Customer Reviews

Samsung DVD-VR335 DVD Recorder

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This unit, using the HDMI port, provides an excellent image quality on the 56-inch 1080 television screen. Sharp, non-jagged edges and a very nice color transition throughout the picture are the result from either the DVD or the VHS widescreen format media.

Easy to set up & works great. The remote is a bit confusing at first. Easy one-touch recording to DVD.

After very light use in only 3 months (maybe 10 DVD's), the control menu scrambled, became non-functional, and couldn't be reset. It's under warranty, but I have to send it in to Samsumg and wait who-knows-how-long to get it back.

UPDATE, January 30--Samsung outsources repairs to a company called CVE, and they claim to have repaired the unit shortly after receiving it. They couldn't give me a return tracking number, though. Three weeks later, I still don't have it back, and CVE is no longer answering their phones. I called Samsung, and they told me there's nothing they can do. I'm out a $300 DVD player after having sent it away for a warranty reapir. Since THEY can't get in touch with CVE either, I'm stuck with NOTHING, and no options.

It works, I'll give the designers that. But it's one of the most frustrating pieces of gear I've ever bought...maybe the MOST frustrating for a unit that works.

The remote is impossible! It's made up of tiny buttons that require an inordinate amount of pressure to activate, and the remote has to be aimed pretty much straight at the unit to work. With so many excellent remote controls to inspire and educate the designers (such as the TiVo remote) why does anyone still design a remote that's so hard to use?

The basic operations of recording a DVD have many steps and are almost totally non-intuitive. Everything has to be "just so" in order to do something as simple as, say, retitling a recording or finalizing a disc. Even the "one-step" controls don't work intuitively when I try to do something as simple as recording from the built-in VHS deck to the DVD.

I can not imagine that Kun-Hee Lee (the Chairman and CEO of Samsung) has ever tried to operate this piece of gear. If he had, he would have fired his engineers, right after tossing this unit into the Han River.

I really hate this unit and regret buying it and look forward eagerly to the day when it dies and I can replace it. But I give the unit two stars because it does work...if you can figure it out (keep the manual handy) and get your fingers around that godawful remote.

I'vw owned a -335 for about 2 months now, and really like it. it features some nice options for the recordings that it makes, like the ability to "split" one show into two (yes, you get ot choose WHERE the split happens).

the only two disappointments that I've founds are (1) it will only record on the free space at the END of the disc. if you have 3 shows on a disc, and erase the first 2 (on an RW disc), you still can't record on the newly freed space. only when you erase the last show on the disc can it recognize the space at the start of disc. in fairness, the manual warned me of this, so it is no suprise. just REALLY inconvinient, it turns out.

and (2), there doesn't seem to be any way to disable automatic time-syncing w/ cable. since the gov't decided to move DST this year, that was quite annoying for a few weeks. the manual suggests nothing for this, but I've gotten reasonable results from having it sync to a non-station. clumsy, but not a deal-killer.

all-in-all, I can happily recommend this unit.

I had my doudts if the hd up function actually work, but to my suprise it takes a standard dvd makes it appear to be hd. The only thing I notice that I don't care for are TV show played through the unit, the picture size shrinks. The same thing happens with TV recordings. I may have a setting incorrect, I'll contact samsung.

Recently purchase and installed 5-Samsung (DVD-VR335) DVD/VHS Combo players to use in our business. These player are running six days-a-week at seven to eight hours per day. They look and sound great and the "upconvert" feature really makes a difference.

I feel this product performs in the manner it was advertised. I am very satisfied with it and would buy it again if need be.

This is the worst piece of electronic equipment I've ever purchased. I knew something was wrong when the clock wouldn't automatically set itself when prompted. The first thing to go was the HDMI connection, I switched to an S-video connection and I was getting by, then I recorded a TV show on DVD and it's still in there, I was never able to get it out. All this happened within a month from purchasing.