Sony SLVD560P DVD / VCR Combo

by Sony

Product Details

Product Manual [2.04mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 12 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: B00080FPT8
• Item model number: SLVD560P
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,699 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #78 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > DVD-VCR Combos

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Incorporating DVD instant replay and Sony's convenient Quickset dial for rapid programming, the silver SLV-D560P DVD/VCR combination is equally well equipped as an audio/video player and recorder. Now you can enjoy your DVDs, VHS videos, and your CD-based digital media files right in the comfort of your living room or bedroom.

The SLV-D560P handles just about any conceivable media format, from VHS and S-VHS tapes (which it renders at standard VHS resolution) to DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, and DVD+R/RW--including CPRM-protected programming (Content Protection for Recordable Media). It will even spin your homemade MP3 CDs and JPEG picture CDs (including Kodak Picture CD).

Whether you already own an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the SLV-D560P can 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. Other DVD features include instant replay, picture zoom, and parental lock.

The VCR section offers 1-month, 8-event advance programming and commercial skip. Your camcorder or gaming console plugs right into the front panel for hassle-free connections. Its 4-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images, and with hi-fi sound the unit records and plays back stereo audio tracks. State-of-the-art, 19-micron video heads deliver the clearest possible picture when recording or viewing in EP (extended-play) mode.

VCR Plus+ simplifies advance programming, commercial skip makes it easy to zip past commercials and unwanted "coming attractions," and a built-in Quickset timer dial lets you program the VCR with just a quick turn of the wrist (press the Quickset dial, then turn the knob to set the date, start time, stop time, and channel).

Connections with combo units are often inconvenient, forcing you to use separate video hookups for each section (DVD, VCR), a problem for some TVs. This player has it figured out: a single RF or composite-video connection to a television will display either the DVD or the VCR signal, depending on which format you're viewing. If you want to view DVDs in S-video or in component-video (either interlaced or progressive-scan), you will need to use 2 inputs, however, as the device will not upconvert the signal from the VCR to either of those higher-resolution formats.

It's a different deal for audio: you can listen through a single set of stereo analog-audio cables for each component (one is supplied), or--if you want to enjoy DVDs in discrete 5.1-channel surround sound--you can send the DVD's audio to a compatible audio/video receiver and a multichannel speaker system through a digital-audio interconnect (either optical or coaxial, not supplied). The unit also comes with an RF cable that will transmit VHS/DVD audio and video to your TV, a multi-lingual onscreen display (English, Spanish, French), and an illuminated DVD/VCR remote control that also operates most brands of TV.

What's in the Box
DVD/VCR combo, Remote Commander remote control, remote batteries, a user's manual, an RF coaxial video cable, and warranty information.

Product Description

Combination DVD and VCR Player Progressive Output for DVD (480P) with 3-2 Pulldown Quickset(R) Timer Dial VCR Plus+(R) Programming Cinema Illumination Multi-Brand TV Remote Control** Progressive Output for DVD (480P) DVD, DVD+RW/+R, DVD-RW/-R (Video Mode) Playback CD, SVCD, VCD, CD-R/RW* & MP3 Playback DVD-RW (VR Mode) Playback

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

59 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No need to pay more for a Sony, July 27, 2005

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Film Biz Gal (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony SLVD560P DVD / VCR Combo (Electronics)

This product was a complete disappointment. I have had it less than a year & have had problems with the dvd player from the beginning. Now it doesn't register dvds in the machine at all. Sony's website gives you the option to return the item & get someone else's refurbished machine aka someone else's problem {$33} or to have your machine fixed {$90} - return shipping also to be paid for by the consumer & this is if your machine is under warranty. Not satisfactory options from a company like Sony. I have found countless other complaints about this machine on other "review" sites online, naturally after I had already purchased and was having problems with it. I have found that Sony is no longer the "leader" in electronics - there are other companies, Panasonic, Samsung, etc. that have products comparable & in many instances better than Sony - there is no reason to pay more for a Sony when their quality seems to be going downhill. Save yourself the hassle and buy from another company.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's a Sony?, September 11, 2005

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Aaron Greenspan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony SLVD560P DVD / VCR Combo (Electronics)

The unit itself does technically work, but I am not very impressed. The user interface is horrific due to its complexity, which is unusual for Sony products. You have to push the buttons on the remote control too hard to get them to actually respond, which is half of the problem. The manual is a little too concise, leaving out pages for setups that are probably fairly common, which means that you have to guess instead.

Worst of all, when I plugged it in using Sony's recommended setup, the unit noticably degraded picture quality on my Sony WEGA 24" television. (I bought this unit to match the TV.) Sony's technical support was less than helpful, acknowledging that they understood that my picture quality was being negatively affected by their product, but refusing to admit that such a problem constituted a "failure" on their part. Eventually, I narrowed the problem down to the cheap coaxial cable that Sony supplied, but I had no composite cable to replace it with, because Sony decided not to supply one--even though it does with its other VCRs.

Maybe if there's a SLVD570P, it'll be better. If not, I wouldn't bother wasting your time.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not good, September 27, 2005

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R. Machado (Central America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony SLVD560P DVD / VCR Combo (Electronics)

Record quality is very good. DVD progresive is also very good. Remote control is non responsive. No TIME back-up when power failure... IT WILL NOT RECORD your programs if any power failure happends. You will have to set the time before it will record again. For some illogical reason, your programs will remain in memory, but the time will not!??!?!? Cant understand this, first VCR i know does not have this simple feature and it is frustrating when you record every day. Imagine if you leave home for a weekend and set to record a final match of your favorite football game, unluckly power failure occurs and your miles away... you simply will not be able to see it or record it.... That is the biggest complaint. Remote control es really bad too. Bottons have to be pressed harder then normal, and is not responsive. Be advised, time will not be permanent and control is unresponsive. DVD quility is very good. Recording VCR is also very good. No component nor digital cables supplied, nor AV. Only coaxial cheap cable. I am disapointed. Very bad SONY....