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Out of stock | | | | | | Transfer content from VHS to DVD or vice versa with this ingenious DVD recorder/VCR combo with 1080p upscaling. Its One Touch Dubbing makes operation fast and easy.
The RDR-VX535 DVD Recorder/VCR combo is just what your cable box ordered. Save your favorite TV shows, archive old VHS tapes, even burn photos and personal video from Sony USB-based camcorders and digital cameras with ease. You'll also appreciate its convenient ability to bring DVD-recording into your living room. Do you have old VHS tapes lying around? Well, now you can preserve them onto a DVD with simple One Touch Dubbing from VHS to DVD or DVD to VHSit couldn't be simpler. In addition, this model features 1080p upscaling through HDMITM for DVD and VHS content, making it an excellent companion for your HDTV. | | | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Weight: | 40.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 20.9 inches | | Package Width: | 17.1 inches | | Package Height: | 7.4 inches | | Package Weight: | 15.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 23 reviews |
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| | Features | HDMI connectivity delivers 1080p/1080i/720p upscaling for DVD and VHS video1 and simplifies cable connections. Line Input Recording lets you record your favorite television programs from a cable or satellite set-top box. One Touch Dubbing allows you to burn and enjoy your photos and home video from compatible USB1 or i.LINK-based digital cameras and camcorders.Two-way One-touch Dubbing records from VHS to DVD or reverse. Multi-Format DVD compatibility4 provides a high level of compatibility with DVD players and recorders.Digital music and digital image playback capability lets you listen to MP3 encoded audio files or view JPEG images encoded on CD or DVD media. Set Top Box Controller (IR Blaster) controls the channel functions of most cable set-top boxes or satellite receivers for timer recording.DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R(Video) Recording & Playback, including DVD-RAM playback. DVD+R Double Layer Recording & Playback (8.5GB). JPEG and MP3 Playback (DVD-RW/R/CD-RW/R and USB).Auto Clock Set & Tuning System through Line1 Input. Fast Playback with Sound on DVD. Virtual Surround Sound for DVD with Stereo TV Speakers. Multi Brand TV Remote Control. i.LINK. One Touch Dubbing for DV & Digital 8 Camcorders : Copy your personal content from DV/Digital8 tapes to preserve them for your family and friends by simply pressing a button on the front panel.
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 BEWARE: DVDs Won't Play On Any Other Machine! Mar 10, 2010
I bought this machine through Amazon for several projects where I needed to make DVDs of some of my VHS tapes. One of the projects involved editing the duplicated DVDs for some business films. After I purchased the Sony RDR-VX535, at a cost higher than it is currently, I was able to copy DVDs from my tapes just fine, but after going through the time and expense of copying, labeling, packaging and mailing some of these DVD duds as special Christmas presents, I learned to my chagrin that they wouldn't play or even register on ANY other computer (Mac or PC) or DVD player except the Sony used to duplicate them! This made the machine useless to me, as I need to be able to edit the DVDs. What a waste of my time and money, on top of the embarrassment of sending my friends useless gifts! The fact that the duplicated DVDs won't play in other players should be disclosed clearly to people who are thinking of purchasing the machine.
I hate to write a negative review, but I am so disappointed; this has been a tremendous rip-off. Sony will never be able to steal money from me again, because I won't ever buy another one of their products.
Own a Blu-ray player? Watch out! Feb 17, 2010
I've got quite a bit of experience dealing with VCRs, DVDS, and other things digital. Part of my business is dubbing VHS tapes to DVD for customers. I bought this unit to hopefully expedite and streamline that process - rather than using an older Pioneer DVD recorder tied to a Sony VHS machine to record VHS to DVD that way. So I was excited when this unit arrived. Setup was fairly easy and the first dub appeared to go off without a hitch - that is until I tried playing back the DVD on two separate Blu-ray players in my house - both Panasonic units - but different models. Yes, the disc was finalized - but guess what? No playback on the VX535 dubbed DVD. I tried playing back the same disc on an older plain-Jane DVD player we had? Worked just fine. Then I tried playing some of the previous discs I had dubbed using the separate DVD / VHS units and those discs played perfectly - across platforms - didn't matter if they were standard DVD players or Blu-ray. I don't know who is at fault here, but this incompatibility with Blu-ray on the Sony recorder is unacceptable in my opinion and I suspect may mirror some of the complaints I read here about this unit. I'm investigating exchange options I have with the seller. (Not Amazon.)
So buyer beware. When your grandchildren in the future attempt to playback your "old school" DVD family movies on their $10 Blu-Ray players they got at Cosmic Mart - they may be out of luck.
UPDATE: On a hunch - I tried copying a VHS to DVD with a DVD+R blank rather than DVD-R. The VHS tape copied without a hitch and more importantly played on our Blu-Ray players! Problem apparently solved!
 LOVE THIS PRODUCT !! Feb 04, 2010
This DVD VHS recorder has worked perfectly for me. I use DVD+R disc to record all of my old VHS home movies etc, onto. The auto finalize feature worked great but one must turn on this feature or do the finalizing manually. It has done everything I wanted it to do and is very easy to "dub" copies from VHS to DVD. Couldn't be easier.
I am very happy with this unit, love it ! I was also real happy to learn that I was able to take segments from various VHS tapes and dub them all onto one DVD disc. The DVD+R all play on my standard DVD player after they are finalized. I would recommend this unit to anyone looking for a easy to use dubbing machine.
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No problems here... Jan 17, 2010
While I've only owned the RDR-VX535 a short while, I haven't experienced the problems reported by other reviewers. It has copied every VHS tape I've asked it too so far, which includes both home videos and material taped off the air. The complaints about burned discs not playing in other machines can probably be traced back to a failure to finalize the discs. The unit is extremely easy to use, and does what it claims. I can't comment on durability, but so far, in my experience, it's a winner.
 Not a bad player but discs aren't portable Jan 16, 2010
We got ours at Costco about 6 months ago and haven't had any of the freezing or noise problems others have mentioned. It's been fine as a DVD player, but when we've recorded to DVD we've found that the DVDs won't play on other machines, new or old. We've followed the instructions to "finalize" the disc to the letter, but no-go. So far, I've only been able to play them on my Laptop. We haven't used the dubbing feature, so can't comment on that. There's also zero mention of the units upscaling in the manual. I expected there to be some user settings associated with that feature but have found none. I guess you just have to assume it's doing it.
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