Sony SLVD570H DVD/VCR Combo Player with HDMI

by Sony

Product Details

• Item Weight: 13 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: B000F5PM7Q
• Item model number: SLVD570H
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,376 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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Slim down your home theater cabinet with the Sony SLV-D570H DVD/VCR combo player, which features HDMI output for cleanest possible transfer of digital video and audio. 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-D570H 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
• HDMI: 1 Out
• Composite AV (RCA): 2 Out; 2 In (1 front, 1 rear)
• S-Video: 1 In
• RF: 2

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any AV source with an audio and/or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV). HDMI supports standard-definition (SD), enhanced definition (ED), or high-definition (HD) video, plus multi-channel digital audio--all using a single cable.

If your TV doesn't have an HDMI connection, you'll also 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

One unit will play (and record) your VHS videocassettes and play DVD and CD formats as well. The Sony SLV-D570H DVD/VCR Progressive Scan Combo Player lets you enjoy your DVDs, VHS videos, and your CD-based digital media files, without having to connect two machines. The SLV-D570H 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). Incorporating DVD instant replay and Sony's convenient Quickset(TM) dial for rapid programming, this VCR and DVD-player combination is easy to use and a pleasure to own. VCRPlus+ timer recording NTSC TV tuner for recording Progressive Scan Output at 480p with compatible pre-recorded DVD (also requires Component Video connection) Compatible Formats - CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RW, SVCD, VCD, DVD+RW, DVD-R, CD, MP3, DVD, VHS Connectivity - Coaxial digital audio output for Dolby Digital and DTS modes; 2 sets of A/V outputs - 1 for DVD (composite, S-video, 480i/480p component video, HDMI), 1 for DVD/VCR (composite) / 2 sets A/V inputs (composite), including 1 front-panel; RF input/output Digital Video Upconversion - Selectable 720p/1080i output via HDMI digital interface (separate adapter available for TVs with DVI input) in DVD mode only Includes remote control Dimensions - 17W x 3-3/8H x 12-1/8D Sony Limited Warranty - 1 year parts, 90 days labor

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Single Cable HDMI and other Incredible Features, October 4, 2006

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gobirds2 (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony SLVD570H DVD/VCR Combo Player with HDMI (Electronics)

This unit has a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) that allows the user to interface with a video monitor or TV with an HDMI input. HDMI uses a single cable to transfer an uncompressed pure digital A/V signal. This unit also supports Component, Composite, S-Video and RF interfaces which makes it virtually compatible with any TV. This is incredible. It also plays standard DVDs, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW, Audio CDs, VCD/SVCD, CD-R/RW discs with MP3 music or JPEG picture files. The VCR side features time recording in SP or EP speeds. It also plays back tapes recorded in SP, LP and EP speeds and will also play back S-VHS tapes in quasi S-VHS mode. This unit utilizes four 19-micron video heads which optimize EP recording. It also has a very fast flash rewind. The DVD side does not have picture zoom but that is of little consequence because this player is designed for use with HD monitors. This is one of the best DVD-VHS Combination Units I have ever seen.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I am happy!!!!!, February 15, 2007

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Nancie Marie (New Lenox, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony SLVD570H DVD/VCR Combo Player with HDMI (Electronics)

I really did not do much homework before buying this item, but had a new HDTV and needed a new HD DVD to go with it. It was so easy to hook up. We just used the cord that came with it and movies are perfect. Be sure to study manual and play with Cinema settings (recommended). You can leave it on standard, but some movies look a tad better with the Cinema, etc. VCR recordings are not bad either. You can still watch a DVD while recording a VHS same as 2 seperate components. I would have given 5 stars except for one thing,,,,,Dvd open/close seems like it takes forever......actually it doesn't, but not used to a delay. Hope this helps someone

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ~ So Far, So Good!~, January 18, 2007

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Michael P. Slott - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony SLVD570H DVD/VCR Combo Player with HDMI (Electronics)

This DVD/VCR has been up and running for a month now. Unlike the last one, another brand which died after a few months, ~ the DVD player would not read the disc anymore ~ this unit works just fine: picture, sound, controls, remote, etc., do the job. Also: it's connected through a cable box, and 34" Sony HD TV. Check back with me in a year!