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Zenith XBR716

11 reviews

Nov, 2024

Positive
usability (25)
image quality (4)
reliability (1)

Negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 11 reviews of Zenith XBR716. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 3.7/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) for all reviews. People really like the image quality. The usability is also appreciated, but there are some mixed opinions about the reliability.

usability, image quality

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) the Zenith XBR716 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 72/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

Can't copy disney movies from VHS to DVD

Easy to setup up but can't record copyrighted material. So if you are trying to turn you VHS into DVD's this isn't the option for you.

Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use

Not able to copy all VHS

Sep, 2008

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

Really Love it !!

great for copying old VCR tapes to DVD's

Consistent Performance, Durable, Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, High Quality Picture

Sep, 2008

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

Good Product...however...

Bought this unit 6 months ago...worked great, easy set up and playbacks a snap[...]

Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use

Sep, 2008

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

RECOMMENDED!!!!

in terms of overall performance,this one BEATS EVERYONE BY A 'ZILLION LIGHT YEARS.

Consistent Performance, Durable, Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, High Quality Picture

Jul, 2008

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

BAD NEW

Please unstand that to record with this system you will NEED a Cable Box,

Difficult To Set Up, Difficult To Use, NEED Cable Box

Jun, 2008

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

I love it

No problem hooking up. Does a nice job of recording from our satellite and copying movies from VHS to DVD. This is our first DVD recorder and the manual is easy to follow. A must-have for me is a time display (telling me how much time has elapsed on...

Consistent Performance, Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Understandable Manual

Jun, 2008

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

very nice deck but no tuner

got this deck after a JVC combo deck died. It says on the back this is actually made by LG, I knew zenith was bought out a while ago. I like the usb input for connecting a digital camcorder. The vcr mechanism feels solid when I insert a tape. It was...

Consistent Performance, Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use

No tuner

May, 2008

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

I Strongly recommend this product

I have bought and retunred many of these and this was the easiest and best quality I have ever seen.

Consistent Performance, Easy one touch recording, Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, High Quality Picture

Mar, 2008

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

High Quality

I almost did not buy this product because of the reviews. Got it home and it works wonderfully with high quality. Made DVD's for all the family of old VCR tapes.

Consistent Performance, Durable, High Quality Picture

Jan, 2008

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Consumer review (radioshack.com)

Can't Fast forward making VHS onto DVD's

I bought this for my daughter who is 24 yrs old for Xmas and she loves it!! The only thing that she didn't like was she cant FF the dubbing onto the DVD's so in other words she has to watch the videos over and over from start to finish to make them...

Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use

Dec, 2007

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