Adrien;
It has component video out and a digital audio out socket (PCM/bitstream), for use with an optical digital audio cable. I am not sure what the latter is, but I know it is not a DVI. It also has a S video out as well as the standard red white yellow A/V rca Out (which is the ones I use). I have it at my bedroom with my Sony vega tube TV and don't have HDTV in this one (my DLP Hdtv is at the living room). I don't own a vcr at all, so I can't tell you anything about it.
In short: a standart RCA A/V cable goes from my Dish network DVR out to DVD recorder IN, and then another RCA AV cable from DVD recorder Out to TV IN. Video quality looks perfect in my bedroom tV, though never tried in my DLP. For now I have only used it to transfer many shows from my already full DVR, as well as to record some live broadcasts just to try it.
