Although we're huge fans of convergence around here -- i.e. packing as many functions as possible into a single device -- our love of feature-creep has never extended to VCR / DVD combo units which, ...

(Columbia) February 28, 2002 - DVD players are big sellers, but, unless you pay big bucks, you can't record programs like you can with your VCR. Combo machines, though, promise to do it all.

A lot of the cheap combo units that have a DVD and VHS deck in one box can only have one or the other active at a time.<BR><BR>Macrovision in the VHS era was only for recording to VHS in the first ...

I've been looking at buying a DVD/CD player recently, and today went by Best Buy to see what they had. Perusing their stock line, I came apon this DVD/VCR combo made by Samsung, called the DVD-V1000.

Okay, somebody needs to explain to me how “upscaling” works. I’m assuming it’s just a matter of blowing up a picture to fit a specified resolution, kind of like the crappy digital zoom you find on ...

As the DVD blitz continues to push its way through mainstream home, car and office electronics, a new TV has been introduced to ease the growing pains of thrifty consumers. Thomson Multimedia , ...