Sony SLVD360P DVD / VCR Combo

The Sony SLVD360P DVD/VCR Progressive Scan Combo Player is an excellent combination of two great pieces of home entertainment equipment. Enjoy your favorite VHS tapes or the latest DVD movies, withouthaving to switch between different types of equipment. Instant Replay & Advance Fast/Slow Playback with sound Features SQPB (S-VHS Quasi Playback) Coaxial/optical digital output Component/S-Video Output Flash Rewind for rewinding a T-120 tape in 60 seconds Also plays MP3 CDs, JPEG discs, VCD and SVCD Front/Rear AV inputs for VHS Multi-brand TV remote control 19 Micron Heads for optimized EP recording Auto head cleaner
Sony’s silver SLV-D360P DVD/VCR combination lets you enjoy your DVDs, VHS videos, and your CD-based digital media files right in the comfort of your living room or bedroom. The deck handles just about any imaginable media format, from VHS and S-VHS tapes (which it renders at standard VHS resolution) to DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, and DVD+R/RW–including CPRM-protected programming (Content Protection for Recordable Media). It will even spin your homemade MP3 CDs and JPEG picture CDs (including Kodak Picture CD).

Whether you already own an HDTV or you’re merely thinking of “sooner or later,” the SLV-D360P can deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images at the same time as eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Other DVD features include instant replay, picture zoom, and parental lock.

The VCR section offers 1-month, 8-event advance programming and commercial skip. Your camcorder or gaming console plugs right into the front panel for hassle-free connections. Its 4-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. State of the art, 19-micron video heads deliver the clearest imaginable picture when recording or viewing in EP (extended-play) mode.

Connections with combo units are ceaselessly 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 wish to view DVDs in S-video or in component-video (either interlaced or progressive-scan), it is very important use 2 inputs, then again, as the device will not upconvert the signal from the VCR to either of those higher-resolution formats.

It’s a different deal for audio: you’ll listen through a single set of stereo analog-audio cables for each component (one is supplied), or–If you wish to enjoy DVDs in discrete 5.1-channel surround sound–you’ll send the DVD’s audio to a compatible audio/video receiver and a multichannel speaker system through a digital-audio interconnect (either optical or coaxial, not supplied). The unit also comes with an RF cable that will transmit VHS/DVD audio and video to your TV, a multi-lingual onscreen display (English, Spanish, French), and an illuminated DVD/VCR remote control that also operates most brands of TV.

What’s in the Box
DVD/VCR combo, Remote Commander remote control, remote batteries, a user’s manual, an RF coaxial video cable, and warranty information.
Combination DVD Player and Hi-Fi VCR
Progressive Output (480p)
4-head Hi-Fi stereo
TV Virtual Surround
19 Micron Heads for optimized EP recording