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 description
The Samsung DVD-V8500 combo unit lets you enjoy both your VHS and DVD libraries with one component. The hi-fi VCR offers MTS decoding, four video heads, three VHS recording settings (SP, SLP, and auto), auto tracking adjustment, and quasi S-VHS playback. The DVD-V8500 also offers a wide spectrum of playback formats, including DVD movie, CD audio, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA, and JPEG. Additionally, you can view photos directly from your digital camera's memory card with the multi-format card slot on the front of the unit, which is compatible with Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, SmartMedia, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital (SD), CompactFlash, Microdrive, xD-Picture Card, and miniSD. It also includes front-panel AV inputs, enabling you to connect a digital video camcorder for easy recording to VHS tape. The DVD-V8500 also offers 10-bit 54-MHz DAC for high-quality video recording and playback. It provides optical and coaxial digital audio outputs for Dolby Digital and DTS multi-channel surround sound, as well as a selectable progressive-scan mode for smoother video with HD-compatible TVs via the component video output (480i/480p for DVD only). It also offers the following video connections: - Composite AV (RCA) In: 2
- Composite AV (RCA) Out: 1
- S-Video Out: 1
- RF: input and output (tuner pass through only)
What's in the Box
DVD player/VCR combo, remote control (with batteries), power cable, AV cable, printed operating instructions |
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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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