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This has happened to Knocked Up, The Bourne Ultimatum, Saw IV and others. Please do not waste your money. This may have been a great product when it was first introduced but it will not play newer DVDs. We bought our Sony DVD Recorder a couple of years ago and spent nearly $300. Now because of the latest DVD copyright enhancements, newer DVDs won't even PLAY. A friend of mine bought this product last year and it is happening to hers also.
What makes me love this dvd play more than the invention of dvds itself is how absolutely reliable, complex (yet simple). So important when using a burner for television shows. I quickly grew tired of messing with commercials and just chucked the burnable dvds. and smart it is. Also, I remember finding blank dvds was super easy since this burner uses practically every type of burnable dvd (unlike other burners).
But. recording. I bought this burner to record my favorite shows off of my DVR instead of having to buy the "show DVDs" that are $60 a season. One good thing I remember for the few weeks I used the recorder (on a daily basis btw) was the inimitable "Record PAUSE" button. It is like the "Super DVD Player." I've had maybe 4 or 5 other players since dvds became popular and this Sony player has every option, every advantage, every idea I could want.
So I never use this recorder for. After over a year together, I love this player.
I did mention it was an open box right. It wouldnt record on all formats and finally the slot wouldnt even open to load disk any more. It was an open box item. It works flawlessly. I pawned it.
This unit RDRGX300 is remarkable. bucks for it. I bought this item 5/06/06 from circuit city. Let me first say that i bought a panasonic a couple of years ago for about $500. I dont even have the instructions but when youve worked with a few of them, the features are pretty simple to figure out.
I paid about $90. I have no problems and i figure i'll have this for a few years.
Now, the unit will not play any disc - not the movies it recorded and not the store bought titles. The next blank set of 25 I purchesed were Phillips.
However, I have had problems with the Sony blank CD-Rs I bought. 5 out of 25 were bad, and the unit messed up the recording.
I bought this unit in Oct. Only one out of 25 were bad.
2004. Until now I couldn't have been happier.
Now, I wonder if it was the unit instead of the discs.
Don't take my word for it, before you buy Sony, google "Sony disk error" and see how many hits you get. Best case scenario was over $120.00 plus shipping. After owning this product for little over a year, it fails to read any disk. The most knowledgeable claim the problem is a faulty laser assembly, which Sony is aware of but refuses to make right. Costs could be $300.00 or more.
Or course then they could keep the paperweight and I could tell them not to repair it. Brand new disks (straight from the packaging) even generate this message now. Don't buy SONY. Sony was uninterested in assisting me, simply telling me to send the unit in, at my cost and they would let me know what it will cost for repairs. I realize things do not last forever, but modern electronic equipment should function longer than 18months.
All disks, commercial, -r, -rw,+rw, even disks it has created on it's own, generate the "disk error" message. I don't see myself ever purchasing another Sony product.
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