Sony RDR-VX500 DVD Player/Recorder with VCR
Dubbing Creates Interference get an A/B Switch
The Sony RDR-VX500 has one serious fault.  It offers one touch dubbing but if you dub while watching TV your picture will be interfered with by \\"Snow\\".  Sony technical says yes that is how they \\"designed\\" it.  If you intend to dub you cannot watch TV too.  There are only three solutions.  One, crawl behind your TV and unhook the RDR-VX500 input co-axial cable and connect it directly to the TV everytime you dub something.  Two, buy an A/B switch and run the cable co-axial input into it and use the switch to select TV or send the signal to the RDR-VX500.  Sony was too cheap to include an A/B switch.  Three, return it and try another manufacturer.