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Brand:Sylvania®
Located in:Home Entertainment, DVD players
The Sylvania DV220SL8 DVD/VCR combination is the affordable, space-saving home theater solution.
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Product Reviews Summary
Avg. Customer Rating:
 
2.2 stars
(based on 13 reviews)
23% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:
Easy to set up(4), Easy to use(4)
Cons:
Difficult to set up(4)
Best Uses:
Home(5)
Describe Yourself:
Practical(5), Tech savvy(3)
 
JUNK
By Julia's Dad from San Francisco on 9/16/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use
Cons:
Can't do timed recording
Describe Yourself:
Enthusiast
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This unit has no capacity to program it for later recording. I've never in my life seen such a thing.

Bogus. It's going back!

 
weak fuse
By Giddeon from Detroit, MI on 9/7/2008
Pros:
Easy To Use
Cons:
Flimsy Construction
Best Uses:
Home
Describe Yourself:
Tech Savvy
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

After about a year the internal fuse blew on our player. It had a video and a DVD stuck inside. I had to take it apart to retrieve the two items and figured I'd try replacing the fuse just to see if it would work. I replaced the fuse and got it working, but the player broke in several places during the forced removal of the dvd and video. My wife bought this because it was cheap. Personally, I'd invest a little more up front to get a longer lasting more durable product.

 
NO TUNER
By Just a disappointedVerified Reviewer from Nebraska on 6/23/2008
Pros:
Good price for a dvdvcr
Cons:
No tuner no tuner
Best Uses:
Home
Describe Yourself:
Practical
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Dissapointed when purchasing this item that I didn't know there wasn't a tuner too bad the sales-person didn't mention that! :-(

 
DVD did not work
By Nicole from Martinsburg, WV on 6/10/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Cons:
Did not work
Describe Yourself:
Tech Savvy
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I wanted a cheap combo VCR and DVD player. I wasn't expecting it to do much for the price, but when I got it home the machine did not work. The DVD tray did not open, which was needless to say the reason I took it back to the store. The saleperson at Radioshack was very unhelpful, agitated by me, and refused to except the fact that the machine was faulty (even after he plugged it in and found out first hand it didn't work!). I had purchased a 1 year replacement plan, but they failed to acknowlege it. I am very disappointed by Radioshack, and I will never shop there again.

 
No VHS hi-fi audio!
By CamCruiserVerified Reviewer from Ventura, CA on 5/14/2008
Cons:
Flimsy Construction, No hi-fi audio, Unattractive Design
Describe Yourself:
Professional
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Even though this unit has left & right audio output jacks for VHS section, its VHS section only has standard monophonic audio. I removed the top cover, and verified that there are no hi-fi audio heads on the video drum. Sylvania really cut corners on this unit with a very low-end VCR. Folks with VHS hi-fi stereo tapes will only be allowed to hear the monophonic linear track. How miserable!

 
what they dont tell you at the store
By Cass from Massachusetts on 3/24/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Nothing
Cons:
Difficult To Set Up, Difficult To Use, You have to buy a tuner
Best Uses:
I cant
Describe Yourself:
Practical
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

They did not inform me at the store that I could not timer record WITHOUT a TUNER. I am EXTREMELY disappointed in this product AND Radioshack

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Grow with technology...
By The guy from Las Vegas on 3/22/2008
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Pros:
Consistent Performance, Durable, Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, High Quality Picture
Cons:
Unattractive Design
Best Uses:
Dorm Room, High Volume Usage, Home, Office
Describe Yourself:
Gearhead, Professional, Tech Savvy
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Does exactly what it says it does. Very simple.

To all you others who have a problem with the lack of tuners in vcr's: D.V.R.

Thank You.

 
Great Unit at a Reasonable Price
By SatisfiedVerified Reviewer from Shelbyville, TN on 2/26/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Pros:
Consistent Performance, Durable, Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, High Quality Picture
Best Uses:
Dorm Room, High Volume Usage, Home, Office
Describe Yourself:
Practical
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I am very pleased with my unit. I had it set up and running in less than 10 minutes. I have 2 other Sylvania vcr/dvd's at my home and have purchased this for use at my work.

Some people have criticized this unit for not having a tuner. This is not a fair criticism! In my shopping, I've found that all companies have quit putting tuners on these type units.

 
Disappointing
By Disgruntled from Iowa on 2/7/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Cons:
Unable to connect cable.
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

My grandmother bought one after a radioshack employee assured her that it would work for recording cable TV. I took it out of the box and took one look and knew it would not be able to record from a cable tv source. There isn't a connection for a cable source on the VCR. You can run RCA cables from your tv to the vcr and record that way if your tv happens to have an output source for it, which my grandmothers doesn't. Even if her tv did have the ability to do that, it still wouldn't do what she wants. You would have to sit and watch what you are recording and not be able to watch another channel. She has several programs that she watches and are on at the same time. Its nice to be able to record one and watch the other. This vcr offers no way to do that. I think its an extremely poor design and the Radioshack employee who sold it to her should be very ashamed of pawning off a substandard piece of equipment to her. Needless to say it has been taken back and she will no longer be shopping at Radioshack.

 
Basic good machine
By kidsgrammaVerified Reviewer from ojai, ca on 2/6/2008
How long have you owned it:
One-to-three months
Pros:
Easy To Set Up
Best Uses:
Home
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Saved big bucks on this basic combo that has not let us down.

 
Never could get it to work.
By big jer from Red Bluff Ca on 1/23/2008
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Cons:
Difficult To Set Up
Describe Yourself:
Practical
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Wanted a combo that was inexpensive to play kids videos, what I got was a cheap machine that would not work. Save yourself the trouble avoid this product.

 
machine stinks
By The painter from Syracuse, NY on 12/5/2007
How long have you owned it:
A month or less
Cons:
Difficult To Set Up
Describe Yourself:
Practical
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

The Vcr and DVD player work. I am still unable to get cable TV to work through it.

 
this machine sucks
By mikejones4lifeVerified Reviewer from mike jones grill on 11/21/2007
Cons:
Difficult To Set Up
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

the machine was confusing to setup...i couldnt get the vcr part to show color pic after 1 hour trying.....they should ban confucing machines such as this......if them old school vcr players are still around i would buy 1

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