Magnavox ZV457MG9 DVD Recorder / VCR Combo

It was great to be able to put it under the Christmas tree. Now if I can just figure out how to make it work. It is in great condition, but I am not very good with electronics.

Works perfectly. Just as advertised. Would not hesitate to by another one of these units. Have had absolutely no problems and have used the unit several times since I received it.

Kinda ironic that ebay wants me to write a review about this thing 2 days after it ate a tape and 1 day after the dvd recorder failed to record another program.

well i've had it for about a month or so, up until recently the only problem i had with it, other than the lousy button layout, 45 second load time for ANY dvd, overall stupid interface, and the fact that u CAN'T set up the dvd and vcr to record at the same time, is that the dvd did not record a program. i've had 1 dvd recorder before this and it too seemed to have an occasional problem recording to a disk. i expected this to happen every once in a while, which is why i had half the programs recorded on the vcr part. i feel that vcr's are way more reliable than dvd recorders, mainly because i have a jvc vcr that has lasted me over 8yrs. well just the other day the vcr part started eating tapes. luckily i was able to get the tape out. i switched all the programs that i record on the vcr over to the dvd. the next day, when the dvd was set to record a program, i checked to make sure it started and was recording, which it was. when i tried to watch the program the next day, it did not record. "error writing to disk". i am so glad i didnt pay full price for this, but i wish i'd gotten the warranty. i would advise ppl to not only stay away from this dvd recorder, but dvd recorders in general. i've never had dvr, but i'd bet they are more reliable.

one last annoying thing about this unit. the audio out is on the dvd side, which means if u have it hooked up to a home theater, only the sound from the dvd will come out through the speakers.

Like:
A lot of features, Digital tuner, HDMI upconversion, recording to VHS from tuner or DVD, recording to DVD from VHS, digital tuner, front input, rear input, front DV input. Picture quality is very good up to 3 hours, 4hours is a little bur but very acceptable to many.

Love:
Love price on eBay compared with expensive Panasonic EZ48V. Has many features better than EZ48V such as recording to VHS with tuner and from DVD which EZ48V does not have. No freeze so far as compared with EZ48V's occasional freezing. With Panasonic's price, you can buy 2 ZV457MG9.

Dislike:
Not much except the remote button is small and initializing DVD+RW and finishing recording is slow. The physical build is cheap.