Samsung DVD-VR300 DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
Poor Remote and Input jacks
I returned this item (and bought the Panasonic DMR-ES30VS) for primarily two reasons.     The first is the remote control is almost nonresponsive.  You have to perfectly aim it at precisely the right spot on the unit for it to work.  Hence, buttons tend to get repeatedly pushed at \\"varying\\" angles just to get a response.  This so VERY annoying and it will drive you nuts!      I thought perhaps the batteries that came with the remote were just bad...? but a replacement set was no better.   Then when I saw other reviews of this same experience, I knew it was just a bad remote design. What I find so odd is I have a Samsung DLP TV and its remote (similar shape and design) does not exhibit this phenomena.    Second, there is a lack of INPUT jacks on the unit.  It's as if the Samsing engineers decided this unit and a TV would be the only entertainment appliances a consumer would own.  It has component and S-video OUTPUT jacks, but the only INPUT jack is a crummy composite.  For those people like me who use their one HDMI jack for their cablebox, the lack of good INPUT jacks was a huge disappointment.     The Panasonic I echanged for by contrast at least has   S-video INPUT jacks so I could connect my cablebox more effectively to my DVD recorder.  IMO, it is also a superior picture and its user interface more intuitive.