Review on 📀 Efficient Entertainment: Sylvania DV220SL8 Tunerless Dual Deck DVD Player/VCR Combo for Ultimate Viewing Pleasure by Tray Smith

They are suspicious because of the low price, especially since this thing also has a decent DVD player. Is this a real VCR? Will it explode or puke all over my TV stand the first time I try to play one of my videotapes or record anything? Relax: This is a full-featured but very budget-friendly video recorder. I'm not giving it the highest rating because it's the best VCR I've ever used, but because it's exceptional value for money. one. Judging by the plastic noise it makes, it would be unreasonable to expect it to last more than a year or maybe two. Replacing my old Sony warhorse My Sony SLV-N81 died after almost a decade of loyal service. It is built into the old Samsung analog set-top box and Digitalstream DTV. To connect the Sylvania, simply swap the plugs. The only problem is that the DTV box only has one set of RCA outputs and one coaxial output. RCA goes to the TV and Sylvania has no coax. So I had to buy a pair of RCA Y splitters. There was one RCA pair and one RCA cable in the box so I had to use the cables that came with it. How is the quality? Sony costs about 5 bucks and Sylvania less than 1 buck, so comparisons aren't very valuable. . However, here are the main differences. So if you're replacing a really good VCR, here's what you should expect so you don't get too disappointed. ** This is not HiFi stereo sound. This is a plain old analog mono phone signal.** It doesn't have a separate LCD display. So if you want to know the current or elapsed time on the tape, you have to display it on the TV screen**, the picture quality is not very good. If you've had other budget VCRs, you already know what to expect** The buttons and icons are so small you can't see them in low light. analog audio/video input. For output, it has 3 RCAs for stereo (but the VCR sound is mono), audio and video output, both DVD and VCR. Only for DVD it has additional outputs: RGB, S-Video, stereo audio output, coaxial digital video output. To feed audio and video to the VCR it has 2 pairs of RCAs, one on the rear and one on the front, for the L1 and L2 inputs. A little advice. One activity that usually tires a cheap VCR is fast forward or reverse scanning, so try not to use these features. This also applies to index search (use the on-screen digital counter and the usual FF or REW instead). My last assertion. One of my concerns is that remote controlled consumer electronics are too complex for a mere mortal to properly operate, and this VCR is no exception. It has the functions of both a VCR and a DVD player, and the remote control is without a doubt the most complex I've seen. Setting up the VCR for timed recording is 10 steps (also you need to press the magic button after coming back from timed recording to reset the VCR to normal mode). It is therefore your responsibility to keep the user manual close to the video recorder.