Go Video DV-3130 Progressive Scan DVD / VCR Combo

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Manufacturer: Go Video
Price at amazon.com: List price $189.99



Product Features:

• Progressive-scan DVD with 4-head, hi-fi VCR with Commercial and Movie Advance
• EZ Play bypasses DVD ads and menus to skip right to the movie; MyDVD feature lets your playback preferences override disc formatting
• One-touch copy copies DVD to VHS at the touch of a button--great for sharing your home-recorded discs with others
• Plays DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, music CD/MP3, WMA, and JPEG files on CD-R/CD-RW, plus VHS tapes
• Watch a DVD and record a TV show simultaneously

Product Description:

The GoVideo DVR1130 provides the best of both worlds in one simple, compact package: a full-featured DVD player/CD player to handle movies and music--including MP3/WMA files stored on CD-R or CD-RW--and a built-in four-head, hi-fi, stereo VCR to play your existing library of videocassettes and to record new programs. Front-panel audio/video inputs accommodate camcorder and gaming hookups, JPEG picture CD playback lets you watch slideshows of digital photos, and the unit's compatibility with recordable DVDs (DVD-R, DVD-RW) makes copying homemade discs to tape easy. The combo unit even lets you watch a DVD or listen to a CD while recording a TV show. Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVR1130's DVD section stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. 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, providing higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Even without an HD-ready set, the component-video outputs can be set to output interlaced video, in which they help minimize line scan and digital artifacts on compatible televisions. Composite- and S-video outputs bring DVD compatibility with nearly any television. Two helpful features greatly simplify DVD viewing. EZ Play lets you avoid not only the annoying copyright notices on DVDs, but the otherwise mandatory three-minute (and often longer) commercial blocks the studios try and force you to sit through every single time you want to play a movie you may already own. The other feature, MyDVD, lets you customize playback options for, say, DTS surround output and Spanish-language subtitles--irrespective of the default settings of the software you're watching. (The success of the automation is of course dependent on any given title's compatibility with your choices.) In the audio realm, two set of left/right RCA analog-audio outputs (one each for the DVD player and the VCR) channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. For immersive home-theater audio from DVDs, both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (optical or coaxial) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. This model's four-head VCR design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images, while hi-fi sound records and plays back stereo audio tracks. Commercial advance jumps past individual 30-second commercials, while Movie Advance slides you past the distracting front matter on most prerecorded videocassettes. If you route the stereo output to an AV receiver, you can even enjoy four-channel (left, center, right, and monaural surround) Dolby Pro Logic mixes from TV and Dolby-encoded videocassettes. Convenient features include one-touch copying from DVD to VHS (though it won't copy Macrovision-protected discs) and seven-event, one-month programming. What's in the Box DVD/VCR combo player/recorder, remote control, remote batteries (two AAA), a user's manual, and a stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable.

Description from Manufacturer:The GoVideo DVR1130 provides the best of both worlds in one simple, compact package: a full-featured DVD player/CD player to handle movies and music--including MP3/WMA files stored on CD-R or CD-RW--and a built-in four-head, hi-fi, stereo VCR to play your existing library of videocassettes and to record new programs. Front-panel audio/video inputs accommodate camcorder and gaming hookups, JPEG picture CD playback lets you watch slideshows of digital photos, and the unit's compatibility with recordable DVDs (DVD-R, DVD-RW) makes copying homemade discs to tape easy. The combo unit even lets you watch a DVD or listen to a CD while recording a TV show.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVR1130's DVD section stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. 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, providing higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Even without an HD-ready set, the component-video outputs can be set to output interlaced video, in which they help minimize line scan and digital artifacts on compatible televisions. Composite- and S-video outputs bring DVD compatibility with nearly any television.

Two helpful features greatly simplify DVD viewing. EZ Play lets you avoid not only the annoying copyright notices on DVDs, but the otherwise mandatory three-minute (and often longer) commercial blocks the studios try and force you to sit through every single time you want to play a movie you may already own. The other feature, MyDVD, lets you customize playback options for, say, DTS surround output and Spanish-language subtitles--irrespective of the default settings of the software you're watching. (The success of the automation is of course dependent on any given title's compatibility with your choices.)

In the audio realm, two set of left/right RCA analog-audio outputs (one each for the DVD player and the VCR) channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. For immersive home-theater audio from DVDs, both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (optical or coaxial) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.

This model's four-head VCR design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images, while hi-fi sound records and plays back stereo audio tracks. Commercial advance jumps past individual 30-second commercials, while Movie Advance slides you past the distracting front matter on most prerecorded videocassettes. If you route the stereo output to an AV receiver, you can even enjoy four-channel (left, center, right, and monaural surround) Dolby Pro Logic mixes from TV and Dolby-encoded videocassettes. Convenient features include one-touch copying from DVD to VHS (though it won't copy Macrovision-protected discs) and seven-event, one-month programming.

What's in the Box
DVD/VCR combo player/recorder, remote control, remote batteries (two AAA), a user's manual, and a stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable.Average Customer Rating:

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Comment: Poor customer service Rating:
We purchased a Go Video dual deck machine from amazon.com, and while not exactly as this product, Go Video was just about impossible to deal with in relation to a defective machine. The company indicated they knew there was a flaw in the way the machine we bought copied home videos, but trying to work with them on a replacement was agony. Only working with amazon.com reps saved the day.

Wouldn't recommend any products from this company.

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Comment: Go Video DV-3130 Great features Rating:
Go Video DV-3130 has move features then any other DVD/VCR COMBO. Commercial and Movie Advance works great! Oh and the price is right! I highly recommend this model.

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Comment: Best DVD-VCR So Far Rating:
This is an excellent value for the price. I've owned several Go Video DVD-VCR players, and this model is the best so far.

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