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Review on Sony DVDirect DVD Recorder VRDMC5 by Tony Korek

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Copy Hi8 Tapes to DVD Easily!

This product is fantastic! It's so easy to use, it's amazing. I was able to start copying my old Hi8 camcorders to DVD in minutes. And the results are amazing! I played my first DVD on a 52" 1080p LCD TV and Blu-ray player and the DVD videos copied from my 12 year old Hi8 cassettes looked absolutely amazing! I could not believe my eyes! Menu to help you with quick setup. Aesthetically, it's a modest little device, but it's very well thought out, trivially easy to use, and fairly versatile. And who can match Revain's great price and fast shipping! I highly recommend this product! Update: I've now used it to burn an AVCHD DVD straight from my Sony HDR-SR12 Hi-Def camcorder. This is done with the supplied USB cable. It turns out that it's even easier than burning Hi8 to DVD, and you also get the recording is fully preserved in high definition and plays on the Blu-ray player in full 1080 resolution. It even includes 5.1- Surround sound from a Sony camcorder. Fantastic result and it only took a few minutes. A normal DVD certainly doesn't contain a lot of HD content, but it's still amazing quality and very fast and sooooo easy to create!

Pros
  • Back up digital photos to DVD or create photo slideshows to DVD from a memory card or Sony HDD/Memory Stick Handycam via USB
Cons
  • I'm pissed off

Comments (10)

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February 04, 2023
Experimenting with Canon camcorder HF-10
January 22, 2023
Makes child's play of copying Hi8 tapes to DVDs!
January 14, 2023
Sony VRDMC5 DVD Recorder ROCKS
January 13, 2023
Awesome product
January 01, 2023
Awsome: does NTSC AND PAL!
December 27, 2022
Very useful if it fits your needs
December 27, 2022
Great product!
December 23, 2022
Easy to use if you don't do anything unusual...
November 17, 2022
Finally, a hardware solution to a software problem.
October 22, 2022
Money well spent!