JVC HRXVS44U DVD/VCR Combo , Silver
VCR drive died after one year
This box was pretty nice on arrival, although the picture on tape playback was not as good as on my ten-year-old Sony VCR.  However, the tape unit has given out after one year.  I've tried cleaning it and manually adjusting the tracking, to no avail.  (It's the recording that fails; playback of old tapes works OK.) <br /> <br />I've heard that all the major labels now buy their VCR drive units from cheapo makers in Taiwan, as part of an aggressive campaign to move everone to DVD.  This is unfortunate.  My advice: if you have an old VCR, keep it.  You may use a DVR for recording, but you may need something to play those ancient VHS tapes, and the new units just won't do it.  In other words, these VCR/DVD machines are a stopgap measure.