Samsung DVD-VR357 Tunerless DVD Recorder and VCR Combo
from: Samsung
Product Description:
HDMI / Easy Record / Component Video / Composite
HDMI / Easy Record / Component Video / Composite
Features:
- Multi Format DVD/VHS Recorder
- VHS HiFi Player
- HDMI Upconversion
- One Touch - 2 Way Dubbing
- DivX Compatible
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Avoid
Item never worked for copying vcr to dvd.
The DVD stopped working entirely after 6 months.
The VCR stopped working after 9 months.
Avoid this item!
Rating: 
- DVD burning died after 13 months
Samsung DVD-VR357 Tunerless DVD Recorder and VCR Combo
Mine was purchased from Sams over a year ago. The VCR works flawlessly and is heavily used by my technphobe housemate. I recorded a lot of TV using DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. I also used the DVD to play content burned on various computer DVD burners (all LG) to DVD+RW, DVD+R and DVD-RAM. The VR357 was very good about drilling through folders. I just did my first VCR-DVD direct transfer. The quality was exceptional. After that first success the ... Read More
Rating: - STOP -- DO NOT PURCHASE THIS MACHINE!
Shoppers beware - I wish I had been warned about this product.
There is something wrong with the design on this model. I say this because I have plenty of Samsung electronics that function perfectly well, so I know the company's products are generally sound.It's this particular model that is the problem.My first VR-357 deteriorated right from the beginning, eventually losing the ability to record onto dvd altogether.Samsung was unable to repair that machine, so they sent me a reconditioned ... Read More
Rating: 
- Excellent Value
This was purchased for a K-8 school and has gotten plenty of use. It comes with a user-friendly manual and is chock-full of features that all can be quite handy. One of the reasons we got the DVR was so we could digitize some of our aging and often irreplaceable educational materials on VHS. You can copy a VHS tape to DVD with the click of a button. If you have plenty of time, you can also create chapters, but the time required and the fact that the feature is not very forgiving of mistakes, makes advanced ... Read More
Rating: - Should have returned it when I could.
This was our first Samsung DVD player/recorder and right from the beginning I had misgivings.I connected it to my stereo system with an optical digital audio cable for the full surround sound effect.When I played a prerecorded disk with 5.1 Dolby Digital, my stereo system showed that I was only getting 2ch stereo sound from the DVD player.A quick look at the manual revealed that I needed to change from PCM to Bitstream and turn DTS On.Success, I now have 5.1 surround sound.For simplicity when I don't ... Read More
- AvoidItem never worked for copying vcr to dvd.
The DVD stopped working entirely after 6 months.
The VCR stopped working after 9 months.
Avoid this item!
- DVD burning died after 13 monthsSamsung DVD-VR357 Tunerless DVD Recorder and VCR Combo
Mine was purchased from Sams over a year ago. The VCR works flawlessly and is heavily used by my technphobe housemate. I recorded a lot of TV using DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. I also used the DVD to play content burned on various computer DVD burners (all LG) to DVD+RW, DVD+R and DVD-RAM. The VR357 was very good about drilling through folders. I just did my first VCR-DVD direct transfer. The quality was exceptional. After that first success the ... Read More
- STOP -- DO NOT PURCHASE THIS MACHINE!Shoppers beware - I wish I had been warned about this product.
There is something wrong with the design on this model. I say this because I have plenty of Samsung electronics that function perfectly well, so I know the company's products are generally sound.It's this particular model that is the problem.My first VR-357 deteriorated right from the beginning, eventually losing the ability to record onto dvd altogether.Samsung was unable to repair that machine, so they sent me a reconditioned ... Read More
- Excellent ValueThis was purchased for a K-8 school and has gotten plenty of use. It comes with a user-friendly manual and is chock-full of features that all can be quite handy. One of the reasons we got the DVR was so we could digitize some of our aging and often irreplaceable educational materials on VHS. You can copy a VHS tape to DVD with the click of a button. If you have plenty of time, you can also create chapters, but the time required and the fact that the feature is not very forgiving of mistakes, makes advanced ... Read More
- Should have returned it when I could.This was our first Samsung DVD player/recorder and right from the beginning I had misgivings.I connected it to my stereo system with an optical digital audio cable for the full surround sound effect.When I played a prerecorded disk with 5.1 Dolby Digital, my stereo system showed that I was only getting 2ch stereo sound from the DVD player.A quick look at the manual revealed that I needed to change from PCM to Bitstream and turn DTS On.Success, I now have 5.1 surround sound.For simplicity when I don't ... Read More
