Samsung DVD-V8500 DVD/VCR Combo
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List Price: $126.99
Features
• Space-saving, multiformat DVD/VCR combo; measures 18 x 3 x 9.4 inches (WxHxD)
• Plays DVD movie, CD audio, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA, and JPEG
• Multiformat memory card reader, compatibility includes Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Compact Flash, and more
• Connections: 2 composite inputs, 1 composite output, 1 S-Video output
• Optical and coaxial digital audio output for Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound |
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Samsung DVD-V8500 DVD/VCR Combo Customer Reviews
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Nothing Spectacular, But it Does the Job
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Some background on my basic TV usage: I'm still living in the dark ages in many aspects... I still record TV shows on VHS, I don't get cable, and I have a TV which requires manual channel/volume changing (no remote).
I've been using the product for a few months now, and here are my findings:
* I'm perfectly satisfied with the quality of the DVD player and the VCR. No complaints here, but I obviously don't have a fancy entertainment system, so it doesn't take much to please me in this department.
* I was disappointed to find that I can only tape up to 7 shows at a time through the VCR. It's forced me to drastically cut back on my TV-watching, which is not a bad thing, but it does seem to be a silly limitation and is one of my biggest complaints about the product.
* The user interface is fairly straightforward and standard. The biggest pitfall I've found is again related to recording TV shows: Rather than being able to use the number keys on the remote to enter days, times, stations, etc., you have to use the up/down buttons, which can make it extremely painful to program something in. Not the smartest design choice on their part.
* I tend to watch TV through the VCR (so I can use a remote, which my TV is lacking), but it seems that this product wasn't designed with that in mind. Some examples of this: There is no way to mute the sound -- or change the volume at all -- from the VCR (so I can't do this via the remote), there is no way to quickly toggle between two TV stations (to go back and forth between two shows with the push of a button), and the power automatically goes off after recording a TV show. The remote apparently works with compatible TV's (which mine is not), so this may be less annoying for others, but even then you'd have to switch between DVD/VCR and TV on the remote in order to do some basic operations that the DVD/VCR product should be able to do on its own. The inability to change the volume is probably my biggest complaint overall.
All in all, I am satisfied with the product, but it certainly hasn't left me complaint-free due to the shortcomings of some of the basic-use operations that I tend to perform on a regular basis. |
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