Sony SLV-D370P DVD/VCR Progressive Scan Combo Player

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20 x 6 x 14 inches ; 10 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 13 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: B000ELC0GM
• Item model number: SLVD370P
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,412 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #26 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > DVD-VCR Combos

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Slim down your home theater cabinet with the Sony SLV-D370P DVD/VCR combo player, which features component video ouput for vividly colorful progressive scan video. It plays just about any video disc format out there, from DVD-Video to DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW. The player also handles audio CD, VCD/SVCD, and CD-R/RW discs filled with MP3 music or JPEG image files. The front A/V inputs add convenience when you simply want to quickly view those newly recorded videos from your camcorder.

Its full-featured, hi-fi stereo VCR allows you to record your favorite shows while watching a DVD. Auto clock and channel set-up makes recording of your favorite TV shows easy--just pop in a VHS tape and press record. Other VCR features include 8-event timer recording, two record settings (SP/EP), quasi S-VHS playback, four 19-micron video heads (for optimized EP recording), and flash rewind.

Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive technology uses a 12-bit video DAC (digital-to-analog converter) with high-bandwidth, 108 MHz processing to detect image changes at the pixel level, rather than at the level of whole scan lines. That makes this player's picture more faithful to the source--whether film or video--because it uses separate, optimized algorithms to handle different pixel behaviors. Separate algorithms are also used to process the moving and still parts of an image, resulting in sharp backgrounds with moving objects that are free from motion artifacts. The Precision Drive 3 feature provides a mechanism for reading DVDs that are in less than perfect condition, eliminating errors in playback due to imperfect, scratched, or warped discs.

The SLV-D370P offers a digital optical audio ouput, enabling Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound capability. Other connection options include:

• Component video (YPbPr; 480i/480p): 1 Out
• Composite AV (RCA): 2 Out; 2 In (1 front, 1 rear)
• S-Video: 1 In
• RF: 2

You'll get great picture reproduction from DVDs using the three-jack component video (Y/Pb/Pr) output, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. Component video output is available only for DVD playback.

What's in the Box
DVD/VCR combo player, remote control (with batteries), composite A/V cable, printed operating instructions, warranty information

Product Description

DVD player utilizing progressive scan digital video technology provides high resolution picture quality. Built-in Hi-Fi VHS VCR with Fast Rewind adds versatility and convenience. To ensure optimized audio playback, the player comes equipped with TV Virtual Surround Sound. Maintenance is also made easy with the VCR auto head cleaner. Global Product Type: DVD Player/Recorders DVD/VHS Combos; Playback Formats: CD-R; CD-RW; DVD-R; MP3; DVD-RW; DVD-Video; DVD+R; DVD+RW; JPEG; VHS Cassette; WMA; Audio Output: Digital Audio Output (Coaxial); RCA (L,R); Video Output: Coaxial digital Pin Jack; LINE Pin Jacks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

147 of 148 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Proficient Unit with many Good Features, June 10, 2006

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gobirds2 (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony SLV-D370P DVD/VCR Progressive Scan Combo Player (Electronics)

This has many features and is a very good product for the price. The DVD and CD players are good. I send the sound to my home theater receiver and it sounds wonderful. The VHS portion plays better than my other stand-alone SONY VCR. What I really liked is that this unit has Quasi-S Playback so I can play my S-VHS tapes. The picture is good. What I found amazing was that the EP record mode (6 hour) looked better than the SP (2 hour). I played some EP recordings made on this unit on my parents' JVC and the picture was outstanding. You can also view CD ROM (JPEGS, etc.) images with this unit on your TV. My only complaint with this unit is that the remote is too small and too "busy" with all the buttons very close together. If you want to watch DVDs, record and play VHS tapes without going beyond that I would recommend this SONY unit as a possible choice if you are in the market for a combination unit.

90 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just What I was Looking For, June 19, 2006

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hille2000 "hille2000" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony SLV-D370P DVD/VCR Progressive Scan Combo Player (Electronics)

I have been looking for a unit that will play both DVDs and VHS tapes. I have a pretty good-sized collection of DVDs and pre-recorded VHS tapes. This SONY unit fits the bill. I can play everything with this single unit. I can still record tapes off the cable too if I wish. One remote handles everything. I can also hook this unit to my TV using an RF cable or RCA type cables if I wish. You do not get that option with a stand-alone DVD player. So far I am very pleased with this unit. All my tapes look very good and the Fast Forward and Rewind is very fast. The price is right to.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Be Warned: The Remote Requires Accurate Aiming, September 30, 2006

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Robert S. Parnell (San Jose, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony SLV-D370P DVD/VCR Progressive Scan Combo Player (Electronics)

The remote control might drive you batty. You have to point it directly at whatever it's controlling in order for it to work. Besides the obvious, this means that unless you've memorized the buttons and can feel which is which, you must hold the remote level and then lean forward to read its labels and press its buttons.

Otherwise, the thing is nice. I like the fact that its remote is actually a universal remote that can control channel, volume, and power to many makes & models of TV, including my 15-year-old Panasonic. We're finally able to use a single remote for the TV and its media player while still having full access to the media player's features, such as "subtitles on/off".