Toshiba W522 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR
pretty good VCR, cant beat the price!
Well my old Toshiba ate a tape and its tracking was beyond repair so it was time to replace it.  I love Toshiba for their customer support they've given me in the past regarding lost remotes, tech advice, and repair.  This VCR felt very light compared to my old Toshiba, however it played back tapes both commercial and self-recorded flawlessly.  This unit is also pretty silent to my standards.  There is no squeek in the playback nor in the rewind or fastforward modes which seemed to happen a lot with my old Toshiba.  The super fast rewind is true to the advertisement, and I clocked a 4 hour tape completely at the end of the tape, back to the beginning at 56 seconds.  WOW!<br />The setup was so completely painless on this system I'd think a 5 year old could integrate this.<br />My only problem with this deck is that the display only shows hours and minutes, not seconds.  So sometimes when you're recording something, you dont know that you are until you see the minute change over.  Took a little getting used to.<br />All in all this is a great VCR at a great price