General Electric VG4268 VCR
You get what you pay for
Don't be fooled by the 4-head hype of this unit. If you are concerned about decent RECORDING quality, you *won't* like this VCR. Take my word for it. I had to send it back because the recording quality was so cheap  looking. Programs recorded in the &quot;high quality&quot; SP mode looked  like they were recorded on a 2-head machine in SLP (EP) mode then copied  from another tape. I was very disappointed. True, the unit has all the  bells and whistles you could possibly want, (including a clock on the front  panel -- the other reviewer here probably didn't know how to set it); and  commercial advance/movie advance at this price are unheard of. It *is* a  very quiet unit, and moves from play to rewind to forward very smoothly.  Playback quality of pre-recorded tapes is acceptable. If that's all you use  it for, then this is a good extra unit to keep the kids or the live-in  mother-in-law occupied.  However, if you record movies or soaps, or  whatever, you will be disappointed in the results. The Sharp unit that's  also sold here has almost none of the features of the GE  (except the universal remote), and is not hi-fi/stereo, but the recording  quality of the Sharp is superior (though still not as good as the  Panasonics or Toshibas).