubbish, so plugged it into the FM arial in the house which is not ideal if you're using that for the TV! Not tried the Digital Media port because there isn't a cable for this either...
Great hdmi upscaling DVD player so still can't see the point of buying blue ray stuff! Music channels sound great when on loud but too much bass and treble - extremes of both levels rather than a balance/synergy which is why i'm a little disappointed to be replacing my old hifi separates. But if you're not a big audio-phile then this is a good surround set.
Can't hear much from the rear speakers either by the way. In fact I watched The Departed last night and got hardly anything out of the rear speakers. Talk shows sound better through the TV only.
It will split stereo broadcasts into 5.1 surround which is good but then you have to keep changing the settings back and forth for this. And as with any digital output, the result is only as good as the source in the first place.
Brilliant!, 15 Nov 2008
I bought this item following all the reviews on here - they weren't wrong!
This little system - for the money - ticks all the boxes & actually sounds excellent into the bargain, as well as really easy to install.
The only thing I found was that I needed a digital optical cable from the 'system' into my Sony Bravia TV, as well as the HDMI cable, in order to benefit from surround sound whilst watching TV, #ie not a DVD#.
Excellent - Many thanks to all the peeps who took the time to review!
Mike Helensburgh, 09 Nov 2008
This is my first ever purchased home cinema system.Would have spent more if neccessary.However the reviews on this product were so good,I decided to go ahead.Great piece of kit.Sound is amazing especially the base.Wife says its just like being at the cinema.However not sure whether the dog is enjoying it as much.Well done sony for the product and well done Amazon for the price and very prompt delivery
Excellent Value for Money, 09 Nov 2008
I recently purchased this home theatre system, mostly based on the many positive reviews on this site, the price, and the high number of connectors (HDMI, optical audio input). I am very impressed with this unit and highly recommend it, especially to owners of Sony televisions with HDMI connectors. The "One Touch" DVD play feature works very smoothly and the audio quality is great. Also works well as a stand-alone CD player. Highly recommended.
Good.... but wait till you try to copy your discs, 11 Nov 2008
I thought this was a good replacement for my Panasonic machines (which have both developed some weird faults and will not record on non RAM discs) until I tried to duplicate a DVD-R I made on the Sony on my PC. Yes, Ashampoo says it has copied it and the vob files etc are all there, but the copy will not play on the Panasonic or PC.
I have also tried to rip the files of Sony made DVDs using DVDFab (which worked fine on Panasonic discs) so I can post my home vids of bands on YouTube. No luck. I found an alternative ripper but that's another 30 quid.
A look around the web told me others had similar problems. It's something to do with Sony's filing system which dislikes your making back up copies of your DIY home clips etc.
It makes me worry about what happens when this model dies and I can't play all these discs. That should be OK because it's more a matter of the inability to copy rather than playback.
Other than that there's much to commend this well-priced machine.
built like a battleship, 24 Oct 2008
If you have a PVR then this model is ideal to save copies onto DVD.
When you press record the front panel lights up and it counts the minuets so at least you can see its doing something.
It also has a on screen display showing what disk is in and how many minuets are left
It behaves more like a conventional VHS Recorder so you have complete control of everything.
its well worth the £ 80
It has a analogue tuner but I have already hooked it up to one of my spare Freeview units although it would be highly unusual if I watched anything though it as I own three PVR's.
Its built like a battleship and it has every conceivable input/output you would ever need .
The remote control is a delight to use.
My Sony RDRGX350B DVD Recorder was Multiregion straight out the box.
I did consider for a few seconds buying a combined PVR and DVD Recorder
but quality ones are very expensive far better buying a separate PVR and this excellent machine.
I had to use a powerful torch as it was impossible to tell if the back fan was working or not - which it was but its so quiet you just cant tell its spinning.
Go on its the best £ 80 you will spend.
Sony Quality, 19 Oct 2008
I have bought this to link to my new Virgin V box. The setup is quite easy, it searches for TV signals and although the original order had a weak chaneel 4 at position 4 it is easy enough to change the positions. The system seems to recognise and work with a range of DVD formats even the non branded ones I have used to archive old VHS tapes.
The display on the front is too dim to be of any use from your armchair but this does not detract. There is a fairly audible fan when recording but not disturbing.
Good product!
Over the moon, 29 Sep 2008
The last DVD recorder I had was a philips model boiught second hand. It had a mind of its own, not recording sometimes and insisting most of the discs I purchased for it were faulty (even though my neighbour never had a problems with discs from the same store) typically, as soon as the 3 month warranty ran out the drawer refused to open, lol.
This new recorder is in a different class. the menu is so easy to use and the thoumbnails all individually play the scene in minature so you have a much better idea of what you recorded earlier. It looks terrific and the picture is far improved from my old player. Timer record is easy peasy to set up and I have yet to take advantage of the HD cable picture upscaler thingy. So far so good though.
Never again will I go for cheap and nasty, but cheap and cheerful from now on.
5 out of 5, brilliant.
Super DVD Recorder, 31 Aug 2008
Sony RDRGX350B DVD RecorderI'm very pleased with the quality of this recorder and of the clarity of the pictures from it. I bought it mainly to make permanent recordings off the hard drive of a Humax PVR which it does very simply at the touch of a couple of buttons. I can also record from video tape to DVD now.
The only slightly difficult bit was sorting out how to connect it up using one of the methods given in the informative manual. I now need to learn the difference between all the numerous DVD formats! Edward
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Product Description
The Panasonic DMR-EX78 stores over 400 hours of programmes in EP mode. It?s equipped with a 250 GB hard drive and is compatible with DivX, meaning you can enjoy your favourite multimedia and get rid of bulky recording equipment. In addition to a 1080p upscaling function, the DMR-EX78 renders videos in Full HD quality using its HDMI connection, while its Juke Box function and USB port keep you entertained with sound and images. The DMR-EX78 also displays ID3 tag information and comes with a DV input that makes archiving data to a DVD extremely easy. Thanks to its Pause Live programme, you can even record an episode of your favourite TV series while watching the beginning of it. The Home Cinema experience is made accessible to all, thanks to the DMR-EX78!
Customer Reviews
Bargain, 16 Nov 2008
I bought this early as I am working overseas and wanted to avoid any mailing problems as this is my Xmas treat. My only slight disappointment is it has fallen by another £10 from the £175 the wife kindly paid.
I also ordered a 1gb sony memeory stick to enable the BD Live facility.
Anyway it arrived and connected to my 40" Sony Bravia and DSL LAN, and after a few easy steps it was updated to profile 2 and I had a quick peek at the BD live bit on the Iron Man BD disc. As for picture quality it was superb (pores on faces individual hairs showing, hugely greater clarity etc) and the sound through my lower end Pioneer dvd/amp was excellent, although could only hook up by stereo analogue so no surround sound. Will have to save for a 7.1 HDMI system.
The remote is similar to the Bravia TV and it was instantly dual functional.
Anyway it is now packed away and will not come out until Crimbo.
I also registered the product and Sony are to send Batman Begins, and Casino Royale - a true bargain and all for £165 (not complaining too much on the price I was refunded VAT).
Stunning, 14 Nov 2008
Visually stunning, without a doubt my best buy from Amazon by far.
If you are thinking of buying a Blu ray player. look no further, don't dilly dally buy this Sony model now.
WOW, 14 Nov 2008
Wow what can I say first blue ray player I have bought picture quality fantastic, set up easy. Delivery from Amazon second to none.Would reccomend this player and Amazon to everyone even the wife was impressed!.Dont delay get yours today.
Top notch, 09 Nov 2008
Once again, amazon delivered well before the estimated date. After having read all the other reviews on the sony BDPS350 blue ray player, I decided to buy one. I have to agree with all the other positive reviews about this player. It's fantastic value for money compared to other makes in this range/level of blue ray players. It does exactly as advertised & the picture & sound quality are excellent. I haven't connected mine to the internet yet as I've had no problems with any of the players operations or play back. This player is by far the best one that I've had & I think it will take some beating.
Fantastic, 07 Nov 2008
I was going to purchase a PS3 but after reading reviews about this player and already owning a games console, I decided to purchase this player. Firstly the delivery from Amazon was fantastic, but was a little upset to find no Batman or Casino Royal in box as stated. This was resolved with a quick phone call to Amazon.
Now onto the Blu-Ray player, it's fantastic I would recommend this player to anyone who was looking into Blu-Ray. I made the Player multi-region for DVD's in about 10 Minutes using a simple hack found on the net using an All4one remote. Unfortunately this hack only works for DVD's but that's fine for me as I had loads of Region 1 DVD's that I still wanted to play. The Picture and sound quality is fantastic with no sign of video juddering like I have seen on other players. 5/5
Excellent, 17 Nov 2008
Having had a bad experience with a cheaper no name product, and fighting tooth and nail to get a refund I decided to up my budget and get a named brand. Had a DVD recorder from Sony for about 4 years before it gave up the ghost, so felt comfortable with my purchase. As stated before the instructions can jump about abit but having mastered Sony's style before this was fairly straight forward to set up and get recording. Have had recorder for 4 days and am still finding options that will probably never use. If you just want to record digital TV to disc then this will do just fine. I have tried the usb port for playing music and viewing pictures very easy to work.Only niggle is when connected with HDMI cable mine gives a reduced screen size on some channels i.e. not wide screen as set. Have switched to using a scart lead and this solves screen size problem with no noticable change in picture definition.
Better than my previous HDD machine, 06 Nov 2008
Excellent!
It could be a bit tricky to set up if you look at the vast array of set ups in the manual but in reality it was fairly easy if you just logicaly follow the various inputs and outputs. Once set up it is easy to use. The EPG is OK and works fine and makes recording programs easy.
My machine is not in the least bit noisy in fact it is much quiter than my previous HDD machine (a Liteon).
Only problem I have is that it rejects DVD+RW discs! Any body else have this problem?
Very versatile, 04 Nov 2008
I bought this to replace a Samsung which cost nearly the same but was very disappointing. The Samsung dvd/hdd suffered from a lot of picture freeze and interference, and the programme menu was so frustratingly slow to respond you don't think the instruction has registered. This Sony couldn't be more different; it feels high quality as soon as you take it out the box, the instructions are relatively straightforward if you persevere, and operation is easy when you get the hang of it. What doesn't come across in the specification is the great editing function for your dv or hdd camcorder, and as I have a Sony model this is a huge bonus. Using an I-link connection the dvd/hdd remote operates the camcorder whilst playing and editing, and you can edit frame by frame. I can't believe I am doing this within a few days! The tuner gives a much better picture on my new Samsung tv than the built-in tuner, it is virtually free of interference and the screen display responds as soon as you press the key. Brilliant.
Sony RDR HXD890, 31 Oct 2008
Got the recorder yesterday and I have to say, i have made the right choice. I only had 1 problem and that was me putting the arial cables in the analogue section and not the digital, 1 quick change over and voilla. Anyway, onto the important stuff. Recording and putting it onto the dvd is so simple. just choose where you want to record to the recording quality and you're away. I've also connected the VCR and recorded 1 of my dad's videos and put it to DVD, no problems what-so-ever. And because it has so many recording modes, it can manage to fit it to a disk at a good quality. All of the features are good on this are good; the pause Tv records to the hard drive so you can go back to it at any time and skip the adverts in seconds. The only criticism of this is the remote which seems a little OTT, but you can get used to it in a short amount of time. Overall, I would recommend it to anyone, it is nearly perfect. Just 1 question to people who own it though. If the program over-runs, does the recording extend to account for this.
NTSC plays in black & white, 27 Oct 2008
The machine can be hacked to be region free, but NTSC disks only play in black & white. While this is an improvement over the Daewoo DH-6100P, which refuses to play NTSC disks, it's not a patch on my 4 year old £25 no-brand, which plays NTSC disks perfectly.
The user interface is not very easy to drive. Manually setting it to record a program via timer, is way too complicated. The Daewoo displays on screen were you can fill in all the details for your timer recording; with the Sony you have to fill in 5 different screens. The OSD for program info, is not very intuative either.
Very clear recordings but pants UI.
Not high quality audio, 18 Nov 2008
Doesn't have a optical output, so cannot output DTS. Why can't Amazon either list all the interfaces or show you a picture? Otherwise OK.
good value'!!!!, 17 Nov 2008
the code kalpesh provided does work great player that has played all i have thrown at it so far... kalpesh you the man... thank you...
disappointing, 16 Nov 2008
We bought this as a region-free replacement for our even cheaper Amazon-bought Yelo DVD player - sadly no longer available. Compared to the Yelo we have the following issues:-
- the multi-region hack is tedious but ultimately worked OK
- the picture quality (especially colour) out-of-box was very poor; but it was possible to adjust the various menus to correct this (SCART to Sony LCD TV)
- It seems impossible to stop the player from auto-sleeping if it is paused for any length of time (the 'sleep' menu setting makes it sleep whilst actually playing!!!!)
- The above is particularly a problem because, even if the disk is left in, 'sleep' causes the machine to forget its place on the disk. So if you pause it and go for an extended phonecall/coffee you will have to sit through all the garbage stuff ('copying is stealing'....) again to get to the disk menu, then use scene select to find your place again!! FTR the Yelo remembers its place on the DVD indefinitely if the disk is left in the machine.
- We are trying to repair the Yelo! (plays OK but the disk tray eject tends to stick).
A good inexpensive multi-regional player, 02 Nov 2008
If all you want is a very basic dvd player, say for the bedroom, then at the moment, you are really looking at either this Philips or the Toshiba SD280E. They are similarly priced with similar specs. The advantage of the Tosh is that it will play your divx movies whilst the Philips will not. Nevertheless I chose the Philips, purely on the fact that it is silver in colour whilst the Toshiba is black. A minor point really but as my bedroom telly is also silver I wanted it to match.
I see from reading these comments that some have struggled with making the Philips multi-region. If this is you then try again and make sure you follow Kalpesh's instructions to the letter. It does work. It took me less than a minute to complete.
Buy with caution., 01 Nov 2008
Yes it's cheap. For a reason. Within two months of me purchasing I cannot play anything on it all. Am now in the process of returning what promised to be a very versatile machine but instead is what appears to be a white elephant. Shame.
If you are looking for dedicated player than PS3 than this is the one for you, 16 Nov 2008
Got this great player last week, I was using PS3 before for Blu Ray only and I was not happy with sound quality... So I bought this player and found huge difference!
In PS3, it was restricted in Picture and Sound settings, you can now play around as you can in dedicate player. Now I can set them as I want and pass... sound in Bitstream to my amplifier to get maximum output.
About this player, it's easy to setup, crisp picture, better colours and excellent sound output.
I already mentioned about sound. Huge difference (if you have surround system). Also you can use onboard processor to HD Audio Decoding if your amplifier doesn't support them. Works flawlessly!
BD Live, Profile 2.0, SD Card, Divx, MP3 and online updates are great to have them.
Note: playing divx (on CD/DVD-+RW) is bit tricky on this player. I hope they will fix this issue with firmware update soon.
Audio CD and SD DVD quality is also awesome.
Easy to make it multiregion by using remote codes.
In nutshell it's an excellent player!
little belter, 14 Nov 2008
Ultra slim player, great looks and stunning performance.Not only does this player deliver but Amazon did a great job too.Great delivery and great unbeatable price. A brand new product and 2 free films, what a steal. I can't really add anything that hasn't already been said other than the main reason I bought this player was not for the blu-ray but to use the SDHC function in conjunction with my Panasonic SD9 camcorder and what a result. HD quality Home made videos blow you away with their realistic image quality. Holiday images are like you are still away.
My current set up is a Panasonic Viera 42" plasma 1080i with HDMI link & SPDIF connection to my existing DVD based 5.1 surround Samsung HT X250R home cinema.
Really Great...., 11 Nov 2008
It arrived today, although the HDMI lead ordered at the same time, is being sent from Jersey, strangely, and wont be here till thursday. So it's working throught the component outputs at the moment at 1080i and looks amazing on my samsung 32" TV.
The HDMI lead will allow me to use one remote to control everything, i need an av amp now to get the most out of the truehd audio as im just using the speakers built into the tv at the moment, although they still sound pretty good. HIghly Recommended over the Sony version!
Awesome, 09 Nov 2008
Read the reviews from WhatHiFi and decided to partner this with a Panny 42 inch Plasama (PZ85) and what a combination. Fanastically easier to setup and the rsults are simply stunning. Shame about the delivery service (CityLink) which was appalling.
A Panasonic Wonder with Profile 2 and Upscaling, 08 Nov 2008
Purchased to match a Panasonic 1080p Television after reading many reviews.
Consider connecting through HDMI not Component Video to utilise all the features. As usual these days a HDML lead is not included. The HDMI lead recommended by Amazon as a package is the one to get as some HDMI leads are wired differently and the Panasonic Viera Link will not work (my original didnt).
Profile 2 means you can connect to the Internet to do Firmware updates as new features are added.
As regarding Upscaling (rendering ordinary DVD to a higher quality if possible) the manual is a bit confusing as the default condition assumes connection by Component Video and you need to find the right menu to change this if using the superior HDMI connection.
The US import version of the BBC Planet Earth I am told is 1080p rather than 1080i if your TV supports the higher format whereas most UK Blu Ray discs are not yet showing the full potential of Blu Ray.
After watching full 1080p for a while and switching back to ordinary Freeview TV really emphasises the quality of this product.
question for 360guy, 16 Nov 2008
Im thinking of buying this but its to replace my old Sony 5.1 system that i plug my 360 into. I notice you say there's no way of plugging the 360 into this system but the specs say it has an Optical in so Why don't you use that ?
Quite good for a surround sound 'sound' not a hifi replacement!, 16 Nov 2008
Sony DAV-DZ260 - 5.1 ch - DVD Home Cinema System - Black
** £129 brand new in Sainsbury's by the way **
Good piece of kit. Sounds quite good, not a worthy replacement for hifi separates but fine for surround sound purposes. Not a "cure for cancer" like most reviews on this product seem to claim.
It is easy to set up with miles of colour coded cables. HDMI and optical cables are NOT included. USB port won't read Hard Disks, only USB sticks. Regarding radio, the FM antenna is included but it's rubbish, so plugged it into the FM arial in the house which is not ideal if you're using that for the TV! Not tried the Digital Media port because there isn't a cable for this either...
Great hdmi upscaling DVD player so still can't see the point of buying blue ray stuff! Music channels sound great when on loud but too much bass and treble - extremes of both levels rather than a balance/synergy which is why i'm a little disappointed to be replacing my old hifi separates. But if you're not a big audio-phile then this is a good surround set.
Can't hear much from the rear speakers either by the way. In fact I watched The Departed last night and got hardly anything out of the rear speakers. Talk shows sound better through the TV only.
It will split stereo broadcasts into 5.1 surround which is good but then you have to keep changing the settings back and forth for this. And as with any digital output, the result is only as good as the source in the first place.
Brilliant!, 15 Nov 2008
I bought this item following all the reviews on here - they weren't wrong!
This little system - for the money - ticks all the boxes & actually sounds excellent into the bargain, as well as really easy to install.
The only thing I found was that I needed a digital optical cable from the 'system' into my Sony Bravia TV, as well as the HDMI cable, in order to benefit from surround sound whilst watching TV, #ie not a DVD#.
Excellent - Many thanks to all the peeps who took the time to review!
Mike Helensburgh, 09 Nov 2008
This is my first ever purchased home cinema system.Would have spent more if neccessary.However the reviews on this product were so good,I decided to go ahead.Great piece of kit.Sound is amazing especially the base.Wife says its just like being at the cinema.However not sure whether the dog is | | |