Toshiba SD-37VSR 110-220 VOLTS MULTI-SYSTEM PAL DVD/VCR COMBO

by Toshiba

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.9 x 9.1 x 3.5 inches ; 10 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• ASIN: B000M9DJKW
• Item model number: SD-37VSR
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,610 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

DVD FEATURES Divx Compatible Compatible Software DVD-Video, DVD-R/-RW, SVCD, VCD, Audio CD, CD-R/RW, JPEG, MP3 Colour System PAL / NTSC Video D/A Converter 54MHz/10bit Audio D/A Converter 192kHz/24bit Audio Characteristics Q-Sound, DTS & Dolby Digital Out VCR FEATURES Video System PAL, MESECAM, NTSC Playback (PAL 60Hz) Broadcasting System PAL B/G, D/K, I, SECAM B/G, D/K Audio Characteristics Nicam Dual / German Stereo GENERAL Video Terminals Front AV Input (RCA), Scart Terminal, Component Vido Output Audio Terminals Analogue Audio Output (RCA), Coaxial Digital Audio Output Power Supply 110-240V, 50Hz Power Consumption 21W Dimensions (WxHxD) mm 430x 89.5 x 230 WILL NOT PLAY PAL ON AN NTSC TV

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PAL Hi-Fi VCR and all-region DVD player, May 1, 2009

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This review is from: Toshiba SD-37VSR 110-220 VOLTS MULTI-SYSTEM PAL DVD/VCR COMBO (Electronics)

I bought this VCR for the purpose of playing PAL VHS tapes with Hi-Fi audio, and it works well for that purpose. The tape mechanism is quiet, especially compared to older VCRs.

Although it includes a YPbPr output, only the DVD/CD player part of the unit can use it (the VCR/TV tuner part cannot). The VCR/TV tuner part can only use the SCART output. A SCART-to-composite video and S-video adapter is included, but the S-video output is not supported. So, the composite video output is the only one that I can use for VHS playback. (I do not have equipment to test whether the SCART RGB output is active when playing VHS tapes or not.)

The included SCART adapter has an input / output mode switch. If you get no picture, make sure that this switch is set correctly!

The unit I received was packaged in a cardboard box with the DVD region 5 logo printed on it. However, I was able to play a region 2 DVD in the DVD player, so I suppose it allows all DVD regions.

The AC power connector is a Europlug, so a Europlug-to-NEMA adapter is required to use it in North America. According to the manual, the AC power must be from 110V to 240V and 50Hz. However, for me it seems to operate correctly when using it on 60Hz AC power in the United States.

Warning: the VCR part of this unit only supports VHS tapes recorded in the PAL and MESECAM formats. It doesn't support tapes recoded in NTSC format (the Canadian/Japanese/United States standard for analog SDTV and VHS tapes). The DVD player part does support playback of 480i/p DVDs using an NTSC composite video or 480i/p YPbPr output. However, it defaults to outputting 576i/p, and will only switch over to 480i/p once it begins to play a 480i/p disc, so you will not be able to see a picture until you insert a disc if you're using a monitor that doesn't support 576i/p.

It claims to be capable of playing/viewing some file types from CD / CD-ROM / CD-R / CD-RW discs, including CD audio, VCD video, JPEG images, "DivX" files (actually AVI files with MPEG-4 video and MPEG-1 layer 3 audio), and MPEG-1 layer 3 audio (MP3). I have not tried to use these capabilities.

For playing PAL or 576i/p video with this, I would recommend using a device that converts PAL composite video and/or 576i/p YPbPr video to DVI, HDMI, or VGA. There are several such devices available; they are intended for the purpose of connecting a video game console to a computer monitor. These should theoretically be capable of better video quality than PAL-to-NTSC converters are capable of. (However, one drawback of these devices is that they likely do not have any kind of subtitle decoding capability.)

1.0 out of 5 stars No customer service at all, September 29, 2011

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Galina Kostromin (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba SD-37VSR 110-220 VOLTS MULTI-SYSTEM PAL DVD/VCR COMBO (Electronics)

I don't own this unit, but while shopping I contacted the customer service with simple technical question. I've got reply very quickly. The reply was that... SD-37VSR was not made by Toshiba(!) Should've I argued with Toshiba Customer Service that Toshiba SD-37VSR made by Toshiba? I still look for multisystem VCR, but never for anything made by Toshiba.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Miss Leading, June 10, 2009

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Amelia Earheart "dvd shopper" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba SD-37VSR 110-220 VOLTS MULTI-SYSTEM PAL DVD/VCR COMBO (Electronics)

Terrible product, does not work in the US! Item description did not tell you this.