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Summary: DVD NO GOOD
Review: Bought the machine because I wanted a combo. The VCR and CD plays good but the DVD player does not play a single disc without some kind of glitch. Sent back for repaire was gone for almost a month. Still not fixed. No help from Samsung.Customer satisfaction does not seam to be tops on their list. DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM.
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Summary: Fairly happy in Arizona
Review: I purchased this unit for the same reason that many others did...space was at a premium. I had to return the first one after 2 weeks, since there was noticable "static" in the audio whenever I taped a program off my cable system. There was no static on prerecorded tapes, and the source was not the signal. I exchanged the unit, and the second one seems to be working very well. I do not find it "noisy" as others have said at all (other than the problem I mentioned...which was most likely a faulty recording head on the VCR side). We've watched 3 or 4 DVD's and they seem to play perfectly fine. While I'm pleased--so far--, this is the first time I've ever had to return a product of this type. I don't know for sure, but it certainly doesn't seem to have the same feel and quality as my old faithful 10 yr old Sony VCR---which unfortunately just started eating tapes in its old age!!
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Summary: Remote Confusion
Review: I have the DVD-V1000 model which is basically the same unit and while it does exactly as advertised as with any "combo" type unit the remote control is confusing as hell. It'll play DVD's/CD's, CDRW's and DVD-R's. It wont play DVD+R's/+RW's. It also plays disc's with mp3's and some DVD-RW's...your mileage may vary;-} . Stick a blank tape in the vhs slot while a dvd is in the disc slot hit record on the vcr side and whalla!! you've recorded however long of a logo screen that says Samsung and nothing else. Overall it's a good dvd and vcr but all in ones are a pain.
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Summary: Worked for me
Review: I need to buy a new VCR for my mom, so I brought her out of the Dark Ages at the same time and got her a combo system so she watch DVDs. It was easy to set up with good instructions and she can use the remote. What more can you ask?
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Summary: What were they thinking?
Review: I just finished watching maybe the 50th movie I've seen in the last month. All played perfectly on this Samsung combo unit. I gave one of these, and one of the GoVideo 4300 as gifts this past Christmas. Both units have worked very well with no complaints. I didn't hesitate to get one for my bedroom. My unit, and the other one I am familiar with, is mecahnically very quiet, emitting no sound at all. Plays everything. Versitle connections. Maybe there was a problem with a production run last year that affected some earlier units.
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Summary: Samsung not owned by Sony
Review: I wanted to clearify the remark below by saying that Samsung is not owned by Sony. Actually they're fierce competitor. Both are competing for the number one spot and from what I'm told, within few years, Samsung will overtake Sony. Would be interesting though.
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Summary: Samsung DVD-V2000.....Made my 3 year old daughter cry!
Review: I purchased the DVD-V2000, ran home, hooked it up, and put in my daughters'favorite Blues Clues Video. This is the same vhs tape I have been playing for months on my 10+ year old Hitachi VCR. After the unit did its auto tracking thing, the tape would play for about 30 seconds and then stop. I tried a few times and sometimes the entire unit would just power off. My daughter, being very excited about watching her video, broke down in tears.
Anyway, I took it back and the replacement seems to be ok, although the DVD on this unit is a bit louder than the first one.
I realy like this unit, but it seems like you may have to go through a couple lemons before you find a good one.
1 big PLUS about this unit: it has the RF (coaxial) connection that can be used on TVs without the RCA type connections, like in my case. I am not sure, but all combo dvd/vcr units may have this connection type.
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Summary: Quality Picture, Noisy Unit
Review: Like a lot of reviews before me, my experience was with a noisy DVD drive. It chirps, It whirrs, It whines. This DVD/VCR Combo needs a muffler. The VCR worked just great, though. No complaints there. Also...I did NOT like the remote. Buttons are too small and you have to point it RIGHT AT the unit for the signal to work. I bought one, took it back and I think this newer one is even noisier than the first. I'm taking it back again and getting a Sony.
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Summary: A great unit.
Review: This VCR/DVD combo is terrific. The first thing that struck me was how solid it is. The other VCR's I own (NAME BRAND) have VERY flimsy buttons, so this unit impressed me. The remote control is intuitive, it works well.I have a samsung television for 18 years in my kitchen that works EXTREMELY well to this day, which was the reason i went for samsung when I was shopping for a DVD/VCR unit for the bedroom. I recommend it.
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Summary: Don't listen to the whiners - this is NOT a noisy unit!
Review: Either people have REAL sensative hearing, or do not like Samsung, or they are reviewing the WRONG piece of equipment. I am here to tell you that this machine is fabulous. I connected the cable to it and plugged it into the wall. After a few minutes, the time was configured and the channels were programmed. I didn't do a thing! The VCR plays SVHS tapes. It's NOT noisy AT ALL except for rewind. But, I rewound a 2 hour tape from the end and in about 10 seconds, it was done! But, playback and recording are NOT noisy and are quiet. These people must be muting their sets because I cannot for the life of me hear the noise from either the DVD player nor the VCR WHILE a tape or DVD is playing. Yes, there are some clicking noises from the DVD as it loads up, but so what? Sheesh. Picky, picky, picky. After the movie starts, I don't hear a thing. Heck, the volume from my TV drowns out any noises that it might create. This is as bad as some reviews that stated a machines noise drowned out jets taking off from the airport nearby. I think that's going a little overboard. The programmable tape functions are great. Daily (Mon-Fri), Weekly (Suns thru Sats), 8 events for up to a month in advance, setting each program to a different taping speed. This unit has most of what I need. It's DTS compatible, Dolby Digital Surround and for those like me that do not have a decoder, the Virtual 3D sound works fine and gives a pretty fair rendering of surround sound. The picture from the DVD and the VCR is crisp and sharp, and the colors are great. Audio inputs are on both the front and back. Audio outputs are on the back, with composite video, S-Video and Component outputs available. That pretty much guarantees a rare connection failure. Heck, the DVD output can go out through the coaxial cable TV out so that you don't have to have an RF Modulater for TVs that do NOT contain RCA input plugs. You can watch a DVD WHILE recording a show on the VCR. The remote can be programmed for the more popular brands of TVs out there. I had no problems with getting my RCA TV programmed into the remote. For those that are complaining, I would take those with a grain of salt. No noise, no tapes being eaten and I've even played audio CDs and MP3s with no problems. The only problem I DID run into was right after I put in a CD-R with MP3's on it (which it automatically found and started playing), once I started to play back DVDs, they wouldn't work well at all. I turned the unit off and then back on and the DVD's worked fine. But, I don't see myself using this as an MP3 player anyways. VCDs seemed to work sporatically, but again, I don't really care too much about those. DVDs are the main thing as well as VHS tapes for my children. Overall, an excellent buy. Better than the HIFI JVC VHS machine I bought along with it for the upstairs family room. That went back. This is a great machine for the money. Get it.
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