Sony SLV-D100 DVD-VCR Combo

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Summary: Buyer Beware !!!
Review: I wish I had read some of these reviews before I bought one of these. I experienced two of the problems experienced by other reviewers. Hookup was easy and I liked the Auto Setup feature. However, I bought 5 new DVD's to watch and they all skipped at various places throughout the movie. At first I thought the disks were dirty, but they all did this just like another reviewer wrote. The picture quality was great but I would rather watch a VHS tape than sit through all these pauses and skips. Its like the screen freezes for a second or two. The other problem I experienced was slowness of the remote. I would push a button to navigate through a menu and it would take a second for the unit to respond. The audio and video quality was great but these two problems are causing me to send my unit back. Very disappointing as I have 100% Sony equipment in my Audio and Home Entertainment Center. I have been waiting for the Sony combo DVD/VHS unit to come out, now I'm sorry I did. I will send this unit back and continue to use my old Sony VHS deck and buy another brand of DVD player. Sony lost a customer on this deal.

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Summary: A nother in a herd of combo DVD/VCRs
Review: I'm Stations here in Germany, a place where PAL doesn't mean friend NTSC which is the system used in America. Germany uses PAL so your VCR must truly be a Multi-System both so the Tuner can decode both. This model doesn't meet my needs so it's just ordinary...

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Summary: Very Good Combo DVD/VHS unit from Sony
Review: The Sony SLV-D100 Combination VCR and DVD Player is excellent. The DVD playback is very good. It has an interesting Screen Zoom Function that will enlarge a selected section of the image 2x or 4x. It also has a Virtual Surround Sound feature that works to varying degrees based on your speaker placement and acoustics. It is also interesting that the DVD image can be output by means of Component Video Output, S-Video Output, Composite Video Output and even RF Output. The 4-head VCR component is good. It plays and records standard VHS and can playback S-VHS recordings with S-VHS Quasi Playback. Pre-recorded tapes and recordings made on my other Sony and JVC recorders look good on this unit. The VHS recordings made on the SLV-D100 are acceptable. It does have Tuner & Clock, a 1 Month/8 Event Recording Timer and Auto or manual Tracking. The Remote is small and takes time to get used to. However, every function is described in detail in the manual. Yet, I am still trying to get my Sony TV remote to operate the SLV-D100. In all I am very pleased with the SLV-D100. Besides being a space-saver I find its performance remarkable and exceeded my expectations. It not only performs well but contains so many extra features that I did not expect. This is a good unit. In fact, the VCR component is better than the other stand alone VCRs from Sony.

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Summary: No Good!
Review: This combo DVD/VCR by Sony is horrible. The 2nd time I played a DVD, the picture got broken up and kept stalling. Thinking it might be something wrong with the actual DVD, I put a different DVD in and got the same problem. I haven't even had this unit for a month yet and there are already problems. I'm bringing it back for a full refund!

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Summary: No Good!
Review: This combo DVD/VCR by Sony is horrible. The 2nd time I played a DVD, the picture got broken up and kept stalling. Thinking it might be something wrong with the actual DVD, I put a different DVD in and got the same problem. I haven't even had this unit for a month yet and there are already problems. I'm bringing it back for a full refund!

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Summary: Sleek and Diligent Performer
Review: This DVD/VCR Combination player and recorder from SONY is really good. SONY must have been reading the reviews over the past two years because they have definitely improved the performance of their VCRs as is evidenced by this unit. In the SP mode it records and plays back just beautifully. The front load VCR accepts and ejects the tape with frictionless accuracy. You no longer have to worry about getting the tape perfectly aligned before inserting it into the player. I really liked the display because it indicates on-screen tracking, speed, elapsed time and remaining time. You can actually watch the display track until it finds the "hi-fi" position. I also really liked the high-speed Fast Forward and Rewind operation. Programming the unit for recording is basically the same as my older SONY units; you just have to navigate the controls a little differently. It will also play back S-VHS recordings, which used to be a nuisance. That is a feature that I really like. DVD play and menu operations are pretty much the same as other units. There are really no surprises except for the zoom feature, which I only use if there is something in the picture that I want to see close-up. It is interesting that you can get both the VCR and DVD signal through the RF output. If you have an old TV with no video line inputs there is no longer a need to purchase a separate RF Modulator to receive the DVD signal. That's a really nice feature. The hand remote is just a little awkward to use. Some of the buttons are a little undersized. They should have made the remote larger and shaped it ergonomically to fit in your hand. However, the more frequently accessed buttons are large enough and easily accessible. Overall this is an excellently designed unit both esthetically and functionally. Most importantly it performs beautifully. Both DVD and VCR images look great.

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Summary: Really Performs for Me
Review: This is a fantastic unit from SONY. I can now fit a DVD player and a VCR in my room. The picture looks great from both the DVD and VCR. I have a SONY 13 inch set so I can now patch the signal in from the RF output directly into my TV set unlike many other DVD players. I have no complaints. It records well and has a very good high speed rewind and fast forward. These are things I am looking for. I am very happy and pleased with this combo unit.

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Summary: GREAT MACHINE
Review: WE BOUGHT THIS ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT IS THE BEST VCR UNIT WE HAVE EVER OWNED!!! WE HAVE NEVER HAD A DVD PLAYER SO I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO. OUR VCR MOVIES HAVE NEVER BEEN SO CLEAR. IT HAS A SELF ADJUSTED TRACKING SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ADJUST IT YOURSELF. SOME OF OUR OLD MOVIES WERE NOT CLEAR ON OUR OTHER VCR, AND IT ISN'T THAT OLD, BUT ON THIS UNIT IT LOOKS ALL MOST LIKE A DVD MOVIE. IT IS WORTH EVERY PENNY.