Product Description

DVD player and Viideo tape recorder without tuner

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #632 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Silver
• Brand: Sylvania
• Model: DV220SL8
• Dimensions: 3.70" h x 17.12" w x 9.17" l, 5.70 pounds

Features

• DVD Player
• VCR Recorder
• Records from Line In
• Great for playing movies
• All in one remote

Customer Reviews

Useless for anything but playback, no recording functions
I bought this unit, and it is only for playing DVDs and VCR tapes. Sure, it WILL record...but not in any useful manner.

There is no internal tuner. What this means is that you have to provide a line in from your tv or another source like a cable box. It does not, as most VCRs do, take a coaxial cable.

To record, you have to set the tv to the channel you want. You can't change the channel on the tv, or the vcr will record the new channel instead.

Also, there's no timer in the VCR. So you literally have to be standing there ready to hit RECORD when the show starts.

The whole reason I have a VCR so I don't HAVE to be there when the show is on.

I immediately boxed it back up, and it's going back. I'm giving it two stars only because I assume the DVD player works fine. I never even turned it on, so I don't know.

no internal tuner makes it hard to record from tv
Although it is not listed in the description for this item, there is no internal tuner in this unit. Therefore, before you can record a program from tv you must first hook up an external tuning device. I don't know about you but to me, what is the point of a recording device that doesn't easily record? There are so many choices out there and it is confusing enough without something like this being clearly identified in the description. Anyway, hopefully this review will help someone before they buy. It does play videos and dvds great---just hard to record.

It broke within a week of getting it.
You ever have a computer crash on you? When it just locks up and freezes and the mouse and keyboard don't respond. Well, that's kinda what happened to this device. Within about a week of getting it the remote control stopped working, the on/off button wouldn't work and the controls on the machine stopped working. I left it off for a few hours and I turned it back, that helped for a few days but then it stopped working again. I tried keeping it unplugged when not using it, only plugging it in when I wanted to play it, but that didn't help. I plugged it into a different socket, still the same. It finally just stopped working so I returned it to the store where I'd bought it and the clerk there said that a lot of customers were returning this product! I ended up purchasing a more expensive DVD/VCR combo. Take my advice; don't bother with this model. It's no bargain if it doesn't last!