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| Image Quality | 7.6/10   |
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| Sound Quality | 7.6/10 |
| Features | 6.9/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5.2/10 |
| Value for Money | 7.1/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 6.8/10 |
| Overall Rating | 6.8/10 |
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Full review by
Guest.
on 30th Apr 2008
User Rating : 1
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Good Points: Got 3 years out of this machine
Bad Points: It's a downhill battle with this thing over time
General comments: 1. The Sansui VRDVD4005 is a VERY SLOW machine.2. Manual is both complicated and yet still lacking, really a lot of trial and error to work the features. Very poorly worded instructions. Setting it up was a task in itself.3. Timer recordings never worked right.4. One problem after another with this thing, all I can do now is watch VHS tapes with it. It worked for a while playing DVD's and recording some stuff, but the difficulty in using this machine took away from it.
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Review by
Guest.
on 14th Apr 2008
User Rating : 5
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Sansui VRDVD4005 Review - There surely must be more user friendly units available out there these days but it does do what we had basically intended it for..find frequently these days with many products that instructions are inadequate...
Guest.'s full review | 166 words
Review by
Bruw459
on 16th Nov 2007
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It a nice recorder but there a lot wrong with it
Bruw459's full review | 72 words
Review by
lorina444
on 26th Oct 2006
User Rating : 9
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To finalize the Sansui VRDVD4005 DVD Recorder to play on other machines:
Press Setup on the remote which is on the right beneath the navigation buttons.
This brings you to the Setup Menu.
Scroll down to System Setup and Select it.
Scroll to Disc Setup and Select It.
Next to Finalize is the word Proceed, scroll down and select this.
Confirm and it will finalize.
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Review by
lucille300
on 25th Sep 2006
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When my Sansui VRDVD4005 broke, I took it to Sears, who sent it off for repair. The technician called and left a message saying the total cost would be about $335, with the bulk of that being the cost of a new DVD drive. When I finally reached the technician by phone (they don't like to answer the phone at the repair facility), he said that the manufacturers don't want people to repair these machines; they want us to buy new ones. That is why the DVD drives cost so much to replace. To me, th ...
lucille300's full review | 151 words
Review by
hperry303
on 25th Aug 2006
User Rating : 5
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The quality of the picture and sound on the first home video I transferred from cassette to disc, with my Sansui VRDVD4005, was excellent. Unfortunately, this was the only time I was successful in recording anything onto a disc. The only disc that has worked in the unit so far has been the TDK-RW included in the packaging with the unit. None of the other DVD-R's or DVD-RW's I have purchased have worked. I've owned the unit for 3 years and only successfully recorded onto a DVD once.
hperry303's full review | 136 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
jannelyons
on 17th Jun 2006
User Rating : 9
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Generally, I would like to say go for it and buy a Sasui VRDVD4005 DVD recorder. But, until I can actually play a DVD on another player, I am going to hold my tongue. I will be back to let everyone know if it works. Thanks to all of you who wrote in with the helpful hints. I sure hope they work.
jannelyons's full review | 267 words
Review by
SanLea
on 16th Jan 2006
User Rating : 6
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The problem, THE ONLY and MAIN PROBLEM we have with the Sansui VRDVD4005 DVD recorder is that we have found when TRYING to watch certain DVD's, the unit will NOT read it, and FINALLY an error message comes up.
SanLea's full review | 49 words
Review by
Jimmy74
on 30th Nov 2005
User Rating : 1
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I had a problem with recording on the Sansui VRDVD4005 DVD recorder, and this week I took it back to Sears. My warranty had run out. I had to pay a $29.99 fee to have it checked out. They called yesterday and stated it would cost $344.00 dollars to repair. This is more than I paid for the unit. I told them to throw it in the trash can.
Jimmy74's full review | 67 words
Review by
suziebr
on 11th Sep 2005
User Rating : 0
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When a DVD- blank disk is inserted into the Sansui VRDVD4005 DVD recorder, the initializing menu comes up, and when it's complete, we set the DVD timer, or instant record button, and the unit seems to be recording, although we can't hear any noise coming from recorder, but the counter is ticking as though it's recording. After we hit stop and then play, it seems to take forever. Today, we tried to finalize, although it doesn't state anywhere that you must finalize before watching. The unit fr ...
suziebr's full review | 231 words
Review by
karenjanczy
on 3rd Aug 2005
User Rating : 5
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I've had my unit for over six months now. The DVD player works fine, though it does sometimes take a few moments to get "online". The problem I'm having is with the VCR. I can hear the tape, but no picture. I also lost my manual, so I have no clue what to do. Any help?
karenjanczy's full review | 56 words
Review by
richardsgift
on 22nd Mar 2005
User Rating : 0
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I'm very very dissapointed with this unit. I've never posted to a bbs service like this. But I've been searching online for tech support for this Sansui VRDVD4005, and came across this site. Wish I would have read everyone's comments before buying it - because then I wouldn't have. Sadly, I did. In short, this thing is a disaster! STAY AWAY - UNLESS YOU LIKE PROBLEMS!
richardsgift's full review | 105 words | 4 comments added.
Review by
Hunterider
on 22nd Feb 2005
User Rating : 9
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I would like to see a side by side comparison with other similar units in the same price range. Perhaps the Sears store, where the previous reviewer purchased his unit, deals in a larger number of refurbished or returned units. I have recommended the Sansui to numerous friends and relatives, which I would certainly would not have done had I thought its dependability was questionable. The purpose of this review centre is not only to "warn" consumers, but to share recommendations as well.
As ...
Hunterider's full review | 194 words
Review by
Kwirth
on 14th Feb 2005
User Rating : 1
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I purchased three (3) of these units from SEARS (thank God) and none of them worked right. I thought it was me not understanding how to use the unit, but that's not the case at all. It may work fine initially, but it WILL fail eventually, as all 3 of mine did.
Strong recommendation to avoid purchasing this unit unless you are willing to be very disappointed. There's nothing worse than getting a unit that promises to deliver as much as this one does only to discover it's a piece of garbag ...
Kwirth's full review | 216 words
Review by
shellme52
on 16th Jan 2005
User Rating : 4
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You will have to know about; copying, Dubbing ways,text input,& read the book a lot to know (when it works,& how) very slow! MACHINE...& you have to be very patience on with this machine.
(Happy,,,NO!, but I work with it since I paid $400.00 in 2004 when it just came out, & they had a very good salesmen. I think Sears should kiss me for using there new machine that they were selling & waited to leave feed back this long. (01/16/05)...we're fair here!
shellme52's full review | 98 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
MRU
on 11th Jan 2005
User Rating : 8
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The Sansui VRDVD4005 is a fine unit for the small price I paid just the above comments are what I'm trying to deal with.
MRU's full review | 88 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
elbyj
on 22nd Dec 2004
User Rating : 9
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I was looking for a device to replace both the DVD and VHS system in the living room, plus a capability to download shows from my Satellite DVR device onto DVD. The Sansui VRDVD4005 has provided me this capability. Every use I am learning something new and it is starting to get easier to use after two weeks. At least I haven't threatened to throw the remote control against the wall yet!
elbyj's full review | 256 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
wol VA rine
on 18th Dec 2004
User Rating : 8
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I am pretty happy with the ansui VRDVD4005 unit, I have been reading reviews so I know the basic dos and don'ts...
I have found that recording sporting events with good video quality is impossible in anything but XP mode, which usually means 2 discs for an average football game (3 discs for some OT games if the OT is long)...
I would love to find a DVD player that I could use to play my VR mode DVDs, that way I could record to a -RW in VR mode, edit it, and then transfer it to a -R, then ...
wol VA rine's full review | 269 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
Kwirth
on 14th Dec 2004
User Rating : 6
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To the reviewer who wrote that one must have some native intelligence to run the Sansui VRDVD4005, and that it has a long manual written 'in English' I must say that what is wrong with this 'complex' machine isn't always the operator. I purchased my first one and it fried itself. The second one I purchased doesn't play anything but SP - or - 2 hours of recording time. And, if you buy it from SEARS like I did, don't expect them or the manual to provide you with tech support help.
Kwirth's full review | 89 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
goodharbortoo
on 21st Nov 2004
User Rating : 4
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I'll be happy if the problem with my Sansui VRDVD4005 can be rectified through Sears. (See Good and Bad Points).
goodharbortoo's full review | 121 words | 1 comment added.
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