Samsung DVD-V4600 DVD / VCR Combo

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Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
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Product Features:

• DVD player with built-in hi-fi VCR; front A/V inputs facilitate easy hookup with camcorder or gaming console
• Progressive-scan output offers flicker-free images on HD or HD-ready TVs
• Plays DVD-Video, VCD, video-mode DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW, CD-R/CD-RW, MP3 CD, Kodak Picture CD, and JPEG image CDs
• VCR plays S-VHS videocassettes at standard-VHS resolution; EZ View letterbox eliminator creates full-screen images for 4:3 aspect-ratio TVs
• Measures 16.9 x 3.3 x 10.4 inches (W x H x D)

Product Description:

With its high-end component-video DVD outputs, VHS recording and playback abilities, built-in MP3 decoding, and compatibility with JPEG image CDs and Kodak Picture CDs, Samsung's DVD-V4600 DVD/VCR combo is a conveniently slim entertainment dynamo. Now you'll be able to enjoy a slideshow of your digital pictures right on your television. It will play video-mode DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs, too, making it a great gift for family members with whom you'd like to share your home videos on DVD. This model also includes front-panel audio/video inputs so you can quickly and easily hook up a camcorder or gaming console. Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVD-V4600 stands ready to deliver the full potential of your 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, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The VCR delivers hi-fi stereo sound and quasi-S-VHS (SQPB) playback, which lets you view S-VHS cassettes--normally only playable on high-end S-VHS machines--in standard VHS resolution. The unit's 4-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images. Use the VCR's advance-record settings to make sure you never miss a favorite show or pertinent one-time broadcast. Top-of-the-line component-video outputs (for DVD only) help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts on compatible advanced televisions, while composite- and S-video outputs bring DVD compatibility with nearly any television. The VCR output is composite-video and RF only. A set of left/right analog-audio outputs for both DVD and VCR components channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound DVD signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each optical and coaxial) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. Another handy feature is EZ View letterbox eliminator, which lets you enjoy full-screen pictures on 4:3 aspect-ratio TVs--even when you're watching widescreen DVDs. What's in the Box DVD/VCR combo unit, IR remote control, 2 AA batteries, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, and warranty information.
From the Manufacturer With its slim design and easy input access, the Samsung DVD-V4600 can help you enjoy viewing your old home videos or the latest DVD release. Features: Slim design 480p progressive scan video output DVD player and HiFi VCR combo Picture CD and JPEG CD viewer MP3, CD-R/RW playback capability Letter box eliminator--EZ View Plays DVD/CD/VHS/S-VHS (SQPB) Front A/V inputs
From J&R Music and Computer World Samsung DVDV4600 has combined a VHS VCR along with a DVD Player in one unit. Now you can view both video tapes and discs on one machine. You can also use the VCR to tape shows from TV. In addition, you can play audio CD on your DVD player as well as those CDs you've recorded on your computer, especially those with MP3 and WMA files. Progressive Scan DVD play on compatible TV monitors 10-Bit Video D/A Converter Dual Azimuth 4 head HiFi record/Playback system High performance MTS stereo tuner S-VHS playback at full VHS video quality Convenient Auto Clock set function Front and rear A/V input terminals Component, S-Video and Composite output terminals Dual mode optical pickup compatible with CD-R/RW Media Integral MP3 and WMA decoder plays back music files from CD-R/W Phantom Surround Processor delivers two-speaker surround effects Coaxial und Optical Digital Output for optional external surround processing Multifunction Front Panel Display Remote control Full width home theater component chassis Titanium finish front panel Unit Size: 3.3"H x 16.9"W x 10.4"D



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Description from Manufacturer:With its high-end component-video DVD outputs, VHS recording and playback abilities, built-in MP3 decoding, and compatibility with JPEG image CDs and Kodak Picture CDs, Samsung's DVD-V4600 DVD/VCR combo is a conveniently slim entertainment dynamo. Now you'll be able to enjoy a slideshow of your digital pictures right on your television. It will play video-mode DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs, too, making it a great gift for family members with whom you'd like to share your home videos on DVD. This model also includes front-panel audio/video inputs so you can quickly and easily hook up a camcorder or gaming console.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVD-V4600 stands ready to deliver the full potential of your 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, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

The VCR delivers hi-fi stereo sound and quasi-S-VHS (SQPB) playback, which lets you view S-VHS cassettes--normally only playable on high-end S-VHS machines--in standard VHS resolution. The unit's 4-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images. Use the VCR's advance-record settings to make sure you never miss a favorite show or pertinent one-time broadcast.

Top-of-the-line component-video outputs (for DVD only) help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts on compatible advanced televisions, while composite- and S-video outputs bring DVD compatibility with nearly any television. The VCR output is composite-video and RF only. A set of left/right analog-audio outputs for both DVD and VCR components channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound DVD signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each optical and coaxial) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.

Another handy feature is EZ View letterbox eliminator, which lets you enjoy full-screen pictures on 4:3 aspect-ratio TVs--even when you're watching widescreen DVDs.

What's in the Box
DVD/VCR combo unit, IR remote control, 2 AA batteries, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, and warranty information.Average Customer Rating:

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Comment: Does not play MP3s Rating:
I just picked up a Samsung DVD-V4600, and so far I'm fairly happy with it. The DVD player and VCR work as advertised, but there are a lot of "little" things that bug me about the player. Despite most of the on-line descriptions that I've read claiming that it can play MP3 discs, it can't. To be fair though, the box that it came in makes no claim of being able to play MP3s, just DVD/CD/CDR/JPG/VHS plus super VHS and a host of recordable DVD formats. I've tried them all out except super VHS and home-recorded DVDs (I don't have any of either) and everything I've tried (except MP3s) has worked fine. It was interesting watching a slide show of all the JPG pictures I took with my digital camera last year.

The couple small things that bug me: The remote has no "previous channel" button, if you're using the player as a substitute cable box. This is most irritating, because I tend to flip back and forth between channels a lot, and it's tedious having to constantly type in the channel numbers. Also, if the DVD you're watching supports multiple viewing angles, the player puts an annoying icon of a camera in the top right corner of the screen, and there's no way to get rid of it as far as I can tell. And lastly, if you want to use the "zoom" feature for DVDs (which comes in handy if you like to read the credits in movies on a non-big-screen TV), you have to step through two or three menu levels to get to "zoom" - there's no button for it on the remote.

I've only had the player for about a week, so I'll probably find more little annoyances, but so far I can live with it. It's not a bad DVD/VCR, all in all.

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Comment: Not the same as the 3650 Rating:
The v4600 is apparently supposed to be the new version of the Samsung DVD-V3650. I bought the 4600 thinking it was the 3650 one of which I already own. Beware that the 4600 remote control does not control TVs like the 3650 remote does. Since I am trying to reduce the number of remotes I have to use and I really liked the 3650, I am taking the 4600 back to the store. The picture seemed ok but the functionality is not as good as the 3650.

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