Magnavox MRV640 DVD Recorder

Magnavox MRV640 DVD Recorder

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The Magnavox MRV640 is a first-rate DVD player and recorder, a state-of-the-art source component that's also fixed to displace your VCR. Now you can archive your home movies and edit favorite scenes to share with loved ones: use recordable DVD+R and re-recordable DVD+RW media for compiling home-video highlights or for storing TV programs, then mail them to loved ones or, with TV programs, watch them at your convenience. The MRV640 stores up to 8 hours of audio and video at varying quality levels, from sub-VHS quality to VHS/S-VHS quality, DVD quality, and full DV quality.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the MRV640 stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

The MRV640 also performs 3:2 pulldown detection. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24-frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; reverse 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.

Top-of-the-line component-video inputs and outputs help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts on compatible advanced televisions, while composite- and S-video inputs/outputs bring compatibility with nearly any input source and television. One each RF coaxial video input and output simplify hookup with antennas, older VCRs, and cable boxes. The unit's front panel sports a set of inputs for your temporary AV connections.

What's in the Box
DVD recorder, remote control, remote batteries, an RF coaxial A/V cable, a stereo analog audio interconnect, a composite-video interconnect, a user's manual (English/Spanish), a quick-use guide, and an AC power cord.

Product Description:
Whether in homes, factories, offices, airports, or on the street, it's hard to imagine a place where Philips is absent. What Philips wants is to make your life and work easier - and more fun! And Philips continuously explores new ways to improve products and to offer innovative products to its consumers. Philips. "Let's Make Things Better".PRODUCT FEATURES:Up to 8 hours of recording per disc with 4 recording speeds options;Records on DVD+R/+RW Discs;Front AV connections for convenient connection to your video camera;DVD, DVD+R/RW, VCD and SVCD;CD, MP3-CD, CD-R/RW, Picture CD (JPEG + MP3);Progressive Scan (3:2 pull-down);Component video output;Dolby Digital - coaxial output;192kHz/24 bit audio DAC for superior sound quality.

Magnavox MRV640 DVD Recorder

Remanufactured Magnavox MRV640 Progressive Scan DVD+RW Recorder
Average customer rating:

Programed not to open "BLOCKED"

Don't waste your money!!

pretty good....functional

Purchased 2 - Only 1 works

Worthless

Remanufactured Magnavox MRV640 Progressive Scan DVD+RW Recorder

Manufacturer: Magnavox
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Product Features:

Up to 8 hours of recording per disc with 4 recording speeds options

Records on DVD+R/+RW discs; compatible with VCD and SVCD, CD, MP3-CD, CD-R/RW, Picture CD (JPEG + MP3) formats

Front AV connections for convenient connection to your video camera

Dolby Digital coaxial output; 192kHz/24 bit audio DAC for superior sound quality

Remanufactured to like-new condition; includes 90 day warranty

ASIN: B0009WSQV4

Amazon.com Product Description

The Magnavox MRV640 is a first-rate DVD player and recorder, a state-of-the-art source component that's also fixed to displace your VCR. Now you can archive your home movies and edit favorite scenes to share with loved ones: use recordable DVD+R and re-recordable DVD+RW media for compiling home-video highlights or for storing TV programs, then mail them to loved ones or, with TV programs, watch them at your convenience. The MRV640 stores up to 8 hours of audio and video at varying quality levels, from sub-VHS quality to VHS/S-VHS quality, DVD quality, and full DV quality.

Customer Reviews:

Programed not to open "BLOCKED" .......2007-04-12

Same problem as many others. The month after warranty expired it wouldn't open and said "BLOCKED". I called and was told to unplug it and press "ON" when replugging. "BLOCKED" again came up. It does not even have screws you can unscrew yourself without special tool. I lost hours of recordings when it would shut itself off during record or play modes! Over priced even if it did work for more than a few months.
I'll NEVER buy Magnavox again because of bad product and run around service guy who said "It is probably past warranty, they all should be" It shouldn't have been on the market.

Don't waste your money!!.......2006-11-22

I bought one of these little jewels new and after recording maybe 3 hours total, I couldn't eject the disk because it was "blocked". I sent the whole thing back to Philips for repairs and waited. ... and waited ... and waited. Finally, after 2 1/2 months of waiting and several phone calls (answered in India by people I couldn't understand well) and at least three people telling me to call back in one week I finally made a big enough stink to get transfered to a supervisor. The supervisor and every other operator I had spoken with to that point had verified all of my information including name, address, zip, etc. Then the supervisor told me that they hadn't sent the repaired or in my case remanufactured DVR out because they didn't have my address! Well I finally got the remanufactured one back and it lasted for get this, 95 days. That's five days more than the "renewed 90 day warranty" that came with it. Now it won't come on at all and won't eject again. OH, I have to give Magnavox credit though, this one did record for twice as long as the new one... 6 WHOLE HOURS! Save your money and save yourself a headache. This thing is a piece. I'll never buy Magnavox again.

pretty good....functional.......2006-07-06

The interface is a bit difficult to use - definitely not user-friendly. I had to read the manual to know how to use it. It's a pretty good machine for functionality - I haven't done anything special with it other than record and play. I've done that at different speeds and haven't had any problems. No complaints.

Purchased 2 - Only 1 works.......2006-02-03

I purchased two of these as gifts for my sons. One set up quickly and works great a month later. However, the other one will not read a disc; any disc; even the rescue disc sent to us by Magnavox. They are very helpful at Magnavox, but am disappointed to know that we have to pay shipping to the repair center. Also, I "thought" I read that we could purchase an extended warranty on these. That is not the case. Magnavox will not sell extended warranties on refurbished items. Also, if you send them for repair, they do not give you another 90 days to see if the recorder works okay; you only get the original 90 days, so if it doesn't work this first and only time, we will be out of luck. However, I should have connected the recorder prior to gift time to be sure they both worked properly.

Worthless.......2005-11-09

I recently bought this recorder, and after only 35 days, the DVD drawer would not open due to being "blocked" by some sort of internal mechanical device. Additionlly, when I tried to turn the DVD player on it would automatically turn off while trying to retrive the cable signal. Also, when I would record a TV show, sometimes it would only record and play for approx. 2 minutes although the Disc would show 1 hour of recording. Take if from me, save your money. This is the most worthless product on the market today.

Average customer rating:

Pretty worthless. 2 1/2 stars.
I have to disagree.............never hung up on me....
Buyers take heed
Does the job if you don't ask for anything complex!
"Blocked" in week 2 of use Don't buy this Lemon

Magnavox MRV640 DVD Recorder

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Product Features:

DVD+R,+RW Record
Up to 8 hours recording time
3.2 Progressive Scan
Plays dVD, CD, MP3, Pic CD
Dolby Digital

ASIN: B0002472QE

Product Description

Whether in homes, factories, offices, airports, or on the street, it's hard to imagine a place where Philips is absent. What Philips wants is to make your life and work easier - and more fun! And Philips continuously explores new ways to improve products and to offer innovative products to its consumers. Philips. "Let's Make Things Better".PRODUCT FEATURES:Up to 8 hours of recording per disc with 4 recording speeds options;Records on DVD+R/+RW Discs;Front AV connections for convenient connection to your video camera;DVD, DVD+R/RW, VCD and SVCD;CD, MP3-CD, CD-R/RW, Picture CD (JPEG + MP3);Progressive Scan (3:2 pull-down);Component video output;Dolby Digital - coaxial output;192kHz/24 bit audio DAC for superior sound quality.

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Customer Reviews:

Pretty worthless. 2 1/2 stars........2007-02-25

This seems to be one of the older DVD recorders, when the kinks were still getting worked out. They're much cheaper now and hopefully better, because if they're still made like this, I have no idea why anyone would buy them. I've had it for over 2 years, and I will give it credit, it still works and has never given me any error messages or not recorded. It is, however, VERY annoying knowing it only uses +R discs; I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to desperately record something and only had perfectly good -R DVDs. The machine also loses points for being bulky, sluggish, and super ugly. But my biggest gripe with this recorder is that NONE OF THE DVDS I RECORD ON THIS WORK IN ANY OTHER DVD PLAYER. Period. I am forced to sit and watch them on this unit, and I don't use cheap DVD players. They can play DVD-\+R\RW, VCD, SVCD, Audio, and image CDs, anything but a DVD recorded on this piece of crap right here. I have tried the discs on numerous DVD players other than the 3 in my home, and in different computers equipped with dvd drives. And I don't use cheap DVD+Rs. Please, if you are considering buying a dvd recorder, do yourself a favor and steer clear of this disaster.

I have to disagree.............never hung up on me...........2006-09-22

I even bought this as a refurbished item here at Amazon and have had no problems. The only issue I've found has been that I usually use DVD-RWs or DVD-Rs per my video recorder, but forgot that this only uses DVD+Rs.....etc.

I purchased this for less than 1/2 the original price and have no regrets. I must admit that I purchase too many electronics and stay away from brands such as Emerson and Coby..............but stick with Magnavox and Sanyo..........etc. You get what you pay for.

I can't relate to the "hung-up" problem of other buyers, but will vouch that I've had this refurbished recorder for over a year and have had no problems whatsoever. I often record onto VHS and mostly used this component to transfer it onto DVD. Worked well..........took some time to get used to..........but always did the trick for me.

I only hope it works as well for the next buyer..............

Buyers take heed.......2006-07-09

Read the other reviews and take them to heart. This unit is a boatanchor. It played fine until it completely quit, giving the "blocked" message that seems to be a running issue, and that was all she wrote. As for recording, there were several times I thought it was programmed properly, but it failed to record. Since I always reviewed my settings, I now doubt it was my fault after reading other reviews. On the successful recordings, many were fine, but others would suddenly pixelate, and would then pick up a few seconds into the program later, or maybe a few minutes later. You could watch an hour program in about 40 minutes in some cases just due to the missing content. Name brand DVD discs, too. Meanwhile, the remote suffers from the same problem virtually all DVD devices have, the buttons are laid out by someone that has no clue what the device even does, and so you're continually hunting for the frequently used ones, while the ones you need once a year are scattered right in with the rest. Utterly unintuitive, although truthfully, no worse than any other DVD device. Ovbiously I never really got to the buttons I needed once a year, because the unit died in six months, after approximately 12 hours of recording time and maybe 20 hours of play time. That worked out to about $5.00 per hour of use. While it's a worthless piece of junk, I will admit it's the purty-est unit in my setup. They should have spent some more time on the interior of the box.

Does the job if you don't ask for anything complex!.......2006-06-12

If you just want to record on demand, nothing fancy or in special formats, it certainly gets the job done for a great price. Paid $51+shipping for this used. The 1st owner couldn't figure it out (either the installation or use of it), so it was virtually unused. I haven't encountered any problems with simple recording on +R disks, and that's all I've tried so far. Everything I've recorded plays on my other DVD players as well.

However the major problem that even the lightest of users will encounter: the manual is horrendous. Although well organized and thorough it what it covers, the actual content is terrible. There is 1 tiny paragraph on installing it in conjunction with a cable or satelite box. I mean who doesn't have one of these - isn't that a rather important topic? I had a bear of a time getting it set up and I'm an electronics professional. The manual omits information about the remote's 'monitor' button until about chapter 10-zillion; that's the button that lets you toggle between the recorder's menu/image and the cable signal. No wonder I thought I had it hooked up wrong, I couldn't view any cable signal! Of course it's filled with grammatical and typographical errors, but even if it weren't, the content is junk. Don't demand much of this, do the simplest tasks, get ready to read the manual cover to cover, and you'll be just fine.

"Blocked" in week 2 of use Don't buy this Lemon.......2006-06-01

AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID MAGNAVOX AVOID MAGNAVOX AVOID MAGNAVOX AVOID MAGNAVOX Avoid this Magnavox DVD recorder. First it started losing content which I thought was operator error. Then I went to open the tray to replace the DVD and I get a "Blocked" message. Well if you get "Blocked" according to the owner's manual the show is over. The end. FINIS Omega Nothing you can do about it. Opening and closing a disc tray is so very basic. All my CD players have managed to do this. All my computers do it. All our DVD players do it. My cars can handle it at 105 degrees F or minus 10 degrees F over rough road or off road. But MAGNAVOX gets hung up just sitting still in a cool room in a basement and can do no more than tell you its " BLOCKED ". I got mine as a gift and it was purchased at Radio Shack. I'm surprised they carry this lemon of a product. So now I have the hassle of having to try to get it fixed but to save you time with reading the next 27 messages. ITS NOT WORTH IT. Don't buy it. Look at the star ratings and know that most of its owners would never buy another one again. Have a Great Day !

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