Sony RDR-VX530

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May, 2013

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) the Sony RDR-VX530 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 52/100 = Fair quality.

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Expert review by: (toptenreviews.com)

Sony Rdr-vx530

The Sony Rdr-vx530 is a very capable DVD Recorder/VCR Combo player that produces high quality recordings with relative ease. Like with most recording devices, there is software to learn, so there is a learning curve. This is a case where reading the...

Overall a good product, especially if you can get it for drastically less than MSRP

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Consumer review by: crcomer1 (cnet.com)

Sony RDR-VX530

Bottom line, I wouldn't recomment this unit to anyone. It was kept in excellent condition and is document as "excellent" by repair shop but performance in 2nd year declined to the point of it only functioning as a player. As a recorder it has died.

DVD had good resolution at LP. Ease of programming

Loads VERY slowly. Softward has stopped working. Unit rejects all brand new disks. Unit won't erase, won't unformat, skips recordings, and timer programs jam and can't be edited. Must be deleted and reset

Jan, 2010

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Consumer review by: ephilyaw--2008 (cnet.com)

Sony RDR-VX530

1. If you copy your video to DVDs, many will not play on DVD players. Yes, the directions warn you of this and instruct you in the variety of recording options, but this doesn't really change anything. You still cannot watch the DVDs and we didn't have...

I thought it would be good for recording our tapes to DVD, but it's not

It does nothing good. See below for details

Jan, 2009

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Consumer review by: lisams1962 (cnet.com)

Sony RDR-VX530

I wouldn't buy it again that is for sure. In fact I have found that most of Sony products have problems. The only Sony I had that was good I bought like 20 years ago. I guess they don't make them like they used to.

I liked that it was a vhs and dvd player, and that it had all the right connections on the back needed

It was a total waist of money I spent on this product. I only used the vhs maybe 4 times then it stopped working. How wonderful for Sony that I couldn't find my reciept or had any idea if the warranty was still valid

Jan, 2009

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Consumer review by: Jamonit2008 (cnet.com)

Sony RDR-VX530

I went to a retail establishment that generally sells electronic products but mixes in re-furbed items with their "new" inventory. This store had too many returned RDR-RX530's for the same reason. "Disk could'nt be formatted".

Heavy-duty box - old school design a plus for deck stacking

Glitchy!!! Unit has possible software/hardware problem

Jan, 2008

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Consumer review by: madampoo (cnet.com)

Sony RDR-VX530

This is the second one i purchased. the first one quit accepting dvd-r discs that i bought. bought the second one so i could watch the discs i had allready recorded on the first one.

easy to use and understand

load problems

Jan, 2007

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Amazon review summary for the Sony RDR-VX530

alaTest has collected and analyzed 64 user reviews of the Sony RDR-VX530 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

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66% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: E. Philyaw (amazon.com)

Horrific, trainwreck excuse for machinery. No really.

Here is why you should run the other way screaming, or at least just run away. 1. If you copy your video to DVDs, many will not play on DVD players. Yes, the directions warn you of this and instruct you in the variety of recording options, but this...

Dec, 2009

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Consumer review by: James F. Speaks (amazon.com)

Sony RDR-VX530 DVD/VCR recorder player

The Sony RDR-VX530 is everything I expected in a DVD/VCR recorder player. While I have not done much in the way of Recording (other than tests), I have watched recorded movies on both DVD's and VCR's and find that the pictures are very clear and the...

Jun, 2009

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Consumer review by: Victoria J. Goga (amazon.com)

Electroinc Purchase

Product was exactly what was wanted and arrived in excellent condition in a very short period of time. Directions that came with the product could have been a little more detailed, but that is a problem with the manufacturer.

Apr, 2009

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