Product Description

Sony presents an irresistible combination... the SLV-D350P DVD/VHS Component, designed to offer you the benefits of a DVD Player and VCR in one impressive product.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20394 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Silver
• Brand: Sony
• Model: SLVD350P
• Dimensions: 10.00 pounds

Features

• DVD/VCR combo unit with WEGA styling, progressive-scan DVD output, and 1-month, 8-event VCR programming
• Plays video-mode DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW playback, plus MP3 CD, JPEG CD, and quasi-S-VHS playback (at VHS resolution)
• DVD bookmarking, resume, and picture zoom
• 4-head VCR offers commercial skip, 19-micron heads for clear images from EP recordings
• Includes multibrand remote control that operates most TVs

Amazon.com Product Description
With its WEGA-styled chassis, Sony's SLV-D350P is the perfect high-convenience complement to today's silvery home-entertainment components. This versatile combination deck offers the convenience of VHS recording and playback and high-end progressive-scan DVD performance, handling just about any conceivable media format, from VHS and S-VHS tapes (which it plays at standard VHS resolution) to DVD-Video, video-mode DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW, as well as MP3 CD and JPEG picture CD. From your library of VHS videos to your digital music files and digital photos, the SLV-D350P lets you enjoy them all in the comfort of your living room or bedroom.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the SLV-D350P can deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Other DVD functions include bookmarking, picture zoom, parental lock, and a screen saver.

The VCR section offers one-month, eight-event advance programming to commercial skip. Your camcorder or gaming console plugs right into the front panel for hassle-free connections. Its four-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images, and with hi-fi sound the unit records and plays back stereo audio tracks. Its 19-micron heads deliver the clearest possible picture when recording or viewing in EP (extended-play) mode.

Commercial skip makes it easier than ever to zip past commercials and unwanted "coming attractions," jumping forward 30 seconds for every press of the commercial-skip button.

Connections with combo units are often inconvenient, forcing you to use separate video hookups for each section (DVD, VCR), a problem for older TVs. This player has it figured out: a single RF or composite-video connection to a television will display either the DVD or the VCR signal, depending on which format you're viewing. If you want to view DVDs in S-video or in component-video (either interlaced or progressive-scan), you will need to use two inputs, as the device will not upconvert the signal from the VCR to either of those higher-resolution formats. Not to worry, though: any component- or S-video-equipped TV will offer sufficient inputs for both of the SLV-D350P's formats.

It's a different arrangement for audio: you can listen through a single set of stereo analog-audio cables for each component (one is supplied), or--if you want to enjoy DVDs in discrete 5.1-channel surround sound--you can send the DVD's audio to a compatible audio/video receiver and a multichannel speaker system through a digital-audio interconnect (either optical or coaxial, not supplied). The unit also comes with an RF cable that will transmit DVD/VHS audio and video to your TV, a multilingual onscreen display (English, Spanish, French), and a multibrand TV/DVD/VCR remote control.

What's in the Box
DVD/VCR combo, remote control, remote batteries (two AA), user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, coaxial video cable, and warranty information.

From the Manufacturer
Enjoy DVD and VHS playback in a single player with the Sony SLV-D350P DVD/VCR combo. Versatile and convenient, the SLV-D350P features DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW (video mode), CD, SVCD, VCD, CD-R/RW, and MP3 compatibility. In addition, the system's Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel digital outputs give it audio flexibility, as does the unit's virtual surround sound feature. With such additional features as parental lock, complementary WEGA TV styling, and front A/V inputs for your camcorder or game system, the SLV-D350P is the perfect combination for anyone's home theater.

Features include:

• Multilingual onscreen display
• Component video output and S-video output for DVD
• Coaxial and optical digital output for DVD
• Frame advance (forward) and slow advance (forward)
• 2x play (forward)
• Screen zoom function
• Bookmark function
• 4-head hi-fi VHS VCR
• Flash rewind rewinds a T-120 videotape in about 60 seconds
• Auto head cleaner
• 1-month/8-event recording timer
• S-VHS quasi playback

Customer Reviews

Bad Product, Bad Customer Service
When I first bought this, DVDs would freeze at times and the image would decay to pixels at times. I contacted Sony customer service and they said that it was due to finger prints or scratches on the DVDs. After I had the machine for about 2 to 3 months, the DVD player stopped reading DVDs completely. I again contacted customer service and they told me to ship it to Texas and that they would send me a refurbished machine for ninety dollars. Actually, ninety was the minimum cost for labor since the warranty only covered parts. It could cost more if any of the parts were not covered by the warranty. Considering the cost of the machine, this was not a good option. I am stuck, but I hope that others won't make the same mistake and buy this machine. Also, after I ran into problems, I looked on Amazon for reviews of similar Sony DVD players. Sure enough, others had the same problem.

Starts skipping and has happened with other Sonys
I had the same problem with this DVD player and another Sony DVD player, that cost twice as much. They both seemed ok at first but started skipping after just a month or two use, and it became progressively worse. First just a skip or two, it made me think maybe the DVD was scratched. Then, would freeze up and skip certain scenes. Finally it got to where it wouldn't play any DVD I own all the way through, and wouldn't even recognize certain DVDs- it would just keep spinning and saying "No disc".

We bought 2 $99 Panasonic DVD players and threw away the Sonys, and to my surprise, the Panasonic ones have been playing perfectly for over a year now, NO skips or other defect or quality problems. I recommend Panasonic DVD players as being the best, and advise anyone to stay away from the overpriced Sonys.

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DVD Problems
I've had this unit for a little over a month and it completely stopped reading DVDs. It still reads audio CDs and the VCR is decent. I'd steer clear of this combo.