Sylvania DVR90DEA DVD Recorder

by Sylvania

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 17 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000B86M8U
• Item model number: DVR90DEA
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,647 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #53 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > DVD Players & Recorders > DVD Recorders

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Enjoy the best of both worlds with crisp, vivid movie playback and recording capability with the Sylvania DVR90DEA DVD recorder/player. The recorder's built-in NTSC TV tuner and onscreen user interface permits up to eight timer recordings over a one-year period, with its six DVD recording speeds providing between one and 10 hours of content on a single-sided 4.7 GB recordable DVD (DVD-R/RW discs only). You can even select and compile the best footage to commit to disc: the recorder's handy editing features include auto playlist creation, project titling, title deletion and editing, and scene deletion.

In addition to DVD movie and CD audio playback capabilities, the ZRY-316 is also compatible with playing content from CD-R/RW and DVD-R/RW discs as well as CDs burned with MP3 digital audio files. Content compatibility includes MP3 and WMA digital audio and JPEG digital photos, as well as the ability to view photo slide shows with background music from disc.

You can easily set a recording time as you prefer. Every time the REC button pressed during recording, the recording time will be increased by 30 minutes up to 4 hours. The recording automatically stops when the recording time you set is reached. You can confirm the picture quality for recording in the current recording speed which you set. If you want to change the recording speed, press REC SPEED button to set the desired recording mode.

It offers the following connection options:

• Composite AV (RCA): 2 in, 1 out (1 front)
• S-Video: 2 in, 1 out (1 front)
• Component video (480i/480p): 1 out
• RF: 1 in, 1 out
• Analog audio (RCA, L/R): 1 out
• Coaxial digital audio: 1 out

What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, remote control (with batteries), composite AV cable, RF cable, printed operating instructions

Product Description

Sylvania DVD/VCR combination recorder and Player

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars DVD-RW discs - 20 questions and still got no answer!, September 25, 2008

By 

Robert Jeanmard (Ville Platte, LA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sylvania DVR90DEA DVD Recorder (Electronics)

Have fun trying to get the answer from the vendor, Amazon.com, Funai or Sylvania on which DVD-RW discs to use with this unit! (But as a "PSA", I'll give you the answer below!)

I received item in timely fashion, however trying figure out what brand and speed DVD-RW discs to use has been quite an adventure and costly since I had to order and try different brands and speeds to see what worked and what didn't work!

I emailed the vendor, Amazon.com, Funai (parent company) and Sylvania to try to find the necessary information on DVD-RW discs to use with this unit!

Well, I never did get a definitive answer from the NUMEROUS emails exchanged.

The only specific answer from one of the Sylvania techs was to stick with Verbatim "since they work the best" in our units. (Which is not true for my unit. See below...)

So, what is the answer as to which DVD-RW discs to use?

Here are the DVD-RW discs that I purchased that I got to work: Verbatim 2X, JVC 2X, and JVC 4x!

Here are the DVD-RW discs that I purchased that did NOT work: MAXELL 2X, Verbatim 4X, Verbatim 6X and Imation 4X.

The unit arrived with an Imation DVD-R 8X disc and that worked great. (Silly me for thinking an Imation 4X DVD-RW would work. It didn't)

As far as DVD-R discs, I also had success with MAXELL 16X and HP 16X discs.

OK, now that I got the unit to function, how do I rate the unit itself? I give it a strong 4 and perhaps a 5!

Now keep in mind, I primarily bought this unit to function as a VCR -- that is, to record, erase, and re-record again TV shows! (Thus my desire to use the -RW discs...)

Even at the slowest recording SEP speed of 10 hours, the picture and audio are pretty clear. However, if I were recording things to keep, I'd probably would go no lower than the EP speed of 6 hours.

All things seem to work great, but there are 2 things that irk me when comparing it to my other DVR!

1) The unit does not give you the remaining time or total time of each recorded segment. (You are shown the total remaining time of the entire disc, though.)

2) You can't split a recorded segment into 2 or more segments. (Or at least I haven't figured out how to do it!)

Also, you can't ERASE an entire disc per se. You can however FORMAT the disc which will, in effect, also erase the disc.

But, overall, now that I can record on -RW discs, I am very pleased with this unit!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars perfect for almost everything, July 3, 2006

By 

Captain Dan (Wynona,OK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sylvania DVR90DEA DVD Recorder (Electronics)

Great unit,especially for the price. Even though it only does DVD-R/-RW(at least thats what the manufacturer says) it does an outstanding job.Several speeds to choose from, although I recommend staying with the 2 hours as quality loses luster after that point. Handles DVD-r like a champ,even though I have been told you cannot stop recording once you have started or it only recognizes the last starting point, I found this to be false. I stopped several times and it replays it all after finalization.

Editing seems to be a nightmare somewhat. I haven't been able to figure out the ins and outs. So far, record what I have,leave it alone. The remote is pretty good,and setup is not too complicated if you know a little about recording.
The one bad thing is having to use nothing higher than 4x discs for DVD-R,although I am awaiting a firmware upgrade from Sylvania to remedy that probelem.
Video quality is excellent. Sound quality is pretty good,but could be a bit louder. Doesn't play JPEGs but does cd-r MP3s great.Progressive scan is better than average and makes the picture quality VERY good! Best feature on this unit!
Not the best unit out there,but for the price,well worth it to us "just starting out" in DVD recording!

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It DOES accept 8x DVD-Rs, January 20, 2007

By 

Claudio D'Amato (Blacksburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sylvania DVR90DEA DVD Recorder (Electronics)

My only purpose for getting the Sylvania DVRDEA DVD Recorder was to watch TV on an HD monitor (Westinghouse LVM-37w3) that doesn't have a built-in tuner. So I am using the NTSC tuner in the Sylvania to watch TV, as well as recording programs on DVD occasionally.

While not the best unit I have used, it's certainly great for the price and very user-friendly. The unit tuned and stored all 100+ cable channels in under a minute. Viewing is a breeze, as is recording. I'VE BEEN USING 8X DVD-Rs BRANDED "IMATION" AND HAVE NOT HAD A SINGLE PROBLEM. It writes to disc quickly and the quality is VERY good for such a cheap product.

Of course, watching TV @ 480i on a large HD monitor isn't going to be the best quality, but it's the TV's "fault" for being so darn high-quality, and not the recorder's. Overall, this is a great purchase for anyone who needs either an entry-level DVD recorder with all the basic functions and a lot of inputs/outputs, or anyone who needs a cheap, reliable, and very simple external TV tuner.

PROS:
+ Very easy to use
+ Price
+ Scores of inputs/outputs, and does 480p over component
+ Comprehensive manual
+ Decent remote

CONS
- Not great for DVD playback if you have an HDTV set; good otherwise
- Somewhat limited media compatibility
- Larger than it seemed (about two Letter-sized sheets side-by-side)