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EricW · 02-01-2006, 07:11 PM

The sony 715 was not cheap. It was 599.99 I think. I usually don't check after I buy something, but one of the web shopping indexes shows it at 499 to 699. I got mine at circuit city which still lists it at 599.99. So it may be out there for a little less. It does seem high and it is, but the main reason I got it is because I have a 3 year old. We don't watch a ton of tv, but we can now watch things uninterrupted. This gives us the ability to pause live tv, record something at 9:00 come in to the room at 9:15 and rewind to the beginning and watch it to the end. It records to the end while you watch the beginning. We also have a library of shows for us and the little one to watch whenever you want. And you can make dvd's of whatever you record on the HD. You can also hook up a camcorder digitally to it and make dvd's. The video editing is not as good as on a computer but you can do the basic editing out scenes etc. It has this stupid tv guide system (which may work with cable, but I have a dish). that makes it look like tivo, you just click on the program listing you want to record. I have heard bad things about that, but since I just have it tune my dish for me and record it works great.
It does a bunch of other stuff I haven't tried. I also really enjoy not having to dig out a tape when you want to record something.

02-01-2006, 07:11 PM	#9
EricW Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 373	Raven The sony 715 was not cheap. It was 599.99 I think. I usually don't check after I buy something, but one of the web shopping indexes shows it at 499 to 699. I got mine at circuit city which still lists it at 599.99. So it may be out there for a little less. It does seem high and it is, but the main reason I got it is because I have a 3 year old. We don't watch a ton of tv, but we can now watch things uninterrupted. This gives us the ability to pause live tv, record something at 9:00 come in to the room at 9:15 and rewind to the beginning and watch it to the end. It records to the end while you watch the beginning. We also have a library of shows for us and the little one to watch whenever you want. And you can make dvd's of whatever you record on the HD. You can also hook up a camcorder digitally to it and make dvd's. The video editing is not as good as on a computer but you can do the basic editing out scenes etc. It has this stupid tv guide system (which may work with cable, but I have a dish). that makes it look like tivo, you just click on the program listing you want to record. I have heard bad things about that, but since I just have it tune my dish for me and record it works great. It does a bunch of other stuff I haven't tried. I also really enjoy not having to dig out a tape when you want to record something.