JVC HRS5902U 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR, Black
Good features, but major annoyances
This high-end VCR has many advanced features,such as jog and shuttle on the remote, flying erase heads, S-VHS, etc.  It produces a fine picture, and has very good tracking with old tapes. <br />  The annoyances, particularly for editing:  <br />    (1) Unlike even simple VCR's that I have had in the past, this machine has no tape counter on the VCR's display.  The counter is available only on screen, in \\"Play\\" mode only at regular speed, and in \\"Fast Forward\\" without picture. <br />    (2) The speed controls are different from any other VCR's:  <br />(i) Pushing the Pause button a second time does not put it back into Play, but into Frame Advance. <br />(ii) The shuttle feature is also nonstandard: it goes from Slow Forward directly to Slow Reverse, rather than through Pause.