JVC HRJ692U 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR , Black
Great expectations
I bought this VCR as a replacement for an 8 yr-old RCA that was starting to have problems with playback.  The price was right and the JVC brand had a good reputation as far as I knew.  Despite the good to excellent video recording quality, I have to give this product two stars and I'm returning it for the following reasons.<br />- The sound from recorded shows is very tinny, to the point of being distracting.<br />- The fast forward and rewind functions display static over most of the video, making it hard to see when the commercial ends and the show begins so you often wind up going too far forward or back.<br />- The pause has the same video problem as fast forward.  It just doesn't show a clear picture.<br />- For most functions, the VCR has no feedback of the current status on the LED display.  All status information is displayed on-screen, which means you don't know what operation is currently selected unless the TV/VCR mode is switched in.<br />- The timer programming interface is fairly easy to use but makes it unnecessarily slow to set up the programs.  I could program my old RCA in a quarter of the time.<br />Unfortunately I just can't recommend this product.