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Review 4 of 6 Summary:
The 440 doesn't exist anymore. I think the 445 replaced it (which I owned).
This unit stinks.
It records and plays horribly the picture quality of the cable signal was noticeably degraded.
The VCR waits about 3 seconds after you enter the channel number to switch. Bearable at first, incredibly annoying after a while.
It will not let you cancel a programmed recording. And it won't let you change the clock if you have an existing program in the VCR. Why are these related? Well, I programmed the VCR to tape the X-Files. I turned the power off so set the timer and the VCR reprogrammed the clock an hour before. I noticed that it did this (x-files starting in 15 minutes, when I turned the VCR off it immediately started recording) so I stopped it and tried to debug it. Turns out the auto-clock set itself to eastern time (I'm in central). Ok, just change the clock. You can't do it if you have a programmed recording in the memory. Fine. Cancel the recording. WRONG! Can't do that either! I guess the only solution was to unplug the unit for a few minutes and hope it cleared the memory. But I was already late going to the airport so I just hit record. Stupid thing picked up the recording as the program and stopped recording right when the X-files started. So now I'm going to be completely confused when part 2 of 2 comes up next week.
What a piece of crap! I returned it 2 days later for the panasonic listed above. Thank GOD they took it back (suckers!). This Mitsubishi reminds me of the Terminator or the Matrix. Stupid machine just took over and thought it knew what was going on. BIG MISTAKE!
Why did I buy this? Well, it was only $130. I can put up with some compromises, but all of those listed above were too much.
STAY AWAY! Strengths:
Low price, fast rewind Weaknesses:
bad picture, eats tapes, annoying internal functions Similar Products Used:
Panasonic PV9661
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