GoVideo DDV3120 Dual Deck 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR

by GoVideo

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• Shipping Weight: 24 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000068BRN
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,984 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The DDV3120 is packed with all the convenience features you've come to expect from GoVideo, like commercial-free viewing of recorded shows, and the ability to watch one video while recording another or to duplicate home movies without the hassle of hooking up a second VCR. In addition, the DDV3120 offers high-end video and audio editing features and quality. In addition to the space-saving design and dual-deck convenience, the hi-fi stereo DDV3120 also delivers flying erase heads for seamless editing, an S-video input (with S-VHS quasi playback) for high-quality video signal transfer, eight-scene automatic assembly editor/titler, and audio/video dubbing for customizing home movies.

Features like one-touch commercial-free copying let you easily record a show on one deck and copy to the other deck without commercials. Commercial Advance/Movie Advance skips ads and movie trailers on recorded programs at the touch of a button. Sequence Mode switches from deck one to deck two automatically during recording, providing twice the record and playback time. Loop Mode lets the unit play indefinitely, and Complete Program Record adjusts recording speed to fit the length of tape being used to ensure that the end of any recorded show arrives.

Other features include child lock to disable the front-panel buttons; auto setup, which automatically sets the clock and searches for channels when you hook up to a TV; and Timer Record, which lets you set as many as 16 timed events up to one year in advance--twice as many as most VCRs allow. The DDV3120 also includes a multibrand, jog/shuttle remote with glow keys, a multimedia Go-Port for PC interface and control, and an auto head cleaner on both decks to keep playback and copies looking sharp.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

87 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy It - The Product is Defective, November 2, 2002

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Pandoya (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GoVideo DDV3120 Dual Deck 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR (Electronics)

I picked this product since it seemed to have good features.
I could not find any online review on this particular model, so I took a risk.

The bottom line is, this model is defective.
The defect may not affect you if you don't/don't know how to tape using the timer, but it's been aggrevating to me since I timer record to death.

I set up DDV-3120 by using its automatic set-up, but the day after, I noticed that the clock was indicating completely the wrong time (say, when it really was 8:30AM, it was showing 11:52AM). I reset the whole thing, and set up all over; same thing happened the day after. I called the Customer Service, and was told it was a known issue, that I'd have to leave a tape in Deck 2 all the time so the clock won't be messed up, and they'd contact me when they FIND a solution (DDV-3120 is a dual-deck VCR). Besides, either you chose to manually or automatically (and if automatic, change a station from which you receive the waves) set the clock, after a while, it always goes two to four minutes behind no matter how often you fixt it.

OK, I left a tape in Deck 2 and tried to live with it until the day they'll find the solution.

However, on October 27, 2002 - the day the Daylight Saving Time ended - I noticed that the VCR was not taping shows that I had programmed.

I checked the programs, and to my amazement, all the shows that I had programmed and had been taping until the day before had been changed by itself to start in December 2002 all of a sudden!!!

I somehow managed to correct the starting date after so much struggle because it just wouldn't give me October 2002, it kept jumping to October 2003 instead.

I called the Customer Service, explained what happened, and was told that it wasn't a known issue like the other issue; but the bottom line was that I was able to fix it therefore it should not be a big deal.

I was furious to their response because I didn't believe that I should have to go through this every 6 month even though I COULD FIX IT MANUALLY when that mess occurs.

I asked if I could return the product to them because the store I purchased from had a 7-day return policy (and this was the only store that carried this particular model in New York City) and it had been already 14 days. They said no and it was a problem between me and the store (maybe, but!!!!) I told them that the product was clearly defective, and at least they should provide better customer service to save this defective product. Even if I bring my VCR to a service center for the second problem, I won't know if it was fixed or not until 6 month later, and by that time, their 90 day labor warranty will have been expired.

I may be incorrect, but I have a strong feeling that the second problem has a LOT to do with the fact that the clock does not function properly (even if you leave a tape in the deck 2 - but why should I have to do such a thing to begin with??) Maybe other people hadn't figured that out yet, maybe?

I am so sorry that the Daylihgt Saving Time didn't come within 7 days after I purchased the product so I missed the opportunity to return to the store. GoVideo should recall this particular model and fix the clock issue at least.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Defective product, no support, March 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: GoVideo DDV3120 Dual Deck 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR (Electronics)

Defective product - The DDV3120 cannot keep time unless a tape is in the second deck, but it is not mentioned in the owner's manual, you have to check the web site. This is a documented (online only) problem with no solution. I have tried for five months to register online or talk with tech support to register. The online registration page has changed, but still does not work. The phone tech support people are polite, but only refer you to the web site. Site surveys don't generate a response.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super handy product, December 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: GoVideo DDV3120 Dual Deck 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR (Electronics)

For our school, teachers need clips of videos to demonstrate cultural items to students, or to show small episodes of full length videos that we own. This machine simplifies their presentation struggle, by allowing them to place those clips of no more than one or two minutes in sequence and to present smoothly within the fast paced class time of less than a full hour.

Also, while making copies of student made video projects, student performances, teacher presentations, this unit allows copies to be made that are crisp and clean and ready to distribute with a minimum of extra effort.

For home use, it is also a wonderful way to duplicate family videos to share with other family members. And it is nice to duplicate these items in an edited fashion that is less boring to the receiving family.

I highly recommend this unit to folks still using VCRs.