Sony's new HD DVR

[Richard H.]

Now that the Sony DHG-HD500 is out and being sold is there anyone out there that has one? I'd like to get your opinion.

Thanks

[dlhoppe]

I've got the 250. It's the same unit as the 500, but with a smaller hard drive. The OTA receiver is excellent and the picture quality is as good as the other ATSC boxes I have (151, 351, Voom). The recording features are very nice and you can watch one recording while recording another show. Plenty of whistles and bells. The only gripe I have is that the TV Guide OnScreen feature is not working too well, but I don't think that's the fault of the Sony unit. It worked ok for the first few days I had it, but there's been no program info for the last 4 or 5 days. I've just learned today from Jimboy at WCGV that the Gemstar encoder has been down. Hopefully he got that corrected today. When the guide is working, this is a pretty nice unit. I like it.