Bought this VCR for ten dollars at a Savers. One of the best VCR's I have, it performs flawlessly, and being now twelve years old is still in top performance. I have been collecting VCR's over the past few years, and now this is the only one I use. The best thing about it is its durability and picture/sound quality, but the next best thing is the clock. The VCR can keep its time for about four to six hours (not sure, but hours) when the power is out, Amazing. I always run my audio through receiver, and this VCR has pristine sound, it also looks good on an HD TV. If you still record from TV to VCR, this VCR has a very good Tuner, recordings come out very nice in EP. If you are reading this review today thinking about buying one on ebay or Amazon, don't hesitate (Unless you are buying it untested with no returns) If the previous owner treated it good, this VCR still operates today as if new. I use it all the time, for the past two and a half years I have yet to see any problems with it. This machine is one I cannot imagine eating any tapes, it has my trust with the most irreplaceable cassettes we own, it is a great machine. It is a SONY!

This Vcr is very durable, not too heavy, and is fun to use. With it's dial, you can set the timer and the clock.

Dollar for dollar, it's one of the best VCR's on the market!

Programming options for recording. Multiple inputs (Handy for dubbing DVD sources in analogue mode). Good remote.

Not great recording quality from cable broadcasts. No way to adjust tracking.

Puchased to add to my home theater set up. It has worked flawlessly since I received it. Fair picture from recording cable broadcasts. Excellent picture from commercially recorded tapes. Easy to set up. Handy, intuitive remote.

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QuickDial Timer, ease of use, auto tracking, great FF/Rewind speeds, appearance, price

Atuomatically resumes play in paused tapes after several minutes- annoying!

I have had the VCR for about 2 months, and it''''s amazing. A vast improvement over my 6 year old RCA which died on me suddenly. I am using the VCR almost exclusively for recording and playback, seeing how I watch all movies on DVD and not VHS. The main feature that attracted me to this unit was the QuickDial Timer. There''''s a dial on the front on the TV which allows you to set the VCR for programming in about 20 seconds. You don''''t have to turn the TV on or anything to set it, it''''s the easiest system of programming a VCR I''''ve ever seen, and I love it and use it daily. The playback is great on tapes both recorded by this machine and by other VCRs. The only movie I watched was 10 minutes of the Phantom Menace to test out it''''s movie playback, and it looked great, a vast improvement over my old VCR. Other great features include a well laid out easy to use remote, letting you know how far you are into a tape as well as the time remaining on the tape and letting you fast forward/rewind in super high speed to a certain point on the tape (i.e. set it to fast forward 3 hours in and it goes there and plays automatically). There is also an auto tracking feature which automatically adjust any picture to optimal quality, and it works flawlessly. The unit is also the same width of other home theater components, so matches my other components nicely. The only weakness I can think of is that after about 5 minutes, a tape tha''''s paused automatically resumes playback. That can be a bit annoying, but isn''''t a huge deal. There may even be a way to turn this feature off, I just haven''''t found it yet. In short, I can think of no reason not to give this VCR a perfect rating. It was very affordable, and has done exactly what I want it to do. Granted, I use this VCR only for recording/playback, so someone out there who''''s using a VCR as their primary video source rather than DVD may be interested in looking at some of the S-VHS players. JVC makes good S-VHS players for about $160.00, but for the way I''''m using the VCR I couldn''''t justify the extra $60.00 PLease feel free to e-mail me about this VCR or any other components in my system. Thanks! My System: Denon 3801 Ascend Acouctics CBM-170 Front speakers Ascend Acoustics HTM-200 rear/center speakers Hsu VTF-2 Subwoofer JVC XV-SA70BK DVD Player Onkyo DC-X380 CD Changer

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Easy to setup and use

Not best recording quality.

Like the unit. Does it's job and that's record TV programs which don't have to be high quality. Simple to use programming feature, can setup program from VCR without having TV on. Daughter likes it because she can set it up quickly and easily for her shows.
Was going to get the N51, but there was an open box N71 for same price so snagged it instead.

Bought this puppy for my parents. It's built very well, has a great remote, and no-bull operation. It's a little loud when ejecting tapes.

good recording,quiet

none

not bad for vhs,the vcr is quiet,easy to set up,only wish the remote could adjust my sony reciever like there other remotes do.

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Easy to use, good remote

lacks some extra features for video control

I've had a strange problem with this VCR. After watching a video tape for a while the picutre shuts off and returns to VIDEO mode.

To re-start you have to power off and power back on.

Was told to turned off the APC (tracking) setting but it still does that.

It seems Sony has degraded their quality in VCR's.

Do not buy this unit!!!

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Sony SLV-494-HF

Great picture on playback of tapes from other vcr's. Dial timer can be used with tv off. Good remote

None at the price paid.

I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of picture and easy of use for the price. Considering that even at list price, this unit has a lot of features including on screen display of program text and VCr plus programing, it does not pay to fix an older vcr with less features. This unit is good fro time shifting tv programs and watching tapes. It is not for the serious editor of camcorder tapers. This was a new unit in a damaged box at the Sony Outlet Store.

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JVC Hr-D960U, Mitsubishi