Sony SLV-679HF VCR
great picture, not so great hi-fi sound
I've always been a die-hard sony fan, but after purchasing this VCR and having to return it twice I am no longer as dedicated. The pic. quality is excellent and the machine is well featured but I had trouble with hi-fi  sound quality. When using w/home theater setup there was extra undesirable  noise introduced into the soundtrack. You could hear a ticking in the  background of the soundtrack like the spinning heads inside were somehow  adding noise to the audio track. Being a big home theater fan, this was  VERY distracting. I ended up purchasing Toshiba's M675 and am very  satisfied. They have a new head design that eliminates extra distortion in  sound &amp; picture. Overall pic &amp; sound quality is better than the  sony too.