Sharp VC-H965U 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR
Good points, bad points
Good points: great picture and great sound.  That is what you buy a VCR for.  Bad points: the motor is very loud (to me, but my wife insisted it was acceptable so I did not return it).  A minor (to me) inconvenience is the remote--it does not work with my brand of T.V., and two universal remotes would not work the program function of the VCR; so when we program this one we use the original remote and use a universal remote for all other functions.  But you don't buy a VCR for its remote.