General Electric VG4268 VCR
90 dollar doorstop
from day one I had problems with this vcr. First the machine would refuse to take in tapes without it ejecting it repeatedly and making grinding noises. Not a good sign. I stuck with it, after all I had brought it and would give it another chance, maybe I was pushing too hard or too softly on  the tape. Then I noticed that the machine was fraying the tapes, this  happened infrequently so I thought that it was my fault. Then the vcr began  eating tapes. After the second tape was destroyed I gave up on it. Maybe my  vcr was a fluke though it appeared to have been opened and used before I  received it.