Samsung DVD-VR330

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"So much potential, but so disappointing"

by malacca73 on January 1, 2007

Pros: Quality build, nice appearance, good controls & menus

Cons: Audio and video do not sync on recorded discs
Summary: Man, I loved this machine. It hooks up beautifully to a home theater system (everything connecting via Component video - even the VCR side!), seemed to be of a very high build quality.

Not sure what others are talking about regarding disc compatibility and slow load times for discs and so forth. No problems there.

The only problem, and sadly the deal-breaking one, is that on the discs it produces, regardless of the source, the audio and video are often not synced up. It's close, but during dialogue, it becomes painfully obvious. I say painfully because I really wanted to keep this machine - I changed all the outputs, hoping one would have the audio and video playing together correctly, but no good. I then played it on my laptop and saw the same problem, so I knew it was with the disc itself. Drat.

I returned this one and went with a Panasonic DMR-ES35VS, which is actually pretty good, though the build quality and some other features are nicer on this Samsung.

Everything just right except for the outputted discs. So frustrating

I noticed someone on Circuit City's site had the same problem with audio and video syncing up, so it's not an isolated incident, or I would've tried another one...

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