Samsung DVDV5500 DVD/VCR Combination Dual Deck
Great for the price . . . so far at least!
I just brought this home, so I can't give any long-term performance notes.  These combo machines seem to have a collective bad record in that regard, so we'll see.  That said, the cd-player sounds great, dvd's play fine, dvd-r's, vcd's and so on (tested those 3 so far), and the VCR is more responsive than our old Sharp standalone.  You can pause, ff and rew with barely a moments hesitation.  You can hear the motor running softly, so if you're particular prone to hair-pulling if your electronics aren't whisper-quiet, then you may want to look elsewhere, but I wouldn't call it loud by any stretch of the imagination.<br /><br />For the giveaway price I'm extremely satisfied and very happy to put the old VCR deck down in the basement.  I bought it at Sears and paid an extra $15 for a two year full-replacement warranty, so you probably won't hear much squealing on my end if it suffers some sort of premature melt-down, but I'll keep folks posted in any case.