SONY VRD-MC5 User Reviews

Great Purchase

"I purchased the VRD-MC5 friday and was recording friday night. It is a great one touch system. I recorded from my dvd player and it was really simple...

Most valuable item I have ever purchased

"Awesome product although wish had more dvd burning capapabilities such as multiple burns at same time" Multi speeds and ease of use Limited to one D...

It's ok, but...

"... I originally purchased this and ended up getting it replaced by Sony because of a chroma sampling issue. The replacement unit had the same issue,...

EXCELLENT LITTLE MACHINE BUT...

"I got it 2 years ago and have 2 sets of cables plugged from my vcr and my cable box going to the machine and just switch whenever I want to use it to...

Convert those old VHS tapes to DVDs!

The VHS format is becoming obsolete. The time to convert your favorites to DVD is now, easy and inexpensive. That old, bulky collection of VHS recordi...

A Very Handy Thing To Have

I originally bought the SONY VRD-MCF DVD Recorder because I have an old (purchased in 2000) 8 mm. video camera. I wanted to view my home videos on my ...

Great concept, flawed execution!

I bought this DVD burner thinking this would be a great way to help my transition from Mini-DV tapes to my new hard drive based camcorder as I could b...

A Very Handy Thing To Have

I originally bought the SONY VRD-MCF DVD Recorder because I have an old (purchased in 2000) 8 mm. video camera. I wanted to view my home videos on my ...

not so portable

It ticks me off that Sony propritize all of their products. Thay use propiatary power plugs so you cant make your own because they don't make one eigt...

WOW! What a convenient tool

Great little tool to help speed things up. We needed to be able to record directly from the camera to a disk and have that raw footage available with...

No autoplay?

Form factor is good but not portable at all as you will still have to find an outlet. No autoplay feature is a deal killer. Small size, LCD screen, C...

Easy to use

Easy to use I just hook it up to my vcr and put in my vhs tapes watch it play and make a dvd. I can stop it to leave out parts of the vhs tape that I ...

VHS to DVD. Worked perfectly the first time out.

VHS to DVD. Worked perfectly the first time out. I had already transferred all my 8 and super 8 tapes to VHS. I purchased this item to transfer my V...

Amazon's Technical Details Incorrect >>> Sony VRD-MC5 Has No 320GB Hard Disk or Other Critical Features

Amazon's Technical Details Incorrect >>> Sony VRD-MC5 Has No 320GB Hard Disk or Other Critical Features Amazon's technical details for the Sony VRDMC5...

A pain but works

A pain but works This was a compromise for saving videos off our already loaded hard drive. Has no HDMI input but rather video, composite and S-Video ...

DVDIRECT MC5 Multi-Function DVD Recorder

Compact and simple to use, faster to make a DVD than using a computer Can't find any at this moument

Idiot Proof

Idiot Proof Marvellous piece of equipment, even I can use it. Simple, strightforward user friendly and does exactly what it says on the box,along with...

Idiot Proof

Idiot Proof Marvellous piece of equipment, even I can use it. Simple, strightforward user friendly and does exactly what it says on the box,along with...

Pro' & Cons

Pro' & Cons If you own a Sony handycam & other Sony products this is a great buy. If you don't take care. I have a two Panasonic camcorders & sadly ne...

Pro' & Cons

Pro' & Cons If you own a Sony handycam & other Sony products this is a great buy. If you don't take care. I have a two Panasonic camcorders & sadly ne...