Sony SLV-D300P Progressive-Scan DVD-VCR Combo
THIS COMBO WORKS FOR ME
We purchased this DVD/VCR combo with a little hesitation due to some negative reviews here and on other sites but have found that, for the money ($179) it is a very decent DVD player/VCR player-recorder.  Setup was a breeze -- less than 5 minutes with only a glance at the instructions.<br />Since buying this unit last week, I've played about 10 DVDs on it.  All played flawlessly with a beautiful picture.  Last night we watched a DVD from the library and near the end, the picture began to break up as some other have complained about the unit.  When we examined the borrowed DVD, we saw that it contained several severe scratches near the end and this is why the picture was breaking up -- not the fault of the player.  <br />The VCR works flawlessly -- mostly we just record the news and Comedy Central and we use our tapes over and over.  Even old tapes that had been recorded on many times played back beautifully on this player.  (...) <br />I can't quite give the unit a rating of 5 because the response time on some of the commands is a little slow.  Also, I have had one incidence of having no response when I pressed the eject button the DVD player.  I had to switch the power off and on and press the button a couple more times before it worked.  That was the second time I used the DVD, but it has worked every time since then.  We have not yet completely read the manual nor learned to use all of the controls on the remote, but we are quite satisfied with the performance of this unit.