Sony VRDMC6 (Black)
Black DVD recorder for digital camcorders and cameras
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What to do with all this footage?
Over the years, you've amassed a fairly substantial body of home video footage. And because you started filming back, oh let's say, in the 1980's, you've also got a pretty diverse collection of media: VHS tapes, mini DVDs, flash memory cards, and camcorder hard drives. You've thought about transferring it all to your computer's hard drive, but that's going to require a lot of space, plus there's no way to get the VHS to your computer. You need some other solution. You need the VRD-MC6 DVD recorder from Sony. The VRD-MC6 allows you to record video from a variety of sources — including VHS, digital camcorders, and DVRs — onto DVD. (The VRD-MC6 even supports encoding of 2-channel and 5.1-channel Dolby Digital audio!) Not only can the DVDs be stored easily and compactly, but they're easy to copy for friends and family and you can play them anywhere there's a DVD player. Further, the VRD-MC6 allows you to transfer photos from a variety of memory card formats to DVD. And the best part is . . . you don't even need a PC!
Nuts n' bolts stuff
Okay, so here's this all works. Using the VRD-MC6's USB, composite video, and L/R audio inputs, you can connect to everything from a VHS player, to a DVR, to a Sony Handycam digital camcorder. Once connected, you can begin transferring video footage from the source to a blank DVD disc in the VRD-MC6 recorder. The VRD-MC6 even sports an i.LINK (IEEE 1394) input for connection to a variety of digital camcorders. For photo recording, the procedure is much the same, except you insert the Memory Stick, SD, or xD Picture Card from your digital camera into one of the VRD-MC6's dedicated media slots, and begin transfer. Allowing you to achieve a polished finished product, the VRD-MC6 features a 2.7" color LCD viewscreen for previewing video and photos, as well as automatic DVD title, menu, and chapter setup.
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DVDirect VRD-MC6 Review (August 26, 2011)
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Reviewed By: Dave H. - Greer, SC
I got this product so my wife could move tv shows from DVR to DVD. Hookup was super fast and when I tried it out this morning, it was a cinch to use! Documentation was good and I quickly moved several shows to a DVD so we could free up precious DVR storage space. I played it back on our blue ray player and it worked as expected. Fabulous product and Vanns got it to us extremely fast! Highly recommend it!
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SONY DVD Recorder VRDMC6 (January 28, 2011)
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Reviewed By: Allen P. - Spring Hill, FL
I am very satisfied with the unit. One negative aspect is that it does not edit.
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Sony VHS C onverter to DVD (January 24, 2011)
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Reviewed By: John c. - Oscoda, MI
I purchased this for my son who is a ply by play hockey announcer, he is coipying all of his previous games that were on VHS. He is very pleased with performance and is using the product daily. It certainly is worth the investment since having his tapes copied by an outside source would have been very expensive.
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Sony VDRMC6 (January 24, 2011)
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Reviewed By: Lannie M. - Mooresville, NC
Searching for a stand alone DVD recorder? This is it! A solid built, very easy to use recorder. Ive already copied many of my old 8mm videos to disc with great results. Also, the port for an SD card makes copying photos to disc a piece of cake. An absolute joy to use, a great tool for archiving your home videos and photos. Very highly recommended. Get one, youll love it!
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GREAT (January 21, 2011)
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Reviewed By: JOHN W. - DENISON, TX
GREAT PRODUCT, JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO MAKE DVDS
FROM MY CAMCORDER
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Sony VRDMC6 (January 05, 2011)
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Reviewed By: Satisfied C. - Los Angeles, CA
I just recently purchased it last December 10, and read all reviews before making up my mind to buy it.
Im very pleased I read the reviews and now Im another satisfied customer about Vanns reliable services.
I will recommend Vanns to all my friends and family to purchase anything thru Amazon.
I will give Vanns a top 10 rating for their excellence to deliver their merchandise!!
Life has become easier to transfer photos and videos, the little machine does an excellent work and you cannot beat the price!
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sony vrdmc6 (January 05, 2011)
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Reviewed By: chip - nyc, ny
Wanted to transfer Hi8 and VHS tapes to DVD.
Had a supply of Phillips R blank DVDs, but the VRDMC6 had problems formatting and finalizing the DVDs. Had this problem with another Sony product a while ago. Sony recorders seem to prefer Sony blank DVDs.
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Works Easier Than I Thought (November 16, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Pete G. - Juneau, AK
Im no techie but after a brief look through the operating manual and a short trial and error period, I was dumping 25-year old VHS tapes and 10-year old Sony Digital 8 tapes of the family to DVD. I do wish the viewer and playback had sound as well, but Im pretty happy with its function as is.
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Sony DVD PlayersRecorders (August 12, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Herb W. - Accokeek, MD
I bought this product with the intentions of recording programs from my DirecTV DVR to a DVD disc since I was upgrading to an HDDVR and I was going to lose the progams.
This recorder is as advertised. It is compact, easy to use and records a good quality picture in the EP mode on a standard DVD. The price is reasonable and it was very easy to set up and self explanatory to use. It is able to record from TV, VHS or Video Cameras as well. Excellent product.
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sony dvdirect vrd-mc5 (June 24, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Lonnie C. - Burleson, TX
the best on the market, hands down. Dvds play in all my dvd players. hooks up easy and quickly. 80 yr old using this device to make copies of vhs tapes , so it is easy as pie. This sony dvd maker is great.
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Sony DVD PlayersRecorders VRDMC6 (April 23, 2010)
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Reviewed By: edna m. - Lindenwold, NJ
Love it. Easy to use. Compact. I use it to make dvds of family occasions and pass them out. . I also have the original one which is larger but they both share the same features. Just have not gotton the hang of adding my own mp3 music .
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GEEKS PARENTS UNITE...SONY DVDIRECT... (April 01, 2010)
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Reviewed By: DR. EDWARD R. PERELKA - CORTLAND, NY
GEEKS & PARENTS UNITE PARENTS,YOU MAY NEED YOUR TECHI CHILDREN TO HELP YOU RECORD ALL YOUR OLDIE VISUAL MEDIA GOODIES......FAR TOO DIFICULT FOR THE ANALOG GENERATION TO USE!!!!!
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Sony DVD PlayersRecorders (March 19, 2010)
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Reviewed By: jose v. - Bronx, NY
Disappointed that you can not edit titles. All it reads is Track 1 track 2 etc. Also my remote never worked.
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Awesome Product! (March 10, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Linda C. - Republic, Washington
I love this item! I have been busy transferring all of my old VHS videos to DVD. It is so simple to use. Set up is a snap. I am a little disappointed that I cant transfer from my Vado pocket video cam. It plugs into the USB port but isnt recognized. Other than that it is one of the greatest ways to preserve all of your old tapes. Video quality and sound are as good as the original on the tapes and I can see what is being recorded. I havent tried the slide show options yet but will soon. This is one nifty little gadget!
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Sony DVD Recorder (March 09, 2010)
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Reviewed By: John P. - Sonora, CA
I have only used the Sony VRDMC6 recorder to transfer 15-year old 8-mm analog video tapes to DVD and the recorder has worked flawlessly.
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sony dvd playerrecorder (March 08, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Sherry H. - Wray, CO
So far I have been very pleased with my sony dvd. I have been transferring vhs tapes to dvd. Everything has workied perfectly and easy. I have yet to try transfering photos.
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Sony-DVD PlayersRecordersVRDMC6 (March 06, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Bob B. Pryor - Brewton, AL
This item surpasses my expectations. For years I have considered buying a device that would transfer my old VHS to DVD. Sonys VRDMC6 does the job. The instructions on how to use are easy to follow. I have just about transferred all my VHS to DVD. Now, I will ask my neighbors if they would like me to transfer their VHS.
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Works, plain and simple (March 05, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Gary S. - Salt Lake City, UT
The Sony unit works as advertized. No fuss, no muss. You will need to supply all the cables, except power.
Recommended.
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great service, great product (March 05, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Christopher L. - Herlong, CA
great service before, during,and after the sale.one of the few places I deal with that I had 0 problems working with. You guys rock.
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Great investment! (March 05, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Dennis R. - Easton, PA
I have been dreading converting all of my old video tapes to DVD. They go aver 20 years back and include regular VHS, Zenith 20 minute VHS, Sony Hi8 and Sony DV tapes. Now you know why Ive dreaded it!
This DVD recorder has been a God send. Its so easy to use and does a great job. I take a couple of minutes to make sure the tape is at the beginning, insert a blank DVD, press 2 buttons and walk away for an hour. Its worth every cent. I now have all of those memories safely on DVD and dont have to worry about the tapes degrading anymore. Im a very happy guy.
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Perfect with a DVR! (March 04, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Michael J. - Littleton, CO
I bought this for the sole purpose of getting movies off my Dish Network DVR onto DVDs for archive and to be able to watch on any TV.
It is perfect! So simple to use - I just connected the video and audio outs from the DVR to the ins of the VRDMC6 - turned it on and my Dish output showed right up on the little screen.
It asked me if I wanted to format my blank disk - I said yes...then pushed the Record button. Thats it - it works. You can even push the Record button again to pause - I used that to cut out all the commercials - cool!
Its simple to hook up, simple to use, and just works perfectly - zero complaints.
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exceeded expectations (March 04, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Vinny T. - Olyphant, PA
The day I received the DVD recorder, I burned 6hrs of video. 4 hours worth from old VHS family videos and 2 hours directly from HI-8 video camera. The results were of very good quality.
Looking forward to burning a box full of family videos.
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Sony DVD PlayersRecorders VRDMC6 (March 03, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Bill M. - Mesa, AZ
It actually improves quality of videos and gives us a great feeling that our special videos of our life will be extended. It is easy to use and saves us money.
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Sony DVD PlayersRecorders VRDMC6 (March 02, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Fred P. - West Nyack, NY
This unit is easy to use and conveniently small...gets the job done in limited space. Nice feature. Would like it if it had S-Video input but other than that works well.
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Sony VRDMC6 (March 02, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Rod S. - Bryce Canyon City, UT
I returned this product because it didnt have a Super VHS in port. This was very important to me as most of my VHS players have this and I guess I just didnt notice that it didnt till I had seen one in another store and realized that I wouldnt like it after I got it. They were very understanding when I called them about returning it. It was fast service.
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Sony DVD PlayersRecorders VRDMC6 (February 16, 2010)
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Reviewed By: T S. - San Jose, CA
Any input gets you the DVD.....perfect!
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VRDMC6 (February 15, 2010)
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Reviewed By: karen b. - philadelphia, PA
easy to use, effective, simple machine. connected it with both digital and analog camcorders as well as a vcr, and had no problems getting it to record. the only fault is it sometimes takes awhile to find media initially when connecting the device. otherwise a handy machine if you just want to convert tape to dvd
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nice product (February 13, 2010)
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Reviewed By: lennys a aguillon castillo - miami, FL
an amazing product since i bought it i havent had any problem with it and help me to record live what i watching ... i invite you to buy this product
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Sony DVD (February 12, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Robyn S. - Tuolumne, CA
Great item. Easy to use. Works great.
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Sony DVD PlayerRecorder (February 12, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Randy H. - Cincinnati, OH
Not a bad product, easy to figure out, decent quality, reasonable price.
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Purchaser (February 11, 2010)
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Reviewed By: Sheila S. - STafford, VA
I purchased this item for my husband for Christmas because he is a video grapher. I wanted him to be able to convert videos quicker and easier. He uses it to convert make DVDs. Its very user friendly. He recently used it to make a picture DVD from a memory stick from our camera. It created a DVD slide show and he just had to add the music. It was beautiful. Thank you.
Additional Specifications
- Recordable formats: DVD±R / DVD±RW / DVD+R DL
- Inputs: 1 USB port / 1 composite video / 1 L/R audio / One 4-pin i.LINK (IEEE 1394)
- Recording sources: Digital camcorders (via USB) / Digital cameras (via media-card slots) / VHS player / Digital video recorder
- Supported media cards: Memory Stick Duo, Pro Duo, Pro HD Duo / MemoryStick / SD, SDHC / Memory Card, xD Picture Card
- Recording: High definition video recording (AVCHD) / Standard definition video recording / Photo recording
- Interface: 2.7" color LCD screen
- Audio encoding: Dolby Digital (2-channel) and 5.1 Surround Sound
- Video encoding: MPEG-2 / AVC-H.264 (AVCHD recording only)
- Recording time (approximate): 6 hr (single layer) / 12 hr (dual layer)
- Memory size: 2,000 photos
Manufacturer Specifications
- Transfer home movies and digital photos to DVD
- Record HD video from Sony AVCHD Handycam camcorders
- Record digital photos as a slideshow or for storage
- Connect to any compatible camcorder, VCR, or DVR
- 4:3 full screen and 16:9 widescreen support
- Consolidate multiple mini-DVDs onto a single 5" DVD using Sony DVD Handycam camcorder
- Real-time DVD recording from camcorder, VCR, and DVR
- Record up to 12 hr of video per disc
- Automatic DVD chaptering / Automatic DVD menu and title creation
Dimensional Specifications
- Dimensions: 5.66" W x 2.06" H x 6.13" D
- Weight: 1.5 lbs
Sony VRDMC6 Warranty Details
1-year limited warranty
