Sony RDR-VX535 DVD Recorder & VCR Combo Player with 1080p HDMI Upscaling and Bonus HDMI Cable
- HDMI connectivity delivers 1080p/1080i/720p upscaling for DVD and VHS video1 and simplifies cable connections.
- Two-way One-touch Dubbing records from VHS to DVD or reverse.
- Digital music and digital image playback capability lets you listen to MP3 encoded audio files or view JPEG images encoded on CD or DVD media.
- DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R(Video) Recording & Playback, including DVD-RAM playback.
- Auto Clock Set & Tuning System through Line1 Input. Fast Playback with Sound on DVD.
Product Description
Preserve and share your personal content quickly and easily with the high quality RDR-VX525 DVD recorder and VHS combo player from Sony«. Your favorite memories, TV shows that you love, video recordings or anything else can be preserved on a DVD. Programming your recordings is easy with the intuitive graphical interface. Eight DVD recording speeds allow you to record up to 8 hours on one disc. Record from disc to tape or tape to disc with the convenience of one-to… More >>
Sony RDR-VX535 DVD Recorder & VCR Combo Player with 1080p HDMI Upscaling and Bonus HDMI Cable
Sony RDR-VX535 DVD Recorder & VCR Combo Player with 1080p HDMI Upscaling and Bonus HDMI Cable
A Kodak Easy Share Digital camera hooked up by the HDMI cable to the Sony was not recognized by this machine when i tried to download pictures from it to the Sony recorder to make a DVD copy of the photos in the Kodak camera.
Does anyone know what brand of still cameras WILL work with this Sony? I got help from the Sony representative on the phone, but he did not know which brands that Sony VX535 WOULD work. Like, does it have to be a SONY brand still camera?
Rating: 4 / 5
yes it works
but it is slow,noisy and hard to set up
far from my first choice
Rating: 2 / 5
I tried all 24 combinations of codes and Mode settings to get the IR hookup to work – to no avail. Sony Chat support was the absolute worst I have ever encountered in 20 years. The idiot tech kept referring to the use of the “Set Top Box Control” after I repeatedly informed him that It was connected, but I could not find any maufacturers code that would enable the communication of the DVR with the cable box! If you want to use the programable channel feature and you have a Verizon/Motorola cable box, look for a different brand of DVR. Funny, the Logitech Harmony 550 works ok with the cable box, so what’s up with Sony?
Rating: 1 / 5
I’ve got quite a bit of experience dealing with VCRs, DVDS, and other things digital. Part of my business is dubbing VHS tapes to DVD for customers. I bought this unit to hopefully expedite and streamline that process – rather than using an older Pioneer DVD recorder tied to a Sony VHS machine to record VHS to DVD that way. So I was excited when this unit arrived. Setup was fairly easy and the first dub appeared to go off without a hitch – that is until I tried playing back the DVD on two separate Blu-ray players in my house – both Panasonic units – but different models. Yes, the disc was finalized – but guess what? No playback on the VX535 dubbed DVD. I tried playing back the same disc on an older plain-Jane DVD player we had? Worked just fine. Then I tried playing some of the previous discs I had dubbed using the separate DVD / VHS units and those discs played perfectly – across platforms – didn’t matter if they were standard DVD players or Blu-ray. I don’t know who is at fault here, but this incompatibility with Blu-ray on the Sony recorder is unacceptable in my opinion and I suspect may mirror some of the complaints I read here about this unit. I’m investigating exchange options I have with the seller. (Not Amazon.)
So buyer beware. When your grandchildren in the future attempt to playback your “old school” DVD family movies on their $10 Blu-Ray players they got at Cosmic Mart – they may be out of luck.
UPDATE: On a hunch – I tried copying a VHS to DVD with a DVD+R blank rather than DVD-R. The VHS tape copied without a hitch and more importantly played on our Blu-Ray players! Problem apparently solved!
Rating: 1 / 5
This DVD VHS recorder has worked perfectly for me. I use DVD+R disc to record all of my old VHS home movies etc, onto. The auto finalize feature worked great but one must turn on this feature or do the finalizing manually. It has done everything I wanted it to do and is very easy to “dub” copies from VHS to DVD. Couldn’t be easier.
I am very happy with this unit, love it ! I was also real happy to learn that I was able to take segments from various VHS tapes and dub them all onto one DVD disc. The DVD+R all play on my standard DVD player after they are finalized. I would recommend this unit to anyone looking for a easy to use dubbing machine.
Rating: 5 / 5