Sony VRDMC10 DVDirect External DVD Recorder / Player

2012-02-19T19:00:00

I have had this for a few days and I am getting ready to send it back. I can typically read manuals and use new digital / tech items. I found it very difficult to use other than burning pictures from sd card to a dvd. Not worth the money I paid for it but thankfully I can still return it!

tomcats72

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2011-03-27T20:00:00

Bought this unit to transfer home movies to DVD. First attempt would not finalize disc. After that, unit was unable to tell a disc was in the tray. Attempts to solve problem through Sony support failed. Luckily under warranty so getting a replacement - hopefully replacement unit will work.

dglnwa

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2011-01-11T19:00:00

This was purchased for our church's media team. Thus far it has met up to all that we need. I would highly recommend this product and would highly recommend Adorama for ordering it.

Steve

2010-12-21T19:00:00

I ordered this item for the sole purpose of coping movies off my DVR in HD to watch later or give to nephew. I am very disappointed by by the quality of the playback. It is not HD but SD which is unacceptable. The input is only standard cables; even after hooking up the s-video it is still nothing like HD on playback. No component in or HMDI in. For $250 im sure there is one out there that will do what I want...sending this unit back. Just got it yesterday.

Bobkeiling

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2010-07-10T20:00:00

I own an older RDR-GX300 which offers signal pass-through. The MC10 is a newer model and they've regressed. I wanted to upgrade to this because my RDR model weighs 10 lbs and takes up lots of table space. It's so useless to have outputs on this device that only work during playback mode. I mean, you just burned a dvd, so why would you pay $100 difference when you can play the disc on any $25 player? I would think you could verify the recorded signal on the 2.5" screen which is on the cheaper models. But how would you verify the audio? Come on Sony, fix these issues on the next model and I will be first in line to buy one of these.

PEAKMEDIA

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2010-06-09T21:00:00

Purchase this for our trip. Wanted to transfer from HDD HandyCam and photo cards to DVD to save room on the Hard drive. Works great, but does weight almost 6 pounds to transport.

Coolone

2010-04-25T20:00:00

I found it rather ironic, that I can take an SD card out of my Canon HF-10 and copy AVCHD files to a DVD in seconds, but I cannot use the Firewire iLINK input to record directly from my SONY HDR-FX1000 WHY? LET THE BUYER BEWARE, even though this is listed as an acessory to my camera, the fine print taketh away: The following models are not supported for recording with a DV (i.LINK) cable. Use an audio/video cable. – DCR-VX700 – DCR-VX1000 – HDR-FX1 – HDR-FX7 – HDR-FX1000 SONY should rewrite the firmware so that you can use the iLINK to land the AVCHD files right off the camera while recording. WHY NOT? They would be competing with ADOBE ON LOCATION with that kind of support. Okay, still a great way of archiving video, making DVDs of PHOTOS and Videos IF YOU HAVE THE CHEAPER CAMERAS.. what??? come on SONY, do it right. dd

DCDouglas

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2010-03-22T20:00:00

How Sony issue something NTSC format only with new features that makes customers like to buy it and after that takes the surprise it is not a multi format , it is only NTSC without announcing on the official website of sony so not leting non americans not to buy it because it is not compatible for them

Tarek

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2010-03-01T19:00:00

No commercial disc playback, No playback from any discs other than what's burned from this unit. No audio monitoring while recording. No video or audio passthrough to external components while recording (EE).

edycam

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2009-05-09T20:00:00

Took more hours to find out the differences between MC5 and MC10. MC10 has video outputs (HDMI, Component, or Composite video outputs) and a remote control for playback, MC5 doesn't. Therefore, MC10 can be used as a stand-alone DVD player to playback AVCHD discs. If all you need is to archive from camcorder to DVD and you already have a AVCHD capable player (such as PS3 or a PC), then MC5 is enough for you. MC5 is $100 cheaper too.

dchao

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2009-01-19T19:00:00

This appears to be a wonderful, if expensive, solution to making DVD's from the Sony HDR-TG1 HDTV camera on a Sony VGN-TZ180 laptop computer. It is almost impossible today, as these Sony products either doesn't work together, or it takes hours with today's technology.. The VRD-MC10 should make the process perfect, and help convert old VHS and other video tape formats to a DVD for archiving and sharing as well. I can't wait.

OldMaster

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