Sony SLV-N750 VHS / S-VHS playback VCR
- VCR Type: VHS / S-VHS playback
- Number of Video Heads: 4
- General Features: Auto Clock Set Auto Head Cleaner On Screen Menu Quasi SVHS Playback Commercial Skip Auto Tracking Auto Channel Program Child Lock Jog Dial
- Audio: Hi-Fi Stereo
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SLV-N750: VCR Player: Update: Still Works!!
Pros
Light as a feather. Sleek-looking. Ultimate plug-in and play model. Remote batteries included!! Guacamole.
Cons
High-speed rewind sound scares pets up to 100' away (including fish!). Snowstorms.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
As a low-budget VCR the SLV-N750 works for me. Sleek looking and light as a feather. Shuts itself off too. Easy to install, ready to play. Go get one!
SLV-N750 Review.
I'd write a longer review of this product but other Epinion reviewers have beaten me to the punch. Seems they have a bit more time on their hands and much more familiarity with this product than me.
Thus far, after three months usage, no complaints, but, relative to the negative reviews I've read I oughta maybe convert it into a boat anchor post haste?
My few comments are these:
Hell, for the $70.00 plus tax that I paid for this unit at my local Best Buy, I wasn't expecting a VCR capable of going up with the next Space Shuttle. I mean, really, it's a V-C-R! We dinosaurs who are still actually using these things are lucky that the electronic police don't round us up at check out, in order to toss us into the DVD player section without coupons for daring to buy these antiquated devices.
That being said, in the short time I've had it my SLV-N750,
it hasn't chewed up any tapes, nor has it failed to execute properly whenever I've used it. Its mega-fast rewind takes less than a minute to rewind a T-120, and the only negative feature about that is the sound that the VCR makes while doing so: a fast, faster, fastest whirring sound that makes one hide behind the couch for fear the thing might blow up, or burst into flames.
But, as of yet, no explosions, and no fire extinguishers needed.
PICTURE QUALITY: The picture provided, well, need I repeat: IT'S A VCR! I don't know much, but I do not that DVD technology never did catch up--or go back and abet--VHS cassette tape production, and but so the quality put into a VCR is the quality that comes out of it. Okay by me, so far for this unit. (The "Pearl Jam: Live at Madison Sq. Garden" tape I played yesterday ran smoothly with great audio and visual.)
DISPLAY FEATURES: By hitting the "display" key on the remote
the virtual time on the VCR cassette is displayed, along with a picture indicating where the tape is on its reel. This helps one hone in on minutes, and also alerts one about where they are on the VCR tape.
SET-UP: A snap. This is a plug-in and play unit. I know that because I plugged in the jacks as directed, plugged the cord into the wall, hit the ON/OFF button, tossed in a tape, and this sucker played it right off. Sweet!
RECORDING/TIMER: Snaps. An untrained monkey with a learning disability can learn to record programs in a nonce. Timer recordings are easy too; I pulled that off without even using the manual, and with no help from the monkey sitting next to me on my couch.
REMOTE CONTROL: Flimsy feeling, and some weird chalky color, but it works. Mine queued right up with my TV, and but so now I don't have to touch that remote, or my cable remote, and I'm off and running with channels and volume, etc. The EJECT button even works!
MENU OPTIONS FOR THE REMOTE: This was also a snap to program, though God only knows what half the things I've programmed actually do. Anyway, I now have AUTO POWER set to turn off the VCR 1Hr after the last operation. Surely that accounts for something, yes? I also have POWER SAVE engaged, that eliminates the glowing clock indicator so that I can sleep without unwanted ambient light. I also have AUTO PLAY engaged so that the tapes begin to PLAY immediately when I put them in. That frees up my popcorn bowl handling abilities, eliminating the search for the VCR remote! Another BIG plus.
LOOK & FEEL: The product has an ultra modern, sleek metallic silver facing. Its lighter than a feather. I tell friends that it cost me over $3,000 and none of them have called me on that lie just yet.
My point: for a VCR it looks just fine.
CLOCK: No, mine is not flashing "12:00." I might be old school, but I'm not dumb. Setting the clock up was easier than plugging the unit in! (Perhaps I should move some furniture around?)
FINAL SUMMARY: It's a VCR! Expect the same level of technologic advances from the SLV-N750 as you would if you were purchasing an unopened 8-track player at a yard sale.
I'd write a longer review of this product but other Epinion reviewers have beaten me to the punch. Seems they have a bit more time on their hands and much more familiarity with this product than me.
Thus far, after three months usage, no complaints, but, relative to the negative reviews I've read I oughta maybe convert it into a boat anchor post haste?
My few comments are these:
Hell, for the $70.00 plus tax that I paid for this unit at my local Best Buy, I wasn't expecting a VCR capable of going up with the next Space Shuttle. I mean, really, it's a V-C-R! We dinosaurs who are still actually using these things are lucky that the electronic police don't round us up at check out, in order to toss us into the DVD player section without coupons for daring to buy these antiquated devices.
That being said, in the short time I've had it my SLV-N750,
it hasn't chewed up any tapes, nor has it failed to execute properly whenever I've used it. Its mega-fast rewind takes less than a minute to rewind a T-120, and the only negative feature about that is the sound that the VCR makes while doing so: a fast, faster, fastest whirring sound that makes one hide behind the couch for fear the thing might blow up, or burst into flames.
But, as of yet, no explosions, and no fire extinguishers needed.
PICTURE QUALITY: The picture provided, well, need I repeat: IT'S A VCR! I don't know much, but I do not that DVD technology never did catch up--or go back and abet--VHS cassette tape production, and but so the quality put into a VCR is the quality that comes out of it. Okay by me, so far for this unit. (The "Pearl Jam: Live at Madison Sq. Garden" tape I played yesterday ran smoothly with great audio and visual.)
DISPLAY FEATURES: By hitting the "display" key on the remote
the virtual time on the VCR cassette is displayed, along with a picture indicating where the tape is on its reel. This helps one hone in on minutes, and also alerts one about where they are on the VCR tape.
SET-UP: A snap. This is a plug-in and play unit. I know that because I plugged in the jacks as directed, plugged the cord into the wall, hit the ON/OFF button, tossed in a tape, and this sucker played it right off. Sweet!
RECORDING/TIMER: Snaps. An untrained monkey with a learning disability can learn to record programs in a nonce. Timer recordings are easy too; I pulled that off without even using the manual, and with no help from the monkey sitting next to me on my couch.
REMOTE CONTROL: Flimsy feeling, and some weird chalky color, but it works. Mine queued right up with my TV, and but so now I don't have to touch that remote, or my cable remote, and I'm off and running with channels and volume, etc. The EJECT button even works!
MENU OPTIONS FOR THE REMOTE: This was also a snap to program, though God only knows what half the things I've programmed actually do. Anyway, I now have AUTO POWER set to turn off the VCR 1Hr after the last operation. Surely that accounts for something, yes? I also have POWER SAVE engaged, that eliminates the glowing clock indicator so that I can sleep without unwanted ambient light. I also have AUTO PLAY engaged so that the tapes begin to PLAY immediately when I put them in. That frees up my popcorn bowl handling abilities, eliminating the search for the VCR remote! Another BIG plus.
LOOK & FEEL: The product has an ultra modern, sleek metallic silver facing. Its lighter than a feather. I tell friends that it cost me over $3,000 and none of them have called me on that lie just yet.
My point: for a VCR it looks just fine.
CLOCK: No, mine is not flashing "12:00." I might be old school, but I'm not dumb. Setting the clock up was easier than plugging the unit in! (Perhaps I should move some furniture around?)
FINAL SUMMARY: It's a VCR! Expect the same level of technologic advances from the SLV-N750 as you would if you were purchasing an unopened 8-track player at a yard sale.
