Customer Reviews

Zenith XBV343 Progressive-Scan DVD-VCR Combo

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I have been a Sony buyer for a long time, but lately Sony seems to be slipping in quality. Since I needed a new DVD/VCR combo and wasn't willing to deal with Sony this time around I spent several weeks reading reviews and finding out the pros and cons of every combo device on the market. I have now owned the Zenith XBV343 for 2 months and I am pleasantly surprised by how much it really does offer. I create my own DVD from home movies as well as a tv tuner on my PC and this thing handles any disc format I throw at it. The optical output was also a must for me and it works with my DTS surround system flawlessly. For the price that I paid I feel like I ripped Zenith off for all the features that this has.

We ordered this to replace an inexpensive VCR that was being moved to an extra room. The combo and value first attracted us, as did other reviews on previous models. Set-up was simple, instructions are good enough that two non-techies can follow them. The remote isn't any more confusing/complicated than others - an industry-wide standard is the only thing that will solve this. Everything works fine so far - we've had the unit only a week. There was some confusion with shipping because of the back order status, but Amazon was great to work with and provided a most satisfactory resolution to the problem. Definitely a recommended product and source for purchasing the item.

I bought this unit primarily because it is simply the eaisiest to program/use. On most combo units, the remote can become quite confusing and hard to read, but this unit shines. If the unit had high speed rewind and the remote could control your TV, 5 stars, no doubt.

Pros: look, features, picture quality
Cons: Programming

* lots og features
* good quality looks
* Excellent picture quality
* quiet operation
* Must keep pressing arrow keys to set programming times.

I bought this for my parents for Christmas. It doesn't work at all. The dvd drawer won't open. It won't play a VCR tape. I have yet to find out if Amazon or the "Close out King" will replace it or refund my money.

This works very well, I love it!!! The DVD picture/sound quality is out of sight, but the VCR quality could be a little better.