Quality of recordings are very good Remote control very easy to use Infrared Sensor located in a nice spot on the vcr

Durabilty, shouldn''t break down in a year''s time

This vcr worked great for about a year but it broke down. But for that time it worked excellent and the quality of the tapes were great. It''s the 2nd go video vcr that I have had that has broke down. That concerns me but I will keep on buying them cause I do a lot of dubbing of tapes and it just makes things a lot easier.