Sony RDRVX515 DVD Recorder

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.9 x 13.2 x 3.4 inches ; 10.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 17 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: B000A2JXG0
• Item model number: RDRVX515
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,415 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #97 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > DVD Players & Recorders > DVD Recorders

Product Description

The hits keep coming One Touch Dubbing from VCR to DVD or reverse DVD+RW/+R, DVD-RW/-R, DVD+R DL Recording Compatibility 1 i.LINK® Interface4 for DV & Digital 8® Camcorders Progressive Scan Technology Output for DVD at 480P Sleek and compact, the RDR-VX515 is the perfect accompaniment to your home theatre. This DVD/VCR player has DVD+RW/+R, DVD-RW/-R recording compatibility1, enabling you to store footage on multiple formats. Also featuring one touch dubbing, which makes it easy to archive old home VHS tape footage to new DVDs, the unit also offers an i.LINK®4 digital interface/Digital8 input, for simplified digital recording of home movie footage from a camcorder to a DVD. Also includes a new slim-line chassis and compatibility with +R double-layer DVD discs for longer recording time. Next time your friends and family stop by for a movie, pre-recorded game, or to listen to music, impress them with the RDR-VX515 DVD Recorder & VHS Combo Player from Sony. The hits keep coming with the RDR-VX515 recorder from Sony. One Touch Dubbing DVD to VHS or VHS to DVD . One Touch Recording Using i.LINK® Interface4 for DV & Digital 8® Camcorders. DV & Digital 8® Camcorder Control for Editing via i.LINK® Interface. 4 Video Head Stereo VHS with 19 Micron Heads Easy to Use Graphic User Interface VCR Plus+® Timer Recording Built In Television Tuner 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 Playback1 One Touch Recording Using i.LINK® Interface4 for DV & Digital 8® Camcorders. DVD-Video/Video CD/SVCD/CD-DA (CD-R/-RW) Playback MP3 on CD-R/-RW Playback VHS & S-VHS (SQPB) Playback Variable Bit Rate Recording (7 Speeds) Recording Hours on DVD: 1H(HQ)/1.5H(HSP)/2H(SP)/2.5H(LSP)/3H(LP)/4H(EP)/6H(SLP)/8H(SEP)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

111 of 114 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quality combo product - no compromises, February 17, 2006

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Deb Ryan "debtomr" (Bellingham, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is my second dvd/vcr combo and I primarily wanted the ability to convert VHS tapes to DVD but also was looking for a better DVD player. I found just about everything I was looking for. Recording to DVD is very easy, and you have every conceivable format (-+R,RW). I've tested whether the recorded DVDs work on other, older players and they do. The DVD player is a little slow to load, but picture, sound, and controls are outstanding. VCR is fine, though we don't use it much other than for transferring home movies to DVD. Caution - I have not found the remote for this system to be compatible with "universal remotes" - even for my Sony surround sound system! But overall, a great spacesaver that doesn't make you sacrifice quality for the various components.

57 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Echo Chamber, October 22, 2005

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Todd W. Pennington - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony RDRVX515 DVD Recorder (Electronics)

We bought this model for the ease of dubbing VHS tapes to DVD. Dubbing was very intuitive. Despite some other reviews that said the color was washed-out, we didn't have any problems with color issues. However, the audio function was terrible. While playing DVDs (which is most of the mileage we would put on the machine) the audio sounded hollow and tinny -- like an echo chamber. Neither my wife or I are audiophiles -- this just sounded bad. We tweaked every setting, and triple-checked all the connections, but nothing helped. Finally, we just hooked our old player back up and the sound was fine. Ultimately, we returned the unit.

74 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sony RDRVX515 Very Disappointing, October 26, 2005

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Ron (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony RDRVX515 DVD Recorder (Electronics)

This unit is so full of features that I eagerly purchased it, but I returned it due to two fatal flaws. First, the VCR performs poorly. When playing older tapes, they look noisy, not nearly as good as several other VCR's I have. Since a prime use for this unit is dubbing VHS to DVD, I was very disappointed. Second, you can't select the thumbnail picture for the titles menu. I couldn't believe this! The titles screen would be better with just text titles, rather than include the first frame that the machine automatically selects, which is usually not a good choice! (But allowing selecting a title thumbnail, is such an obvious feature to include, I just can't believe they didn't include this option.) Otherwise, this machine has more features (many DVD recording speeds, many editing options, support for + and - R disks and new double-layer disks, etc) than any other machine I am aware of. Nice layout and functionality (except the two dubbing buttons are dangerously close to the two eject buttons, I see mistakes happening here all the time! I returned my unit and am waiting for someone to come out with a unit with this many features (or maybe the next Sony version!).