Sony RDR-VX535 DVD Recorder & VCR Combo Player with 1080p HDMI Upscaling and Bonus HDMI Cable

by Sony

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 17 pounds
• ASIN: B001BVY1A2
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,274 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 10, 2008

Product Description

It's time to realize that discs have already replaced tapes. Sony RDR-VX535 DVD VCR Combo lets you play VHS tapes and also record them onto DVD discs. That way you can save all your old personal tapes on DVD for upcoming generations. This deck connects to your HDTV with an HDMI connector. This means you can experience 1080p upconversion for superior images from DVD.

Programming your recordings is easy with easy to follow menus HDMI Output Coaxial Audio Digital Output 2 RCA Audio Inputs 2 RCA Audio Outputs 2 S-Video Inputs 1 S-Video Output 2 Composite Video Inputs 1 Composite Video Output 1 Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr) Output for progressive play from DVD 1 RF Connection Output 1 Optical Audio Output i.LINK for DV/Digital8 Video Input Video Head Stereo VHS with 19 Micron Heads. Easy to use graphic user interface. Parental Control. Child Lock for locking the disc tray. DVD+RW/+R, DVD-RW (Video Mode, V-R Mode)/-R, DVD+R DL recording and playback. DVD-Video/Video CD/SVCD/CD-DA (CD-R/-RW) playback. MP3 on CD-R/-RW playback Includes Remote Control

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

74 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Will not copy VHS to DVD, March 25, 2009

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John Bolstad - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony RDR-VX535 DVD Recorder & VCR Combo Player with 1080p HDMI Upscaling and Bonus HDMI Cable (Electronics)

I purchased this recorder to archive my old VHS tapes and recommended by Sony. I have been able to make DVD's from material stored in the cable box; very easy. The problem I have is that it won't copy my old VHS tapes to DVD; it claims they are copy protected. These are not movies or purchased tapes that might be copy protected. They are a mixture of items saved from TV broadcasts, files transferred from VHS recorders, and some tapes that came with merchandise.

I have called Sony and they said there is no work around. They say that if the recorder thinks they are copy protected, then it won't copy them. They said there is nothing they cando and nothing I can do about it.

61 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than Panasonic DMR - ES46V, January 24, 2009

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Mark "markyy3" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony RDR-VX535 DVD Recorder & VCR Combo Player with 1080p HDMI Upscaling and Bonus HDMI Cable (Electronics)

I owned a Panasonic VHS/DVD recorder for nearly two years with very few problems. The upscaling of VHS and standard DVD's was ok with the HDMI cable and some standard def dvd's looked a little jaggy, but overall, it played DVD's/ VHS tapes fine.
However, recording from VHS to DVD - what a nightmare!! First, when I inserted a DVD -R , the machine froze and it took several hours to finally remove the DVD; after that, it wouldn't play ANY dvd's - previously recorded, commercial, anything. After several hours with customer support, I gave up. It would only play VHS tapes - what an expensive VHs player this turned into!
So I saw Costco was selling this Sony that pretty much had the same features, but I especially wanted to be able to convert a bunch of old vhs tapes to dvd.
This Sony worked flawlessly from the beginning, and I was well on my way to converting nearly 60 old vhs tapes to dvd. No problems whatsoever with different DVD types- DVD(+-)(RW) were accepted . It won't record to DVD -RAM, but will play them. The upscaling feature on this Sony is also much better than the Panny, and so far it works great.
However, since it doesn't have a tuner built in, you'll need a connection to your cable/satellite box to record TV shows, but that doesn't matter to me at all since I'm not interested in taping TV.
Overall, I'm satisified.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Remarkably easy to set up use copy functions, February 8, 2009

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Joe Stalin (New Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony RDR-VX535 DVD Recorder & VCR Combo Player with 1080p HDMI Upscaling and Bonus HDMI Cable (Electronics)

I needed a DVD player for my second TV. I really love my Oppo DVD player and was thinking of getting another for my second TV, but I saw the Sony RDR-VX535 Player at Costco and looked at the features and decided to try it out.

It took less than 5 minutes to set it up and figure out how to copy tapes to DVDs, the main reason I got the Sony instead of another Oppo. It does a great job copying and with the up scaling feature the visual quality of the dvd copied from the tape is better that the visual quality of the tape itself. I don't think the up scaling or video quality is a good as my Oppo but it's pretty good and the versatility and ease of use make it a good buy.