Most recording devices are eventually replaced with a new, more innovative model and a VHS recorder is no different. Before long, the cassettes will become obsolete, they will deteriorate and the recorders will no longer be manufactured. But with a DVD VHS player you will not have to worry about that happening to your precious memories. A player will enable you to transfer all your recordings from your VHS tape to a DVD with just a simple push of a button or two. Plus, you will have the ability to play DVDs on the player.
There are a lot of DVD VHS combo players from which to choose and the one you purchase will depend on what features are most important to you. There are some combo players that consistently get great reviews both from experts and users.
Panasonic DMR-EA38VK DVD VHS Combo Player
This combo player is known for its excellent picture and sound quality. It is easy to use (be sure to read the manual before you begin tinkering with it) and it is also very quiet; you hardly notice a DVD or a tape playing. You can view photos from your digital camera, as the recorder is equipped with an SD memory card slot and USB terminal. The combo is priced at approximately five hundred dollars.
Philips DVDR3545v/37 DVD VHS Combo Player
This player records to both DVD and VHS. It has a Firewire connection that will give you perfect digital copies of your miniDV tapes. You can connect the player to your television very easily as the player requires only a single cable for both audio and video. Picture and sound quality are both very good. The menu system can be figured out quite easily. This combo is priced at approximately three hundred dollars.
Toshiba DVR670 DVD VHS Combo Player
With an attractive price of approximately two hundred fifty dollars, this combo player will not only preserve your memories that are on VHS cassettes but it has excellent DVD and VHS playback. You can convert tapes with just one press of a button. You can also copy content from cable, satellite or broadcast TV. One great feature that this combo player has that most others do not is called the Auto Finalize feature. After a DVD is recorded, it must go through a finalization process and this process makes it usable on other players. It is quite easy to forget as most players require you to do that manually but this device will take care of it for you automatically.
Panasonic DMR-EZ48VK DVD VHS Combo Player
This unit can also copy content from TV and transfer VHS tapes to DVD and it is very easy to do with a simple push of two buttons. It has four recording modes for DVDs with the best quality being its XP setting. This unit provides great performance for standard DVDs; the quality is actually better than many stand-alone devices and is priced at approximately two hundred fifty dollars.
If you want to preserve your family treasury of memories, if you enjoy watching DVD movies and if you enjoy taping shows from television, any one of the above DVD VHS players will serve you well. Your only decision will be to figure out what features are the most important to you. Bear in mind that no current combo player will copy commercially created movies that have copyright protection encoding.
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