Watch movies from VHS tape or from high-quality component-video DVD
playback, view digital-image slideshows, listen to audio CDs with
crystal-clear sound, or play your homemade MP3 CDs through your
living-room speakers--all from one affordable, space-saving device. The
remanufactured Magnavox MDV530VR also lets you record off-air in hi-fi
stereo sound and watch your camcorder or hook up your gaming console
through its convenient front-panel audio/video inputs. Picture-CD
functionality includes one-by-one playback and image zoom. The VCR's four-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and
reverse) and clear still-frame images, and with hi-fi sound the unit
records and plays back stereo audio tracks. Its 19-micron heads deliver
the clearest possible picture when recording or viewing in EP (extended
play) mode. VCR Plus+, meanwhile, simplifies advance programming, while
SQPB (quasi-S-VHS playback) lets you watch S-VHS tapes--which normally
requires a special S-VHS VCR--at standard VHS resolution. Other features
include timer recording, auto head cleaning, auto repeat playback (great
for trade shows and presentations), time and index search, and one-touch
recording.
Connections with combo units are often inconvenient, forcing you to use
separate video hookups for each section (DVD, VCR)--a problem for some
TVs. This player has it figured out: a single RF or composite-video
connection to a television will display either the DVD or the VCR signal,
depending on which format you're viewing. If you want to view DVDs in
S-video or in component-video, you'll need to use two separate inputs
for the DVD player and VCR, however, as the device will not upconvert
the signal from the VCR to either of those higher-resolution formats.
A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel DVD/VCR audio to Dolby
Pro Logic receivers and stereo TVs, and there's a second stereo pair for
DVD-only analog out. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel
surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's coaxial
digital-audio output (DVD-only) for direct connection to a full-featured
audio/video receiver. If you don't have a surround receiver or
six-channel speaker setup, you can still make every movie night the
ultimate experience: the unit simulates surround sound through two
speakers (even the stereo speakers on your TV).
The MDV530VR measures 17.13 by 3.88 by 10.5 inches (W x H x D) and
carries a 90-day warranty on parts and labor.
What's in the Box
DVD player/VCR combo, remote control, user's manual.
