Samsung DVD-VR375 1080p Up-Converting VHS Combo DVD Recorder

I am very satisfied with this vr357. It was somewhat hard to understand the manual but not that bad. I'm currently switching all my video tapes onto DVD's. The machine burns and plays all of the various types of DVD's where as my old DVD player would not.

I like the dvd/vcr very much. I did not know that there is no tuner in the recorder when I purchased it. I cannot record from the tv without a box of some sort. I did not purchase it for that purpose so it is ok.

Here's my story:
- I finally realize what all that talk about copyright protection is about. I purchased the Samsung DVD-VR375 1080p Up-Converting VHS Combo DVD Recorder to dub my personal VHS tapes to DVD. When I tried to copy my VHS movies (like Heavy Metal which I purchased from a store about a decade ago) to DVD, it stopped a few seconds in saying that it can't dub because of the copy protection signal endcoded on it.

I am now learning that is because I am trying to copy video that has embedded macrovision protection. Taping over the hole on the cassette doesn't help because that hole is only designed to tell your VCR not to allow you to accidentally record over the cassette. This is one of the reasons the Samsung DVD-VR375 1080p Up-Converting VHS Combo DVD unit is useless because all it allows me to copy is my own home movies. From what I am told one needs to incorporate a Digital Video Stabilizer.

To add annoyance to the above problem I also had to contend with the fact that after dubbing a home made VHS tape to DVD the VOB files it created were NOT created properly.

So, I'm returning this for a full refund including shipping costs.

Live and learn. And, thanks copyright protection for protecting me from myself.

I've had this Samsung DVD-VR375 for about 3 weeks now. I give up and will be returning it!

To clarify, my reason for buying a VCR/DVD burner was very simple: I wanted to convert my old VHS tapes to DVDs that would be able to be played in OTHER machines, not just this Samsung unit.

Here's the problem with this Samsung unit: Every DVD I have burned so far has sound-sync problems. The sound is off by a few seconds. If you fast-forward or chapter-search, then the sound goes REALLY off and the DVD is unwatchable because of this.

I have tested my newly-burnt DVDs on two players in my home: My iMac computer DVD player, and my Sony DVD player, which is hooked up to my TV. Both players give me the same problem: the sound is out of sync.

I have tried every imaginable iteration of dubbing on this machine to see if I could produce ONE USABLE DVD ... to no avail. I have used DVD-R, DVD+R, and DVD-RW discs. All produce the same sound problems. I have used the "Simple dub" option as well as the EZ Dub button on the front of the machine ... same problems.

The instruction manual is really poorly written. I'm a pretty smart "techie" guy, and it's still confusing.

So, I cannot recommend this DVD/VCR -- especially if you're buying it to convert your old VHS tapes. I'm returning this one and either buying a different brand, or sending my old tapes to a conversion company who'll do it right.

The product was shipped promptly via UPS. The upconverting feature works really well. The quality of the DVD discs I've played so far is pretty close to blu-ray quality. I have not used the VHS copy to DVD yet.