Customer Reviews

Sony SLVD560P DVD / VCR Combo

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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.

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.

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....

What else to say :-). I put in a pre-recorded tape, it made a clunk sort of noise and wouldn't play tapes after that. 2/3 of the screen was all snowy. I tried several different tapes before returning it to the store. Aside from that, I found it clunky to use. I should have come here for the reviews first.

I was expecting a quality Sony product when I bought this. I have another sony DVD player that I have been using for about 3 years without any problems. This unit is another story.

After 4 months of use, the player stopped working with DVD/RW disks. A few days later, manufactured disks stopped working, now a few days later, no DVDs will play on the unit.

I am so glad I got an extended warranty, because I am going to go and pick up my third new unit today for another 4 months of usage before the inevitable failure.

I've had this unit for over a year, and I'm very pleased with it. My only complaint is that when I kept it on once for a few days straight, using its tuner instead of my TV tuner, it stopped working altogether. It was okay when I turned it on the next day. I've found that if I keep it on only when I'm actively watching a DVD or a VHS, then turn it off afterwards, everything's fine with it.

I bought this DVD/VCR two years ago, and I've had no problems. To keep this unit in good shape, you must use a good head cleaner. I'm upgrading to a digital unit, and will use this in my guest bedroom. My advice is to stick with a label/manufacturer that you're familiar with; a company that offers great products, excellent service, and reasonable prices. For me, I'll continue to buy Sony.

I bought this product about 3 years ago refurbished off ebay and got it for like 60$ but has played prob 3 years everyday for hours and never had any problems. Not sure if thats because it was refurbished but still was a great buy and with the progressive scan its a cheaper way to have high def picture and sound.

after 2 weeks, vhs tapes were being eaten, then refused to cough them up - and other maladies that i don't have time to go into.

I have 2 of these and am thinking about a third, but I really want to get a DVD recorder/VCR unit that has the one feature of this that I really love. And that is the "Dail Timer" on the front of the machine. We aren't really into technology so I don't really know if the video/dvd quality is any good, and I rarely use the DVD player, although I don't recall having any problems when I did, but I record ALOT of shows and the dial timer lets me set the unit to record without ever having to turn the TV and recorder on. It's really neat and I use it tons. The SONY DVD/VCR recorder unit doesn't have this feature which is why I may get another one of these. I put a splitter where my cable connection comes into a room and don't even have these units hooked up to a TV...although I do have to hook it up to a TV if I goof up the programming and need to use the screen to delete or change the recording info. The remote is pretty lousy but then I never really use that either...just the dial timer...and that works great.