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Nobody wants to watch a movie like that.It's been a month of frustration with this unit. I think we know where this is going.
I tried seven different home videos and five different types of recordable media. First it was DVD-R Video, then DVD+R, then DVD + or - R at a slower speed, finally tech support said to try a slow speed DVD-RW.
I bought this Samsung DVD-VR375 and had to return it. At another added cost to me, these discs didn't work either.I finally returned this unit and bought another major brand at a similar price and it has worked flawlessly for me.
As it was a nice overall unit for the price and has a nice set of inputs/outputs, this machine does not do what is advertised as it's main feature.I owned this machine for about a month and every single old family VHS tape that I tried to transfer to DVD, the audio was out of sync. You will see the people in the videos mouth move, then two seconds later the words come out and their mouth is already moving again saying something else.
Avoid this unit at all costs if you're trying to duplicate old VHS tapes to DVD.
It was somewhat hard to understand the manual but not that bad. I'm currently switching all my video tapes onto DVD's. I am very satisfied with this vr357. The machine burns and plays all of the various types of DVD's where as my old DVD player would not.
I did not know that there is no tuner in the recorder when I purchased it. I cannot record from the tv without a box of some sort. I like the dvd/vcr very much. I did not purchase it for that purpose so it is ok.
I am now learning that is because I am trying to copy video that has embedded macrovision protection. From what I am told one needs to incorporate a Digital Video Stabilizer.To add annoyance to the above problem I also had to contend with the fact that after dubbing a home made VHS tape to DVD the VOB files it created were NOT created properly.
Taping over the hole on the cassette doesn't help because that hole is only designed to tell your VCR not to allow you to accidentally record over the cassette. This is one of the reasons the Samsung DVD-VR375 1080p Up-Converting VHS Combo DVD unit is useless because all it allows me to copy is my own home movies.
Here's my story:- I finally realize what all that talk about copyright protection is about. So, I'm returning this for a full refund including shipping costs.Live and learn.
I purchased the Samsung DVD-VR375 1080p Up-Converting VHS Combo DVD Recorder to dub my personal VHS tapes to DVD. When I tried to copy my VHS movies (like Heavy Metal which I purchased from a store about a decade ago) to DVD, it stopped a few seconds in saying that it can't dub because of the copy protection signal endcoded on it.
And, thanks copyright protection for protecting me from myself.
I have used the "Simple dub" option as well as the EZ Dub button on the front of the machine. to no avail. I give up and will be returning it.To clarify, my reason for buying a VCR/DVD burner was very simple: I wanted to convert my old VHS tapes to DVDs that would be able to be played in OTHER machines, not just this Samsung unit.Here's the problem with this Samsung unit: Every DVD I have burned so far has sound-sync problems. same problems.The instruction manual is really poorly written. I have used DVD-R, DVD+R, and DVD-RW discs.
All produce the same sound problems. If you fast-forward or chapter-search, then the sound goes REALLY off and the DVD is unwatchable because of this.I have tested my newly-burnt DVDs on two players in my home: My iMac computer DVD player, and my Sony DVD player, which is hooked up to my TV. I've had this Samsung DVD-VR375 for about 3 weeks now. Both players give me the same problem: the sound is out of sync.I have tried every imaginable iteration of dubbing on this machine to see if I could produce ONE USABLE DVD. I'm a pretty smart "techie" guy, and it's still confusing.So, I cannot recommend this DVD/VCR -- especially if you're buying it to convert your old VHS tapes.
The sound is off by a few seconds. I'm returning this one and either buying a different brand, or sending my old tapes to a conversion company who'll do it right.
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