JVC HR-S9911U S-VHS Hi-Fi Stereo VCR
An Excellent Prosumer VCR
Sure, people are transferring everything to digital or to DVD-R's but how are you getting that footage to the computer or DVD recorder? Remember - garbage in-garbage out. <br /> <br />Sure, it, costs more than a VCR you can pick up at the drugstore but then you get what you pay for. <br /> <br />Excluding multi format VCR's (mini DV, DVD combo, etc ...) this is the BEST VALUE VCR you can get. If you're like me and have a lot of tapes taped on different machines and you need something that can do real video calibration to make everything look nice - this is the VCR to get. The JVC Time-Base-Corrector (TBC) is the best of all the prosumer models. Tapes that play horribly on my Sharp & Sony play back perfectly on this. <br /> <br />Now, I only got this a couple days but if it's like my last JVC - 10 years later, that one is still running.  <br /> <br />If you need stable playback across multi-branded tapes taped from multi-branded machines - this is the best value machine (there are more expensive JVC's) - don't even bother with spending any less. This is an excellent machine for prosumers and serious videophiles.  <br /> <br />BTW, the front panel opens to reveal the tape and the remote has a scroll wheel.