Good picture, great sound, quiet playback You have a counter on the front instead of just the word "play"

There is no mute on the remote During playback if you press FF there is a small delay before it actualy start to forward.

Very good machine and compared to the new model this one is very very good. Quiet during playback, not noisy like others.

Excellent picture, made in Japan, Dynamorphous heads

Auto-head cleaner, was not on website for Panasonic.ca during it''s production year-very hard to find.

I bought this unit in September 2000, and it has been a very reliable player. As I mentioned in my review for the PV4520, I don''t do a lot of recording, I use this VCR to play pre-recorded tapes. I have recorded on this VCR a couple of times, and the picture is very clear, not grainy. I wanted to get a player that had the best heads possible, because I plan on keeping this VCR for a long time. The only drawback that I can think of when I purchased this unit was that the auto-head cleaner was very noisy. After pressing stop on the machine, there would be this grinding noise-I thought the unit was defective, but it turned out to be the auto-head cleaner at work. The other drawback to the auto-head cleaner is that in time it gets dirty, which causes the heads to get clogged even if the heads are cleaned. The service centre I go to stated that they just remove the head cleaner & don''t replace it when it gets too dirty-claimed that it''s not worth it. Other than this, I am very happy with this player. It was very hard to find this model, but it has been well worth the money.

Similar Products Used:

PV4520 VCR, Panasonic VCR circa 1982 (can''t remember model #)