Toshiba SDV393 Progressive DVD/VCR Combination

Toshiba SDV393 Progressive DVD/VCR Combination
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The SDV393 DVD-VCR combo offers a full-featured DVD player offering Digital Cinema Progressive Scan and ColorStream Pro Component Video Outputs. The player allows DVD playback while recording a TV broadcast on VHS. It's ideal for the DVD novice, with easy-to-use convenience features and a new slimmer design. VCR features 4-head/19-micron head system, record speeds SP/SLP (EP), SQPB, Hi-Fi VHS stereo, MTS/SAP tuner, commercial skip, 8 event/1 month programming, auto head cleaner, OSD language English/French/Spanish DVD/VCR Remote control Auto Clock ensures that your VCR never blinks 12 - 00 again. A special data stream in your local broadcast source (where available) automatically sets the clock display and keeps it accurate even when time changes to daylight savings and back Inputs/Outputs - Component Video - 1 Rear Output (DVD Only), S-Video - 1 Rear Output (DVD Only), Analog Audio Video - 1 Rear Output, 1 Rear Input, 1 Front Input, Coaxial Digital Audio - 1 Rear Output (DVD Only), RF - 1 Rear Input, 1 Rear Output Dimension - W - 17 x H - 3.5 x D - 9.8 Weight - 7.92lbs Manufacturer's Warranty - 1 Year Parts / 90 Days Labor -Carry In Service
Amazon.com Product Description
Minimize component clutter while stepping into high-resolution audio/video entertainment with Toshiba's SD-V393 DVD/VCR combo. The DVD deck plays a variety of optical content, including DVD-Video, DVD-R, audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and video CD, as well as MP3 and WMA (Windows Media Audio) music files recorded on CD-R and CD-RW discs. A 4-head, hi-fi VCR gives you exciting stereo playback for your entire library of VHS tapes; it'll even play S-VHS tapes (at regular VHS quality). You can also copy non-Macrovision-protected DVDs to videotape--just the thing for sharing your computer-edited, DVD-based home movies with loved ones.

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 while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The SD-V393 also performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal (Toshiba's Digital Cinema Progressive). DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown reversal digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.

The DVD deck's JPEG viewer makes it easy to watch custom slide shows from digital photos burned to recordable CDs. The unit's array of home-theater-ready video connections includes composite-, S-video, and ColorStream Pro component-video outputs, with the VCR and DVD components sharing the composite-video and RF video outputs--especially convenient if you'll be using this device with a TV that only has RF or composite-video inputs. The DVD player's internal digital-to-analog audio converter (DAC) works at 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution to ensure optimum sonic quality from a range of digital program material; the video DAC operates at 10-bit/54 MHz resolution.

A set of left/right analog-audio outputs (DVD/VCR) channels audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals from DVDs can be routed through the player's coaxial digital-audio output for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. In addition, readily accessible front-panel AV inputs permit easy connection for a game console or a camcorder for simple dubbing of home movies to the VHS deck.

For enhanced picture quality during VHS playback, the 4-head hi-fi VCR uses a pair of 19-micron video heads, which deliver exceptional (near SP) picture quality of content recorded and played back in the extended play (EP) mode. Commercial skip lets you pass over commercials during playback. Other features include 1-year, 8-event programming, high-speed (200x) rewind and fast-forward, index skip, auto head cleaner, and auto clock set--no more flashing "12:00".

What's in the Box
DVD player/VCR, remote control, remote batteries, a user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, and a coaxial video cable.

Average customer rating: 5.0

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EMachines T3985 - Tower - 1 x Celeron D 340 / 2.93 GHz - RAM 512 MB - HD 1 x 80 GB - DVD?RW (+R DL) - Mdm - Win XP Home - Monitor : none

Manufacturer: eMachines
Product Group: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers
ASIN: 9759129116

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Product Description

The T3985 gives you excellent performance at an incredible price. You're ready for work or play. Burn DVDs and run home office software on this tough, dependable platform. Housed in a sleek, black-and-silver case, this smart buy also features an advanced video card for an enjoyable gaming experience.

Customer Reviews:

Great!.......2005-09-05

The T3985 is a low budget system offering decent performance and usability for the money. Its features and bundled software are a good match for the casual computer user.

The T3985 comes with a dual-layer DVD writer, an 80GB hard drive, and a media-card reader, making it a good system for basic multimedia tasks. It has the 7 USB 2.0 ports, there are enough ports for peripherals.

It bundles a well-assembled software package, which includes Microsoft Works 8.0 (with its own word processor), and PowerDVD and Nero for the DVD writer. It has both McAfee (antispyware) and Norton (Internet security and antivirus) protection utilities on the system. So it means two different sets of updates to protect your system from attack.

You can add up to two additional PCI cards, another hard drive, and another optical drive.

Thanks to its Celeron D 340 processor. Like most of the desktops we've seen in the value category, it should serve you well for a few years before it needs replacing.

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