Samsung DVD-V4600 DVD / VCR Combo

by Samsung

Product Details

Product Manual [1.24mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 16.9 x 3.3 inches ; 7.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 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: B0001H4AYE
• Item model number: DVD-V4600C
• Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,211 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #77 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > DVD-VCR Combos

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With its high-end component-video DVD outputs, VHS recording and playback abilities, built-in MP3 decoding, and compatibility with JPEG image CDs and Kodak Picture CDs, Samsung's DVD-V4600 DVD/VCR combo is a conveniently slim entertainment dynamo. Now you'll be able to enjoy a slideshow of your digital pictures right on your television. It will play video-mode DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs, too, making it a great gift for family members with whom you'd like to share your home videos on DVD. This model also includes front-panel audio/video inputs so you can quickly and easily hook up a camcorder or gaming console.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVD-V4600 stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

The VCR delivers hi-fi stereo sound and quasi-S-VHS (SQPB) playback, which lets you view S-VHS cassettes--normally only playable on high-end S-VHS machines--in standard VHS resolution. The unit's 4-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images. Use the VCR's advance-record settings to make sure you never miss a favorite show or pertinent one-time broadcast.

Top-of-the-line component-video outputs (for DVD only) help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts on compatible advanced televisions, while composite- and S-video outputs bring DVD compatibility with nearly any television. The VCR output is composite-video and RF only. A set of left/right analog-audio outputs for both DVD and VCR components channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound DVD signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each optical and coaxial) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.

Another handy feature is EZ View letterbox eliminator, which lets you enjoy full-screen pictures on 4:3 aspect-ratio TVs--even when you're watching widescreen DVDs.

What's in the Box
DVD/VCR combo unit, IR remote control, 2 AA batteries, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, and warranty information.

Product Description

Samsung DVD-V4600 DVD / VCR Combo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor combo, October 13, 2004

By 

Edward A. Howard "ehoward23" (Sloatsburg, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung DVD-V4600 DVD / VCR Combo (Electronics)

The VCR is noisy, it actually makes a vibration that affects the video qulaity during recording or playback of a pre-recorded tape.

The remote is not layed out very well, the on screen menu is confusing and difficult to navigate through.

I should have been clued in when I bought this unit, there were six units in boxes, two of them were open box specials (returns). You can probably guess why they were returned.

I'm returning this item and getting separate DVD and VCR units.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this unit,, March 6, 2005

By 

drbob (Mount Laurel, NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung DVD-V4600 DVD / VCR Combo (Electronics)

On "paper" this was the perfect unit for my bedroom for saving space and at a great price. I wanted buttons on the front, and it was made by a major manufacturer that I trusted. The VCR would not track. The DVD player constantly froze leaving a green screen. I regret that I did not read the reviews of others more carefully prior to my decision to buy. I looked only at the average number of stars in the rating.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Load put on consumer rather then tech support -- beware..., June 19, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Samsung DVD-V4600 DVD / VCR Combo (Electronics)

I was VERY DISAPPOINTED with this unit. I already have a Samsung 3500, which works very well. The new "feature" for the 4600 (really anything above a 3650) is that the input needs to be changed to LINE when you want to watch a DVD/VHS; and changed BACK when you want to watch cable. As this was purchased for my 80 year old parents, they were too confused to have to keep changing back, and did not use the unit.

I called Samsung tech support (who were super), and they said they are getting a boat load of calls on this very issue. It seems it was easier/cheaper for their techies to develop with the consumer having to do the switching manually.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND this model. There are too many other choices that work well and don't have this quirk.