Sony Flagship DVD Recorder with Hard Disk Drive Unveiled

I was talking to a friend who just got a Panasonic DVD/Hard Disk recorder and thought that this would be the answer to my current problem. I have 3 VCR's (2 Hifi VHS + Video 8 VCR) that are worn out, literally, and the thought of replacing them with more tape machines was not inspiring.
The only thing is that all my AV gear is Sony and I have an excellent integrated remote that controls it all. I dont mind Panasonic gear but would prefer if I could get a Sony. Problem was they didn't have anything in the range when I looked a few days ago....  Now they do, and it looks really nice.
Time to shop :-)

14/09/04 (Auckland) - Sony has always been a leader in technology and product development for the home digital recording market and has now launched a new DVD recorder. This high-end model, RDR-HX900, not only offers high-capacity hard disk drive storage, but also longer video recording time at a much higher picture quality level.
With its massive hard disk drive capacity of 160GB, HX900 can store hundreds of hours of recordings (up to 200 hours in the longest recording mode). The HX900 is dual RW/R compatible (Recording and playback of both DVD RW/-RW and DVD R/-R).