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Review 3 of 9
Price Paid:
$99.00
from Sears Summary:
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
Strengths:
QuickDial Timer, ease of use, auto tracking, great FF/Rewind speeds, appearance, price Weaknesses:
Atuomatically resumes play in paused tapes after several minutes- annoying! Similar Products Used:
JVC S-VHS VCRs
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