Samsung SV-5000W Worldwide VHS Format VCR
Worst VCR I ever owned
The first impression was great.  It played all of my PAL VHS tapes, and converted them with reasonable (not great, but I didn't expect it to be great) quality.  Then, after about 6 months it started &quot;snowing&quot; and then the whole screen become filled with snow that it basically impossible to see anything on it now.  I've also tried to use it to watch  my PAL DVDs on NTSC TV, and noticed strange sound drops. Sometimes, for no reason, it would only show video and audio would be completely mute.  I've had nothing but problems with it.  Samsung *really* should've recalled this model.  I would like file a lawsuit on  behalf of all people who got fooled the same way as me with this VCR against Samsung. A friend of mine owned the same VCR and his died in less than a year.  So you spend $300 on something that you hope would last for a long time and you get *this* instead?