Panasonic PV-V4611 4-Head Hi-Fi Stereo VCR
Not a star performer
I bought this when the PV-V4521 I wanted wasn't available. Took the unit home, set it up. Then the fun began.<br />I was able to get it to work with my dish fine. My child wanted to watch a video, so I put one in, then hit rewind. Seconds later it was done, and began to play. It played for 15 seconds, rewound, then stopped. Hrmm. I ejected the tape, the VCR ate it. Oh great. I tried another tape...a new, blank one, the same thing. <br />I looked online for something about this, and another review site had several folks this happened to. I boxed it up and return it, this time trying my luck with a Samsung VR8160 instead.<br />The instructions were good, I liked the lighted remote. Installation was easy. Couldn't tell you on how the VCR played, since it was too hungry to play and insisted on eating tapes.<br />I gave it a 2 because it at least powered up. The menus are easy to navigate, but this tape eating feature...well...I bought this unit to PLAY tapes, and it serves me no purpose if it's going to not do that.<br />I'd be leery to recommend this one to someone else.