Sylvania ZV420SL8 Dual DVD / VCR Recorder Review
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I wanted to get my old VHS home movies onto DVD before the tapes rotted away to nothing, so I purchased this Sylvania recorder. I've filled up 25 Verbatim 16x DVD-R's now, and so far I'm very satisfied with this unit. The only complaint I have is that it's kind of tricky to get the tracking adjusted satisfactorily. You have to play your VHS tape for a few minutes and work with the two tracking buttons on the front of the machine until you're sure all the static lines are gone. Then push rewind to go back to the start of the tape without pressing stop (if you do, the tracking will be messed up again). Then pause the tape and insert your DVD-R (DVD+R's work too, although the instruction manual doesn't mention them), choose the DVD record speed (the 120-minute SP mode provides good results) and press the DUBBING button. After the recording's done, you need to use the setup menu and finalize the disc so it can be played on a standard DVD player.
Thanks to the Sylvania ZV420SL8, my old videos are now preserved forever on discs. That alone makes this unit worth its weight in gold. Be forewarned, however, that it will NOT allow you to transfer licensed VHS movie tapes to DVD.
Sylvania ZV420SL8 Dual DVD / VCR Recorder Feature
- Line In recording
- CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, MP3 Playback
- Zoom, search, slo mo, still frame
- Front a/v jacks and headphone jack
- All in one remote
Sylvania ZV420SL8 Dual DVD / VCR Recorder Overview
SYLVANIA ZV420SL8 DVD Recorder/VCR combination lets you copy VHS tapes to DVD and DVD to VHS tapes at the touch of a button. Record your favorite television shows from your STB and treasured home videos to either videocassette or DVD-R/RW discs. And with a progressive scan video output, you can be sure that you can enjoy them in clear, sharp, lifelike picture quality every time.
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*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Nov 29, 2009 18:47:42
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