Daewoo DV6T955B DVD / VCR Combo

by Daewoo

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 3.7 x 17.1 inches ; 14 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002471YM
• Item model number: DV6T955B
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,860 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With the DV6T955B DVD/VCR combo from Daewoo, you can enjoy high-quality digital video without having to say goodbye to your videotape library. This versatile component combines a progressive-scan DVD player with a 4-head, hi-fi stereo VCR, and includes a number of audio features as well.

The progressive-scan technology on the DVD player yields amazing picture quality, with vivid colors, clean resolution, and reduced onscreen distortion. The DV6T955B features a 10-bit/27 MHz video digital-to-analog converter that adds realistic warmth to the picture. The adjustable aspect ratio mode lets you resize the video image to the optimal setting: either a 16:9 widescreen or a 4:3 standard ratio. With the zoom feature, you can enlarge or reduce onscreen images. The DV6T955B provides a number of search modes for DVDs. In addition to basic fast forward and reverse options, you can scan through a DVD by individual chapters or by playing time.

In addition to watching movies on the DV6T955B, you can use it as an audio component. The DV6T955B offers a wide variety of playback options, including DVDs, CDs, VCDs, MP3s, and more. Your movies and music will sound great, thanks to the clear, clean sound of Daewoo's 24-bit/96 kHz audio digital-to-analog converter. This converter translates digital audio data into a natural, realistic high-fidelity sound. The DV6T955B features a Dolby Digital and DTS surround-sound system, and includes a coaxial digital audio output that allows you to easily connect the player to a home theater receiver. The DV6T955B also features 3D sound, an audio mode that creates virtual surround sound with just two speakers.

The DV6T955B's VCR is filled with features as well. The 6-head VCR can capture and reproduce a clear picture with stereo sound. Recording shows is simple with a one-touch recording option, as well as a timer mode that lets you program up to 8 shows in advance. You can also watch DVDs while you are recording a program with the VCR.

The DV6T955B features a number of A/V outputs, including component, composite, and S-video connections. An analog audio output is also included on the DV6T955B.

What's in the Box
DVD player/VCR combo, remote control, owner's manual

Product Description

The Daewoo DV6T955B is a progressive scan DVD player and 4 head Hi-Fi VCR all in one! Its front AV jacks makes connection easier than ever.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars stopped working after 4 months, July 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Daewoo DV6T955B DVD / VCR Combo (Electronics)

This dvd player stopped reading discs about four months after I bought it. It will only read a disc about once every 30 tries now and has started eating dvds. Not only does the laser fail to read the discs now, but the belt is also broken and the dvd fell off the tray and was damaged. And the other annoying part is that the VCR still works fine, so it seems a waste to scrap it altogether. You're better off having a separate dvd player, and certainly not a "daewoo" one. It may seem like a bargain, but believe me, it's not.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage., August 23, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Daewoo DV6T955B DVD / VCR Combo (Electronics)

The other reviews are right, this thing is a lemon. Right out of the box the audio did not sync with the picture, both on VHS and DVD. It would fall behind, then run ahead, then behind, etc. VHS picture had incredibly dull and fuzzy picture (guess 6 heads AREN'T better than 4), and I noticed the DVD playback was stuttering a bit too. Probably the worst electronics purchase I've ever made...so it's going back. Daewoo makes great standalone players but avoid this heap of scrap metal.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Newer models are much better., March 10, 2005

By 

kireviewer (Sunnyvale, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Daewoo DV6T955B DVD / VCR Combo (Electronics)

UPDATE 2: I replaced my unit under warranty. The VCR picture quality is now excellent. It is as good as any VCR I own. Also, the tape counter now works ok. On the first unit I got, the VCR picture quality was poor.

UPDATE 1: MY UNIT HAS DEVELOPED AN ANNOYING QUIRK.
When playing a tape recorded in SLP speed, the VCR will sometimes play it at the SP mode. It is dependent on where in the tape you start playback. If you rewind the tape, you can find a spot where it plays OK, and then scan forward. This is on old tapes that I have used many times.

ORIGINAL REVIEW:

For a lower end unit, this is a good deal, with nice features for the price. However, it does not have all the great features of a higher priced unit.

I really like the DVD player on this unit. It works much better than any of my other DVD players (maybe because it is newer). It recognizes the DVD almost immediately. Jumping to different features on the DVD (like the menu, or different scenes) is very quick and without any glitches.

I bought this DVD unit because it plays VCD. It is one of the few remaining DVD's that play VCD's (an old Asian format). It also plays CDR's. I haven't tried the various DVD recordable formats yet. I will report when I do.

The remote control works very well. The system has a very quick response to the remote control. I have had other units, like Panasonic, where the remote control is not so reliable. It has some nice features, like a 30 second commercial skip, and all the usual ones, like flipping to the last channel viewed.

The menus are fairly easy to navigate. Programming the timer recorder is a good and easy as I have seen on any unit. It is certainly easier than on the Go, Pansonic or Zenith models.

The VCR works fine, and has a good mechanism. The picture quality is not that great when recording SLP mode. Playback of tapes recorded in the SLP (sometimes called EP) other players do not look as good when played on the Daewoo. I haven't tried the higher quality setting yet. The scan, and slow motion modes work well, although there isn't a choice in speeds.

The DVD portion has composite video out or S-video outputs. Like all DVD/VCR combos I have seen, the composite video only works with the DVD and does not work with the VCR. If you have a TV with composite video inputs, you hook up the DVD portion to that, and then you hook up the VCR to a different input on your TV. On the TV, you can watch the DVD player from either the composite inputs or the VCR inputs. The S-Video also only works on the DVD player. With many other DVD/VCR combos, the S-Video will also work for the VCR/tuner (especially those VCR's that can play SVHS tapes). I don't know why they can't convert the signal so that everything could go through the composite inputs.

Being a cheap model, here are the features that aren't as good as a more expensive model:

-When you turn it on, it always goes to DVD mode first. I use the TV monitor and VCR more often, so this is a minor inconvenience. It does change modes very quickly.

-The remote control is not universal, so you can't use it to control your TV.

-I could use more audio output jacks, so I could hook it up to both my stereo and my TV, without having to use splitters.

-Will not play SVHS tapes (I actually haven't tried one, so I don't know for sure).

-The display on the unit is very limited. When playing a VCR tape, it only shows "PLAY", and not the time or any other info.

Note, I did a lot of researching on Amazon for DVD/VCR combinations. None of them got good reviews from the readers. They all seemed to have reliability problems. Why is that? It may be that DVD/VCR combinations are so new that they aren't reliable yet, or only the people who have problems with them bother to write reviews.

In many reviews of different VCR's I see people complaining that you can't record in LP mode. LP is the medium quality setting where you get 4 hours on a tape. LP mode is no longer a popular option and is almost nonexistant these days. The improvements of the SLP or EP mode (6 hours per tape)have made the LP mode obsolete.