Does VHS playback through the HDMI port? the model one step below this one only plays back the DVD through HDMI
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I don't know the answer to that technical question. It's beyond my scope of product knowledge. Good luck in your search for answers.
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Yes. This model is connected to the TV through an HDMI cable. No other connections are necessary and it plays the audio of the VHS through the TV with no problems once is switched to that HDMI connection with the TV's onscreen menu. Good luck on whatever purchase you choose to make. ~Curt
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Bought this and can tell you, only hookup to TV was the HDMI. When put in the VHS tape, no audio cables involved, the tape audio played fine. No audio cables were connected to anything. Not a thing. Only HDMI from Magnavox to TV HDMI....that
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If it is like the one I have; it is only a player; I think you can record from the tv to a vhs tape; I am not sure; try it and see what happens; but I have only used mine for a player.
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Can you record to the VHS from the TV? I frequently set the VCR to record a show if I'm out, but would not be interested in keeping it forever. I do not have a cable "box" or satellite.
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Donna, did you ever find a solution to this? I want to transfer VHS tapes from my VCR/DVD combo machine as well!
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You need to hook it up to an external tuner, like a cable box or dish. In addition to playing and recording on VHS tapes, it also functions as a DVR, so you always have to hook it up to other stuff. If you are looking for just a VCR player/recorder, go for one that has a built in tuner. If you are looking for just a VCR player that you can hook up to your TV,look for just a VCR palyer.
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Hi, I assume you are trying to record the VCR to the DVD recorder. There is a yellow (composite) video OUT on the VCR, plug that to the grex IN, then the grex OUT plug into the DVD recorder source IN. Then set your DVD recorder to the source IN you plugged in and record. The DVD recorder HDMI to TV has no purpose in the recording, only for watching the recording so it's fine.
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Not only does it play VCR tapes but it up-converts them and, different than most combo boxes, all through a single HDMI cable so no changing inputs to watch DVDs and VCR tapes. It also can copy them to DVD if you prefer moving them to that more permanent media for posterity. Hope that helps!
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yes if your vhs player is connected to it while playing tape and dvd recorder os on record
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Yes it does. But since it plays on to TV there is little need to convert to DVD. The quality of vhs is low so other than archiving there is not much reason to convert.
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Thanks ! well, first I placed a new DVD + R and it shows that it is loading...... then I get an error on the tv about error reading dvd. If place the vhs and play it. I will hit record on the remote control but nothing happened. initially I had input from control to select L1 and EP from the control but still ..... I am able to watch on the tv what I have on the vhs , >>>> thanks
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I'm sorry Sam, I think i misread your initial question. The cable i was referring to was for output not in. my bad. I don't think you can do what your wanting with this camcorder. However there are other options besides a third party to convert your old VHS tapes. Simply search for a vhs to dvd converter. There are many options to choose from. Again sorry for misreading your question.
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Yes, it does both and, so far, has done very well and I've been pleased with the purchase. It is also supposed to be able to record from a VHS to a DVD and comes with the instructions how. But I haven't had the courage to try that yet.
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Yes, I just bought a Toshiba D-VR610 for my parents last week, and we watched a few VHS tapes without any problems. I was also able to dub them to DVD-R just fine too. Initially I was having problems watching VHS, until I realized that this unit has TWO sets of outputs on the back. Output #1 has a choice of high-quality video outputs like S-Video, Component video, etc., while output #2 has RCA jacks only. At first I thought I could just use the high-quality component output for everything but I was wrong: output #2 works with both the VHS and DVD player, but output #1 only works with DVD. So if you want to use this unit to watch both DVD discs and VHS tapes, you have two options. You can just stick with output #2 for everything (which is what I did for my parents' set). This sacrifices some of the screen quality but it's simple to set up. Or you can use both output #1 and output #2 and route them into two different inputs on your television set and/or home theatre receiver. With that set-up, you'd just have to change the input channel on your TV depending on whether you want to watch VHS or DVD. That way you get to use the high-quality of the DVDs when your TV is receiving from output #1, but also have the option of watching VHS if you switch the TV over to read from output #2. In summary: yes, you can watch VHS tapes, so long as you're using your basic RCA output cables (included) and have them plugged into output #2. Again, the VCR won't play through the other output jacks like S-video, component video, etc.
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You need some way to kill the write protect either by a "Macrovision Killer" or a digital converter. It will not Dub as I hoped it would. I have not tried to copy a protected VHS through the PC yet.
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If your VHS tapes are getting old you may have problems like that. Also Head placement with "tracking" sometimes causes loss of audio and/or video. I would say the Video adapter either works or it doesn't work. The rest is either VHS Equipment of conversion software drivers. Those are my thoughts.
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This machine has some issues and limitations! While it works and plays both VHS and DVD, it is designed to record only in the VHS mode and not the DVD mode, and the digital display is only for tracking the play of VHS tapes. The machine often makes noises in the play function of both the VHS and DVD modes which I find annoying, as I have to turn up the volume a bit on the movie to drown out the noise of the player. The Sony machine I had for over 10 years before it developed an issue with the DVD player was way better quality wise.
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Will this play a Mini Digital Video Cassette from my Digital Camera on my VHS and can I convert them to DVD in the same unit?