Customer Reviews

Magnavox ZV450MW8 DVD Recorder and VCR Combo with Digital Tuner

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I wanted to update my Emerson(Funai) EWR20V4 VCR/DVD Recorder because that is 4+ years old and VHS units will disappear in a couple of years, just as LP's, 8 Track and Sony Beta vcr's have gone. I had no problems with the Emerson and the Magnavox is the SAME maker, I figured it is a safe bet. Now that I have used the Magnavox for two months without a problem I can say that it is a good unit to buy. Wal-Mart had it for $179-how could you go wrong?(barring a lemon) I have an old TV and since this has a digital tuner I did not have to buy a converter to receive the new TV signal. I use this to watch the over the air channels using a rabbit ear antenna. Since I accidentally let time pass and could not use the Gov't coupon card, I would have spent $50+ for the converter box anyway. The picture quality is fair/good. Now, the important stuff- Use the Recommended Disc's only! It is Very picky on the disc recording manufacturer. Also,once a Movie, TV Show or personal Cam-Cord recording is copied-this unit will Force you to name the Next recording number/segment. It always assumes that there is space for another recording. Before and once Finalized,the menu will display an -unused/non-titled- segment. As odd as that sounds, I called their customer service people and they told me the same. That is the only real pain in the butt problem I found with this product. If not for that and based on the cost I would have assigned a 5 star rating.

this dvd recorder when i put my vhs on to dvds and it burns it only plays on it. the dvds do not play on other dvd players it is very upsetting they wont even play on my laptop it recognize the disc is being blank when it is really not.

purchased at local retailer(wm). continually ate vcr tapes; then vcr door fell off while trying to save another eaten tape. boy, this thing was hungry. dvd worked okay; but never got chance to try all features. replaced with cheaper model that only plays tapes and dvd`s. that one seems okay. losing confidence in magnavox name.

We (my wife and I) first purchased this equipment at Walmart in March 2008, and connected it to our LCD flat screen in the living-room. With more than 2 years of very satisfactory and reliable performance from this equiment, we decided to purchase another one, to accommodate a recently-purchased LCD, installed in our bed-room. We wanted, of course, this specific brand and model, but Walmart no longer had it in stock, and we could not find any store in our area, at the time, that had it. However, a friend recommended Amazon.com. In fact, we had never ordered from Amazon.com let alone heard about Amazon.com. We placed the order at OUTLET through Amazon.com and the equipment arrived within 6 days. We installed it, and, to our utmost satisfaction, it has been performing excellently. The 90-day warranty, provided by the seller, is evidence of their commitment to excellence, quality and professionalism. FIVE STARS (*****) for this equipment.

I couldn't be happier with this Magnavox DVD VCR Combo with Digital Tuner. I wanted a VCR/DVD with a tuner as like to record using an old fasion atenna. I just can't bring myself to pay for something that I can get for free. It works great both the VCR and the DVD and it's easy to use and has plenty of In and Out connections to hook-up to my other video and sound equipment. The only problem that I had was getting my universal remote to work on it (Couldn't find codes to program the remote) but, was able to program the remote doing the channel up thing until it worked for both the VCR and DVD mode. I've put it through much use and abuse and it has held up perfectly.

I bought one of these new through a local retailer, specifically for the timer-recording feature. After just 6 months of use the internal clock forgot what year/month/day it was, and resetting it would not hold. Their customer service/repair firm ...Funai Corp. had UPS pick it up and take it in for a "Rapid Exchange". That was to mean in a few weeks I would get someone else's repaired unit under warranty. It took 101 days of my phone calls and e mails to get an exchange unit becsuse customer service goofed and did not put in an order for the repair facility to send mine.

Now I have had the exchange unit two weeks, and IT is doing the same thing...the internal clock is messed up and I cannot do timer recording.
I have asked Funai for my money back....they will not do that. I am not about to ask for another Rapid Exhange (ha!) and wait three months for another repaired unit that will probably have the same timer problem.

I accidentally bought this thinking it was the lower priced model without a digital tuner. I decided to go ahead & keep it. Although it picked up more digital channels than my TV, the picture quality is not as good as the television. I am using S-video and might try component and HDMI to see if it gets better, but I doubt it. DVD player doesn't look razor sharp either. When I tried the VCR, I almost took the unit back to the store. Picture & sound were terrible, but luckily it has manual tracking as well as automatic. After manually adjusting the tracking, it was much better. I got used to the fast rewind of the older VCR's. This one takes quite a bit longer. If you're nuts about an outstanding HD picture, you're not going to be happy with this product.

I bought this in January 2009 and since June 2009 I've had it in the shop 3 times because tapes start to play and then stops and ejects itself. Most of the parts have now been replaced and the same problem is happening.

Don't buy this product or any other that Magnavox produces. I bought this model about 4 months ago from Walmart. I didn't have any major problems (it wasn't an ideal product from the start) until I had to use the DVD recorder; I kept getting errors while recording from the TV. Magnavox DOES NOT stand behind their products!!! They told me that I would have to pay labor to fix the problem; on a 4 month old product...ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!

I am not the only person either. I have several friends that have also had similar problems with various Magnavox products.

I bought this item "on a whim" from WM, thinking that I could convert our home video movies to DVD. I couldn't even find the set-up menu! And I'm not a novice in hooking these things up. I quickly returned this and got my money back. Lesson learned: Don't purchase electronics "on a whim", and check what others are saying before purchasing.