Samsung SV-5000W Worldwide VHS Format VCR
Did not survive more than THREE MONTHS!!
The first impression of this product was very positive. It was working fine on both PAL and NTSC cassettes. The VCR is easy to operate.<br />Unfortunately why buy a VCR, when it gives snow in couple of months without heavy use. We played not more than 3-4 movies a week. All cassettes were in good condition and the snow gets worse and worse, to the point where it is almost unusable. Cleaning the heads didn't help. Manual tracking(What is manual tracking these days anyway??) didn't help either....<br />Samsung support didn't help much too. The phone system of their main support number 1-800-SAMSUNG kept me in loop, when I did the proper selection. The email support request didn't get answered for days(still waiting). The local service center responded with &quot;WE do not work on VCRs anymore, they are throw-away these days..&quot;. <br />I hope SAMSUNG cannot expect from me to accept that a 300$+ unit is a &quot;throw away&quot; in couple of months.<br />CONCLUSION: Look some other company with more reliable product and support.