Quasar VHQ-451 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR
Excellent Value
A very good machine at a good price. Lets face it folks, you don't need or want to spend a lot of money on a VCR today considering that any movie buff is now buying movies in the DVD format. The only reason we need a VCR now is to tape TV shows. That being said, this machine has good taping and playback quality. One very important feature it has is that it tapes in all 3 modes, SP, LP, and SLP. I have noticed lately that for no good reason many VCR's no longer have the LP mode, the 4 hour mode on a T-120 tape. I have a high end JVC VCR that doesn't tape in that mode, ridiculous. One thing that bothers me about most VCRs being made now is that you need the remote to use many functions like timer recording etc.. If your remote gets broken you're [out of luck].You can't change the tape mode either. My old Fisher you could do everything with or without the remote control. This is progress? Well, anyway you can't get a better or more reliable VCR than this one for the price and more [higher priced]ones won't show a noticeable difference.