Zenith XBV243 Dual Deck DVD-VCR Combo
A disappointment
I thought all dvd/vcr combos were probably pretty much the same.  I had a Sharp which I liked but needed to get another for my the teens' tv room.  The Zenith was on sale.  I don't use it much but here's what I don't like about it so far:  programming is a pain.  You can't use the number pad, and unlike even my 5-year-old VCR, you have to use up and down keys for the hour&minutes combined (that is, you push the up arrow and it goes from 12:00 to 12:01, up and it goes 12:01 to 12:02, etc.  you can't separate the hour from the minutes for faster programming).  On my Sharp, I can use either the number pad (with hour & minute separated) or the up & down arrows.  In addition, it seems to have little versatility on rewind or FF.  The same DVD which I can rewind in tiny segments on my Sharp can only be rewound (or fast forward) in big chunks on the Zenith.  I have a feeling that Zenith is using the oldest available technology.  The pathetic thing is that it cost just as much as my Sharp.