Sony RDR-GX300 DVD Recorder

Contrary to the production description, the Sony RDR-GX300 DVD recorder does not have an i.LINK interface for one-touch transfer from camcorders. The Sony RDR-GX7 does have an i.LINK interface. By the way, Sony plans to release the RDR-HX900 DVD recorder in November 2004. This will be the best DVD recorder on the market because it will have a 160-gigabyte hard disk, an i.LINK interface, and it will support DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW. (...)Philips and Sony are the major manufacturers of DVD recorders that support DVD+RW. Unfortunately Philips is having a lot of problems with their entire line of DVD recorders. You can read the reviews yourself. I made the mistake of buying the Philips DVDR985 instead of waiting for Sony. I will stick with Sony from now on.

DVD recorder has never recorded anything since I got it. It is supposed to record on both DVD-R and +R. Neither works. When I put a disc of either type the display flashes "LOAD" for half a minute or so, then displays "DISC ERROR." I've tried numerous times with the same result. I didn't attempt to use the recorder when I first got it. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I finally tried to use it.

The system kept saying "Cannot play this DVD" on every disk I put in.

I ordered this DVD Player and I am not able to use the main feature, which is chasing playback. For some reason the DVD player will not let me use this function, and after several hours on the phone with Sony's customer service the problem is still not fixed. I wish Sony had better customer service. Would not purchase this item online, make sure you check out all the features right after you purchse this item. And purchase this item in a store so that you can return it if it doesn't work.

I've owned the GX-300 for over 3 months now, and not experienced any problems or missed recordings. Image quality on this (and Sony's other DVD recorder units) is second to none. Excellent color and black reproduction, even on low settings. I've used the second to worst quality setting (4 hours/disc) for most shows, and it looks good.Recording and playing at the same time really does work, but it requires DVD-RW 2x discs formatted in VR mode (which makes them fairly incompatible with other DVD players or DVD-ROM drives). Those discs can be hard to find, though I found Memorex 2x discs which I've been using with no issues. (Ironically, the only Sony brand DVD-RW discs I've found turned out to be only 1x.) If you want to frequently watch recorded shows on other units, then using DVD+RW or DVD-RW discs in Video mode is the way to go. (Note that you can reformat DVD-RW discs to switch between Video or VR modes any time you want, you'd just lose the shows already on a disc)The interface on the unit is good (although the remote layout could be improved). It's similar to but better than Sony's old high end VCRs. The list of times scheduled to be recorded visually warns you about overlapping times, and also shows you which shows you have enough space left to record. That makes it possible to quickly check the unit before you go to sleep or before you leave for work to make sure you've got enough recording space for the day's shows. I think it accepts up to 30 show times-a huge improvement over the 8 times many VCRs are limited to.The only real "issue" to consider with this unit is whether a hard drive based unit would serve you better. Although it's not QUITE as annoying as with a VCR, with this unit you're still having to constantly worry about whether you've got enough recording time left, and when shows are on. It has to be programmed like a VCR with manual time settings. After using a standard Tivo box for a few weeks I'm having trouble using anything but Tivo, as the Tivo service's "Season Pass" feature is almost worth the price by itself. (Can be set to only record new episodes, grabs episodes regardless of when they're on, etc.)That said, if you just want a basic DVD-recorder, you can't go wrong with this model!

This DVD recorder is well worth the money. I bought a much cheaper DVD recorder ($110) and I could not stand how awful it was. I returned it to the store and decided to spend some money. I am glad that I did. This DVD recorder is easy to use and works great.

DVD RECORDER TURNS ON AND INPUT COMPONENTS WORK BUT DVD OF ANY KIND, EVEN STORE BOUGHT WILL NOT READ AT ALL... JUST SAYS DISC ERROR. IVE TRIED EVERYTHING, EVEN. FACTORY RESET. :-(

This DVD Recorder works very well. It was very well packed and is in excellent shape. Well worth the money.