Sharp DV-NC150U DVD Player/VCR Combo  (DVNC150U, DV NC150U)

Sharp's DV-NC150U combination DVD player and 4-head, hi-fi stereo VCR saves shelf space while enhancing your home theater options. Especially convenient is its ability to record content to a VHS videocassette while simultaneously playing back a crystal-clear DVD, letting you watch a new movie now while taping the news or a favorite program for viewing at a later time. The DV-NC150U is easy to use and was designed with convenience, flexibility, and home-entertainment value in mind. The unit is compatible with a variety of media, including DVD-Video, DVD-RW/R, DVD+RW/R, audio CD, and MP3 music files recorded on CD-R/CD-RW discs.
Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DV-NC150U stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

For simpler setups, a single composite-video jack channels signals from both the DVD player and the VCR, while the DVD player also offers an S-video connection for compatible TVs. Likewise, the DVD player and VCR share a single set of stereo analog (left/right) RCA audio outs, with DVD offering the flexibility of an additional set of stereo analog jacks and a coaxial digital-audio output for routing both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals to a full-featured audio/video receiver.

This model's 4-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images, and with hi-fi sound the unit's VCR records and plays back stereo audio tracks. If you route the stereo output to an AV receiver, you can even enjoy 4-channel (left, center, right, and monaural surround) Dolby Pro Logic mixes from TV and Dolby-encoded cassettes. Other VCR features include auto rewind, auto repeat (great for trade shows), and auto/manual tracking adjustments.

Rapid Play spins a DVD at slightly faster or slightly slower than normal speed (approximately 1.3x to 0.8x normal speed) while maintaining normal pitch for the soundtrack. This feature works only with Dolby Digital-encoded DVDs. Resume play (DVD/CD) lets you resume playback from the point at which the player last stopped.

Specifications

• Includes DVD player: Yes

• Includes VCR: Yes

• Number of discs: 1

• Region playback (DVD): Compatible only with discs coded for Region 1 and for All Regions

• Progressive scan (DVD): Yes

• Switchable 480p/480i (DVD): Yes

• Compatible formats: DVD-Video (NTSC), DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, VHS videocassette, audio CD, MP3 CD

• Picture zoom: 2x, 4x

• Rapid play (DVD): Yes (slightly faster or slightly slower than norma speed, with audio (Dolby Digital-encoded discs only)

• Resume play (DVD): Yes

• Repeat play (DVD): Yes

• Random play (DVD): Yes

• Aspect-ratio control (DVD): Yes

• Track programming (DVD): Yes

• Dynamic range control: Yes (for CD playback)

• Bookmarking (DVD): Yes (up to 10)

• Bit-rate indicator (DVD): Yes

• Screen saver: Yes

• Heads (VCR): 4

• Stereo (VCR): Yes

• Indexing (VCR): Yes

• Auto head cleaning (VCR): Yes

• Auto tracking (VCR): Yes (and manual)

• Auto rewind (VCR): Yes

• Auto repeat (VCR): Yes

• Timer backup: 30 seconds

• NTSC tuner: Yes (181 channels)

• MTS/SAP reception: Yes

• Advance programming: Yes (1 year)

• One-touch recording: Yes

• Slow motion: Yes

• Multilingual onscreen display: Yes (English, Spanish, French)

• Remote control: Yes

• Black-level expansion: Yes

• Parental control: Yes

• SAP: Yes

• Surround sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1-channel passthrough to compatible AV receiver; simulated surround sound from 2 channels

• Audio outputs: 2 stereo analog (left/right) RCA (1 DVD/VCR, 1 DVD only), 1 coaxial digital-audio (DVD only)

• Audio inputs: 2 stereo analog (left/right) RCA

• Video outputs: 1 composite-video (DVD/VCR), 1 S-video (DVD), 1 component-video (DVD)

• Video inputs: 2 composite-video

• Front AV jacks: Yes

• Power supply: AC 120V, 60 Hz

• Power consumption: 21 watts (standby: 3.6 watts)

• Energy Star compliant: Yes

• UPC: 074000354425

• Item width: 17.19 inches

• Item height: 3.75 inches

• Item depth: 9.19 inches

Features

• Space-saving DVD player/VCR combo with 1-year advance programming and playback support for DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, and MP3 CD

• 4-head, stereo VHS videocassette recording and playback with autorepeat and autorewind

• Unified composite-video output for DVD/VCR; progressive-scan DVD output option renders seamless images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs

• Coaxial digital-audio output passes Dolby Digital and DTS surround signals to compatible A/V receivers for enveloping surround sound

• Measures 17.2 x 3.8 x 9.2 inches (W x H x D)

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*This item is BRAND NEW - not refurbished. It comes with all manufacturer supplied accessories, and full manufacturer's USA warranty.