The new RDR-HX900 Hard Disc Recorder from Sony allows you to record up to 204 hours of TV from its 160GB hard drive providing up to 204 hours of recordable footage at a maximum of 15 megabits per second. With Chasing Playback you can start watching before you've finished recording. Then Burn to DVD at high speed with amazing transfer quality and flexibility of DVD recording options; DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R and DVD-RW makes it much easier to share recorded content with friends. Watch what you want, whenever you want in super sharp HQ+ picture quality.

The RDR-HX900 is also extremely user friendly with easy-to understand thumbnail pictures in the onscreen menu helping to solve the age-old archiving problem. Timer recording options make it easy to record programmes when you're out. Labelling and browsing you recordings is simple - you can download programme titles from Teletext onto title lists that are displayed onscreen with thumbnail images for all of your recordings.

You can simultaneously record and playback from both the HDD and DVD, as well as utilise the Chasing Playback feature that allows you to watch while you record and even skip scenes to catch up with real time. The new RDR-HX900 comes with IQ Recording. "I" refers to the new Sony DVD recorder range's intelligent, easy-to-use controls and smart innovative features such as i-link and dynamic VBR. "Q" stands for high-quality HDD and DVD recordings that only Sony technology can provide including the groundbreaking HQ+ recording mode. With Sony IQ Recording, you can record, playback, store and edit TV and home movie footage with your HDD/DVD recorder quickly and easily. It has never been easier to create your own DVDs - perfect for would-be filmmakers.

Sony's i.LINK™ technology lets you plug in a compatible camcorder and, with one touch of a button, transfer your camcorder footage to the HDD or record straight to DVD. You can also select scenes on your camcorder and then record your selection automatically to DVD and HDD. When transferring HDD recorded content to DVD, you can select the best way of dubbing for your ideal recording.

High Speed Dubbing allows you to make copy quickly (up to 24x speed) without any picture quality degradation. Rec. Mode Conversion Dubbing allows you to change the recording quality to archive long recordings to a single disc

DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD-RW/DVD+RW Recording (dual RW compatibility)

High Capacity HDD : 160 GB, up to 204 Hours recording

High Picture Quality : HQ+ recording and Dynamic VBR dubbing using HDD

Flexible Recording/Playback : Chasing and Simultaneous Recording and Playback

Precision Cinema Progressive.

High Editing Capability : Sophisticated GUI and flexible editing operation : "One Touch Dubbing" and "Program Dubbing"

DV Terminal (i.LINK™) : Program Dubbing/One Touch Dubbing/Advanced Program Dubbing.

DVD Video/CD/Video CD Playback and DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW Playback

CD-R/RW Playback and MP3 Playback

S-Video In/Out / Analogue AV In/OUT / Component Video Output

2X Scart (1 including RGB input) and Digital Audio Output

12 bit/108 MHz Noise Shaped Video D/A Converter

Pre/Post Frame Noise Reduction and Pre/Post Video Equalizer

ShowView / Video Plus

VPS/PDC

STB Synchro REC