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Question: Will this player play PAL (European/South American) tapes?
Document: Very disappointed with this product ! Does not play closed captions, only DVD's with sub titles which most American DVD's don't have. Also cannot hook up cassette player to TV through cable box & HDMI.Certainly not a product made for HD TV's, should have stayed with my 12 year old one !
Got this player mainly to play VHS and picture quality is not what was expected. I do undersatnd that tapes are degraded with time but they were played on another player and the quality was better. I might purchase again but would have reservations in doing so after shopping around.
Did not keep it long. The tapes seemed to play okay but it was a cursory test. Because I tried a DVD I had just played on my other DVD player, it would not play and had a red x on the upper right side of the screen. Called Magnavox and they had me print a label from online to return the unit.
We wanted a VCR to play old tapes from time to time - not copy them. This plays very well and wasn't tricky to hook up. It would have been great if iit could play DVD's too, but the door to the DVD player was broken - and the DVD player doesn't work. For the price, I kept it just to play tapes whenever we want to. .
This Is Not A VCR/DVD Player that will Copy your VHS to DVD!It will record on to VHS, will play all 3 play modes on VHS and of course it will Play DVD's.Does Not have Coax Connection, it has RCA 3 connections, multiple connections.This product will play tapes from far back as 1986, not all that good but look at the tapes age.
Bought this specifically to use mainly with VHS tapes. As soon as it was set up (connected to an HDTV), tried to play several tapes, but the picture was so jumpy and unsteady, even after adjusting the tracking controls, that it was unwatchable. Tried connecting it to a non-HDTV as well, with the same result. It will be getting picked up to be returned tomorrow. (The DVD player worked fine when we tried it.)
Our Panasonic VCR died a few weeks ago and we needed to replace it. The TV we used it with is a 25-year old GE. This player works with our old TV and we can play VHS tapes, record VHS tapes and watch DVD's. I am using a cable box from Comcast. This unit does not have a tuner, so you will need an external one like a cable box.
It plays my old VHS library on my 32" Toshiba CRT TV. Just what I wanted, so that I wouldn't lose the capability to play my tapes. It also plays DVD movies and Audio CDs. It's a basic VHS/DVD player that is a great value. No fancy hook-up with HDMI. Also, no tuner. It has a VCR record function...for what purpose, I'm not sure.
Short reason: Poor quality manufacturing. Poor customer service through Magnavox.The detailed reason:I purchased this machine for my Mom who still wanted to be able to play her VHS concerts that she can't find on DVD. I purchased it through Amazon in October, and the VHS player stopped playing the tapes in March. I had to go through Magnavox since the purchase was too long after to return through Amazon.
As machines that will play both DVD's and VCR tapes as well as recprd pm VCR tapes is becoming more and more difficult, this machine is a God Send.
Answer: No it is not a European PAL format dvd/vcr.This will play NTSC format,NOT PAL.If you want a PAL format machine then purchase a PAL format machine.