Panasonic PV-V4621 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR
It's what they don't tell you that counts in VCRs
I studied ratings and descriptions carefully before selecting this model; so thought I was getting something that would give me a lot of control--but didn't realize that many of the features for which I selected it don't work with my cable connection:VCR+ is incompatible; in order to be able to record off the air, I had to have someone come up from the cable company to program it in a way that was not described in the manual, which I did read very carefully.It does play very well when I use a readymade videotape--but I wanted more than that.