Sylvania DVR90VE DVD Player/Recorder and Hi-Fi VCR Combo
DON'T BUY IF YOU WANT TO RECORD DVD'S!
I bought a Symphonic DVD/VCR recorder, SR90VE, at Wal-Mart in July, 2005.  Judging by these reviews and others I've seen on the net, it's the same machine as Sylvania, Emerson, etc.  Now it's August, 2006, and I've finally gotten around to pulling out family videotapes to transfer to DVD, my original reason for buying this machine--plus the great price of $199. <br /> <br />But guess what?  I've just gone through a 10-pack of Memorex 16X DVD's, and the machine says every darn one has \\"disc error.\\"  Obviously, this piece of junk is way outdated and only recognizes some earlier version of DVD's.....but as of this writing, the only blank DVD's for sale in our small-town Wal-Mart are 16X. <br /> <br />So I'm piping mad right now; the machine will not work with today's blank DVD's (who knew DVD's came in so many different speeds?) So I've wasted that two hundred bucks.  I'm not going to search all over the internet trying to find the \\"right\\" kind of DVD's, and who wants to spend time on the phone trying to get overseas customer service to understand the problem? <br /> <br />I will say the machine has done fine simply playing either DVD's or videotapes, no problems.  But I could have bought a DVD/tape player for $69.  And since other reviewers say the machine starts eating tapes, I'm not going to trust my heirloom tapes to this machine. <br /> <br />So now I've got to go spend several hundred bucks ALL OVER AGAIN and try to find a decent recorder.  I'm not happy at all with Wal-Mart, Funai, or the ****GOOFY**** (nicest word I can use in a family setting) engineers and marketers who push this crud on the unsuspecting public. <br /> <br />Oh yeah, I've learned a lot in the last 2 hours.  The main lesson being, stay the heck away from Funai products!!!  I just hope this warning deters some other poor dupe like me from throwing their money straight down the toilet. <br /> <br />