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Samsung Combination DVD and VCR

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For those who want the best of both worlds, and hate paying $35 for a recordable DVD disk, the Samsung DVDV5000 is a combination DVD player and VCR which also reads VCDs, Audio CDs and CD-ROMs and can copy DVDs that have no Macrovision protection to VHS tape. Indeed, if you connect this model to two different TV monitors, you can simultaneously watch DVD and VHS. Numerous niceties abound, including plug-and-play capabilities (it automatically memorizes all active TV channels), ultra-fast VHS rewind and fast forward (400 times playback speed), auto fit recording and an interval repeat feature.The unit also comes with a Universal Remote Control Unit and includes the G-CODE Programming System.

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