Panasonic PV-V4621 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR
Extremely poor playback
Panasonic must have a quality control problem with these units.  I've read reviews stating the picture quality is great and other reviews saying it is horrible.  Add mine to the horrible list.  Recording at any speed results in grainy playback. The VCR is the noisiest VCR I've ever heard.  The remote has micro buttons for the channel changing and the record button is too close to the channel buttons. Setup is not easy either. Mine powered up talking French, so I had to wade through the manual to figure out how to reset it. FF or Rewinding does not automatically display time remaining. You have to press the display button on the remote to get this info.  Needless to say, it went back to the store.  I exchanged it for a Sony SLVN71...The Sony was a breeze to setup. Didn't even open the manual. Remote was excellent.  Picture quality was excellent. Plus the Sony has a metal frame and case. The Panasonic is total plastic.