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Customer Reviews for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Model: VRD-MC6
SKU: 9459622
UPC: 027242767805
Learn more about this drive.Easily archive photos and video on DVD in real time with this multiformat DVD recorder that records multimedia directly from a camcorder, VCR or digital video recorder onto compatible DVD-R/-RW/+R/+R DL/+RW media.
Average Customer Rating:
4.3
out of 5
(35 Reviews) 35
Rating Snapshot 35 reviews
5 stars
23
4 stars
7
3 stars
1
2 stars
2
1 star
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89% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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31 out of
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Customer Reviews for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Review 1 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
It does what it says.
Customer Rating
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to use
What's not so great: Instructions should be revised
I really like this product but the instructions need to be revised. For example, I recorded a video scene in HD format on a camcorder to a memory stick. This product cannot transfer this data to DVD (Standard format) from the stick directly when you insert into the side of this product. You now have to use old fashion AV jacks to record to the DVD in this case . This is time consuming and you lose picture quality also. But, you can record this data to a Blue-ray DVD with this method though. I don't have a Blue-ray player yet but may have to buy one eventually. Instructions should clearly tell you about this problem. Other wise it is a great product.
About me... Create/manage photo discs, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
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Review 2 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
My grandpa loves it!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: DaveMTY
from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
on 04/18/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: My grandpa 85 year old grandpa finds it easy to use!
My 85 year old grandpa purchased years ago the 2006 white model, but he recorded hundreds of DVDs and its life ended, but he loved it. Now we got him this new model and he's very happy, he transfers all the family Beta, VHS and Video8 tapes to DVD and video from his Digital Handycam very easily and quickly. The manual is very graphic and results are excellent!
This product has... Reliable/durable, Quiet, Burns fast
About me... Budget Conscious
I would recommend this to a friend!
+2points
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Review 3 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
It is easy to use!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: kaylaz83
from wichita
on 04/03/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
Very convenient. I wish it didn't cost as much as it did but it is wonderful!
This product has... Reliable/durable, Quiet
I would recommend this to a friend!
+2points
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Review 4 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Preserve your memories forever
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: easy to use
What's not so great: nothing
You cannot put a price on this item!!!! It's easy to use. I have made numerous copies of vhs home videos to give to my kids of when they were small.. Don't hesitate. Works awesome!!!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 5 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Beginner
Customer Rating
4.0
What's great about it: It copies right from the camcorder to dvd for you can watch your event that night.
What's not so great: I don't know yet still learning it.
Love it,still learning to use its ability. Copies right from cam corded to dvd.
This product has... Burns fast
About me... Create/manage photo discs, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Newbie
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Hobbiest
+3points
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Review 6 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Good Product but Expensive
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
What's great about it: Portable, compact and easy to use
What's not so great: Price
I do not like to fuss with alot of wires and connections. I am what you may call technically challenged. Therefore, when I read how easy this unit was to use, I decided to try it out. It really is simple to use. I started recording my 8mm movies and within a short time I had my first transferred dvd. I am really pleased with this product. My only complaint is that it is a little overpriced. I think $100 is a fairer price.
This product has... Reliable/durable, Quiet, Burns fast
About me... Budget Conscious, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
+2points
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Review 7 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Great little burner
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: portableand easy to use
What's not so great: Wish it burned dvd's faster
I purchased this so I could do a photo shoot and burn the customer a CD right there on the spot. I also plan on burning some old vhs home movies on to DVD
This product has... Reliable/durable
About me... Create/manage photo discs
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
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Review 8 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Overall a solid Sony product
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
3.0
What's great about it: Worked out of the Box.
What's not so great: No HD TV recording capability
Needs component input so can record off TV in HD.
All the company's took this away from us.
I don't record TV to disk anymore because of their strict recording laws.
With VCR you could record parts of the evening news while you were watching it. No More
HD is locked out from recording.
This device is best for video camera transfer. It will take a memory chip SDHC and make a DVD Disk from it. It works great for that and that is all I use it for. Can't use it for TV recording because Who wants composite TV video when your watching in HD video.
I have used it twice and it made two DVD's of the new baby pictures.
All the company's took this away from us.
I don't record TV to disk anymore because of their strict recording laws.
With VCR you could record parts of the evening news while you were watching it. No More
HD is locked out from recording.
This device is best for video camera transfer. It will take a memory chip SDHC and make a DVD Disk from it. It works great for that and that is all I use it for. Can't use it for TV recording because Who wants composite TV video when your watching in HD video.
I have used it twice and it made two DVD's of the new baby pictures.
This product has... Reliable/durable, Quiet
About me... Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Newbie
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Review 9 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Great Product - High cost
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
2.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: The ease of use and does what it says it will do
What's not so great: It is too pricey.
I have been able to transfer my dvr (and eventually old home vhs tapes) to dvd format. It saves me from burning the information to my hard drive on my computer or going through my television and basically is a plug and play device. I am only using it for transfer of data and haven't even used the extra features. I have a JVC video recorder and have not had any trouble. I would have liked to pay about $100 less as it runs about $200, but since I bought it as a Christmas present, I'll stick with it.
This product has... Reliable/durable, Burns fast
About me... Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Newbie
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Multimedia (music, movies, photos)
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Review 10 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
easy Life maker
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Beststringer
on 12/26/2011
My computer that I was using to make my movies, broke and my life and activities had to continue, a friend let me borrow his dvdirect bcs I wanted to test drive, a week later I was in my local best buy purchasing my own. Easy to use, reliable product,
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
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Review 11 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Not What it Appears to be
Customer Rating
1.0
Value for Price
1.0
Ease of Use
1.0
Performance
1.0
Ease of Installation
1.0
What's great about it: Looks pretty
What's not so great: Doesn't do what it says!
My husband bought this for me as a xmas gift to make dvds of our home movies. First I discovered I cannot use the USB cable for my camcorder, because it is not a Sony, but then I find out that I cannot even use my memory card because my camcorder is not a Sony. What a rip! No where did it say that the only way to use this device "easily" was with a Sony camera! Now I have to try and hunt down a dv link cable, or this $200 purchase is just money down the trash! Would not have bought this, or would I recommend this product.
This product has... Included software is not useful, false advertising
About me... create home movies
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Newbie
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Multimedia (music, movies, photos)
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Review 12 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
nice piece of equipment
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: everything it does
im very satisfied with my purchase its very easy to use i enjoy making my dvds on it and transferring from my camcorder to the machine and onto the dvd is very simple so all in all im not only satisfied with this product but i was surprized at how eay it was to use and the price was very resonable for something of this nature i would recommend this product to anyone who wanted to put video, photos or anything on a memory card onto a dvd disk and you dont need to be a rocket scientist to use this product.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Hobbiest
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Review 13 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
does a job
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
3.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: it does it's job
What's not so great: no options in way of editing transfer
this item does the basic job seeking .. however it does not give you any options in the format or arrange the way things are transferred to Disc.
You can not set up as folders or segments and no editing .. what is on the media to transfer is what will transfer completely .. so if there are items you don't want to transfer then remove from media first.
the process is fairly quick for what is being done.
I have not utilized the VHS or mini disc process as of this time.
I have not utilized the VHS or mini disc process as of this time.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Newbie
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Multimedia (music, movies, photos)
+2points
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Review 14 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Easiest way to backup DVR recordings.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to use.
What's not so great: Nothing.
Easy to use totally recommend. The easiest way to backup DVR recordings straight to a DVD.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Multimedia (music, movies, photos)
+5points
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Review 15 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
great for beginner
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Performance
3.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
easy to use and follow simple commands. I would refer others to this product.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Average
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Hobbiest
+2points
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Review 16 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Sorry to say this product does NOT work!
Customer Rating
1.0
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
1.0
Performance
1.0
Ease of Installation
2.0
What's great about it: you can see the movie.
What's not so great: doesn't recognize input and you can't hear the movie while it's playing
I went to Best Buy to actually purchase a VHS to DVD software when I found this little gaget. I pondered over it for quite a while and thought that I would give it try. Unfortunately, it didn't work out for me at all.
I can't tell you how much time I wasted just sitting looking at "waiting for input". Most of the time, I can play the video and once I hit record, it goes to "waiting for input" In the end I wasted about 5 DVD in all. Doesn't matter if it's a new VHS movie or ones that I recorded of events I had. I even thought it was my VCR ro I went to Best Buy and purchased a VHS head cleaner. Nonetheless, I managed to get three movies and it took me a week to do that!. The worst part was since it doesn't have sound while its recording, I kept checking it every few minutes because I was scared it was going to go back to "waiting for input" Nobody has time for all this. I just want to record without problems, not babysit it.
This device should be able to record what is displaying on the screen and that's that and like the manual says but it doesn't. I will be returning this for a full refund tomorrow and get the program I intended to get the first time. And, it won't be a Sony product.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Build or modify your own PC:Yes
Level of Expertise:Expert
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Review 17 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Great Device
Customer Rating
5.0
I love the Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive. I have converted over 60 hours of home video to DVD. It was easy to set up and easy to use.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
0points
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Review 18 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Great machine for copying old home movies
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Very easy to use
What's not so great: nothing so far
I bought this for one purpose, to start upgrading my old home movies from 8mm and VHS to dvd.
Opened the box, plugged it in, connected the camcorder, inserted a blank DVD and started recording. It was that easy. It seems like there's a lot of editing capabilites etc. that someday i'll play around with but for now what I want it for is to back up my old home movies onto dvd's and that's what it does and it does it with ease.
The one step I had to crack the manual open for was the "finalize" process so the dvd can be played on other machines, that took all of about 30 seconds to figure out, and once done the start of my old home movies was playing in my dvd player.
This machine will not copy "protected" video content so you can't use it to copy movies with built in protection but it's a great machine if you need something to back up old stuff without tying up your computer for hours.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Newbie
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Gaming
+9points
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Review 19 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Meets My Expectations
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: DivaGal
from Highland, CA
on 03/29/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Ease of use
What's not so great: Nothing
I have been trying to find a good DVD recorder to transfer VHS tapes for months that met my needs. This recorder was exactly what I needed! It's a great inverstment, it's portable & alot of different recording optitions to choose from. The LCD menu display is very easy to read, set-up & DVD format is not that difficult to do! Connecting it just took a few seconds & finalization just takes about a couple of minutes! I love this recorder & it meets my expectaions!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
+10points
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Review 20 for Sony DVDirect 16x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Great Product,First time to burn a DVD..successful
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: The color coded well written manual, easy to use.
What's not so great: So far unable to connect it to my DVD/VCR, can use it only w/video cameras.
I'm absolutely not a "techie" but this Sony Multi-Function DVD Recorder has a well written manual, with easy to follow instructions. I was successful on my very first try! I have mini DVD's, 8mm cassette tapes, S-VHS video tapes and I want to transfer them to DVD's and make multiple copies so our 5 children can have a "memories" collection. My only challenge is with my DVD/VCR connection to the Sony DVD Recorder. The DVD Recorder has a connection for "red, white, & yellow"...my VCR (which is also a Sony) has "red, white, & green" Even the Geek Squad was stumped by this. I highly recommend this product inspite of the 1 small challenge.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Build or modify your own PC:No
Level of Expertise:Newbie
Primary reason for building/modifying PC:Hobbiest
+7points
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