VCR/DVD combo

[Marc]

Can anyone recommend a good value VCR/DVD combo unit?

It needs to be connected to an old TV.

[Knobdoodle]

"Marc" <sam@everlast.net.au> wrote in message
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> Can anyone recommend a good value VCR/DVD combo unit?
>
> It needs to be connected to an old TV.
>
NONE are good value when you can but a separate VCR & DVD with more
features for less money.
Clem

[Marc]

1. Are you sure you can buy them separately for less money?
2. What about the space saving advantages?


"Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle@notmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Marc" <sam@everlast.net.au> wrote in message
> news:408c7699$1@news1.veridas.net...
> > Can anyone recommend a good value VCR/DVD combo unit?
> >
> > It needs to be connected to an old TV.
> >
> NONE are good value when you can but a separate VCR & DVD with more
> features for less money.
> Clem
>
>

[Knobdoodle]

"Marc" <sam@everlast.net.au> wrote;
> 1. Are you sure you can buy them separately for less money?
~
Yep.
~
> 2. What about the space saving advantages?
~
That's the only possible reason I can imagine for buying one. (For a
caravan or bedroom where size is a big issue and features aren't a factor)
Clem
>
> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle@notmail.com> wrote in message
> news:c6hufj$c8o78$1@ID-132915.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > "Marc" <sam@everlast.net.au> wrote in message
> > news:408c7699$1@news1.veridas.net...
> > > Can anyone recommend a good value VCR/DVD combo unit?
> > >
> > > It needs to be connected to an old TV.
> > >
> > NONE are good value when you can but a separate VCR & DVD with more
> > features for less money.
> > Clem
> >
> >
>
>

[Allan]

He's just said, he has a old TV, so I would assume, it has no AV inputs.
SO the DVD/Vcr combos have a RF output!! That's the Main reason you would
get a combo, instead of tiring to connect a Normal DVD to a Non AV TV.
Also its less connections to connect, and as said, less room, more compact..
Just get a Samsung, or LG, around $290..
Good value and easy to operate..
Allan

"Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle@notmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Marc" <sam@everlast.net.au> wrote in message
> news:408c7699$1@news1.veridas.net...
> > Can anyone recommend a good value VCR/DVD combo unit?
> >
> > It needs to be connected to an old TV.
> >
> NONE are good value when you can but a separate VCR & DVD with more
> features for less money.
> Clem
>
>

[Knobdoodle]

Well duuh!
Why not connect the DVD to the VCR and then the RF to the TV?
DVD player $70. 6 head Hi-Fi Stereo long-play VCR $130. Makes the combo
look a bit sick eh?
--
Clem

"Allan" <allanaws@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> He's just said, he has a old TV, so I would assume, it has no AV inputs.
> SO the DVD/Vcr combos have a RF output!! That's the Main reason you would
> get a combo, instead of tiring to connect a Normal DVD to a Non AV TV.
> Also its less connections to connect, and as said, less room, more
compact..
> Just get a Samsung, or LG, around $290..
> Good value and easy to operate..
> Allan
>
> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle@notmail.com> wrote in message
> news:c6hufj$c8o78$1@ID-132915.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > "Marc" <sam@everlast.net.au> wrote in message
> > news:408c7699$1@news1.veridas.net...
> > > Can anyone recommend a good value VCR/DVD combo unit?
> > >
> > > It needs to be connected to an old TV.
> > >
> > NONE are good value when you can but a separate VCR & DVD with more
> > features for less money.
> > Clem
> >
> >
>
>

[Brian Rusten]

"Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle@notmail.com> wrote in message
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> Well duuh!
> Why not connect the DVD to the VCR and then the RF to the TV?
> DVD player $70. 6 head Hi-Fi Stereo long-play VCR $130. Makes the combo
> look a bit sick eh?

How well that works depends on how the VCR & DVD handle Macrovision.

Might be OK, might be crap.

Regards

Brian

[Knobdoodle]

"Brian Rusten" <brusten@optushome.com.au> wrote;
> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle@notmail.com> wrote;
> > Why not connect the DVD to the VCR and then the RF to the TV?
> > DVD player $70. 6 head Hi-Fi Stereo long-play VCR $130. Makes the
combo
> > look a bit sick eh?
>
> How well that works depends on how the VCR & DVD handle Macrovision.
>
> Might be OK, might be crap.
>
I've never seen macrovision effects when just playing through a VCR; only
when recording.
Does it happen on some DVDs when playing through VCRs?
Is it the DVD or the VCR?
Clem

[Brian Rusten]

"Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle@notmail.com> wrote in message
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(snip)
> I've never seen macrovision effects when just playing through a VCR; only
> when recording.
> Does it happen on some DVDs when playing through VCRs?
> Is it the DVD or the VCR?
> Clem

VCR, really - some (most, I think) only lose the picture when recording, as
you've seen,
but a few lose it just passing the video though.

Solution - Macrovision remover or Macrovision free DVD player.

[GDS]

G'day Marc,
You've seen a few suggestions but a bit more info would be helpful.
Why the combo unit in the first place?

R/F connection only TV?
Is space a real factor?
You'd just prefer both in one unit?
Cheaper to get an all in one?

G.

[Martin Taylor]

Knobdoodle said....

> I've never seen macrovision effects when just playing through a VCR; only
> when recording.
> Does it happen on some DVDs when playing through VCRs?
> Is it the DVD or the VCR?

Teac VCR with a Phillips DVD player connected into one of its AV inputs.
Movies unwatchable. Same DVD player connected into a Sony VCR in the
same manner. Perfectly watchable. Same DVD connected to a cheap HIFI
Sanyo VCR (under $200 in Kmart recently, small form factor), plays OK as
well.

The Sony could also record movies off the DVD player. Not that I did
this very often. Usually on DVDs that we hadn't watched and had to be
returned. Watch and then use the tape for something else.