JVC HR-XVC25U Progressive-Scan DVD/Hi-Fi VCR Combo
DVD door broken from start
Purchased this unit refurbished online, which I won't do again.  Doubt any repair had gone on at all.  From the start the DVD door would not open with the remote or the button on the unit.  You could hear the motor trying, the machine just showed ERR across the front of the screen.  Called JVC, they talked me through a reprogram, which of course did nothing, then suggested I take it in for repair!  Yeah, right.  While moving the unit around I could hear something rattling, so I unscrewed the side and shook it out, a broken chunk of plastic and a plastic dial, I would imagine the DVD door opening mechanism.  Good thing it had been refurbished, eh?  On the plus side, the VCR side worked fine, good picture and sound.  Did not try recording.  The remote was nice, thorough yet easy to use, and worked great with the TV.  I was considering trying the unit again until reading all these reviews.  Those of you that got well functioning units, it sounds like you got lucky.  I'm looking elsewhere.