Panasonic PV-V4525S 4-Head VCR, Silver
3rd Time Charm
After my old JVC VCR at last died after well over 10 years of faithful service, I purchased another JVC. Alas, it never managed to synch up and was unalignable. Next I came to amazon and, after reading lots of reviews, settled on the PV-V4525S as the best bet for the money. Unfortunately, the unit had a real problem. The power circuitry held for just 5-6 seconds at a time. Impossible to set up. With rising frustration I found out how smooth the amazon return and replacement system worked. No sooner did I send the defective unit by USPS (at their cost), within a day I was informed that the replacement was on the way. Awesome. As for the replacement. Being on a cable box, the unit did not synch up to the time, but had to be manually set. No problem at all. After that, the first recording was excellent. The general fast forward stop problem, much commented on, seems just a minor annoyance, that in view of the good recording quality, I have no difficulty living with. The large clock, another deciding factor, that I was used to having on my old unit, is bright. I would like to have the convenience of being able to toggle AM/PM during programming, but WTH, nothing is perfect. Now for longevity. My fingers are crossed.