Samsung DVD-V2000 DVD-VCR Combo
A Solid Combo Unit as far as I'm Concerned...
I did a lot of research before purchasing a DVD player (well, before asking for one for Christmas...) and once I decided I wanted a combo DVD/VCR (space/aesthetic reasons primarily), the Samsung V-2000 came up a lot. Consumer Reports gave it the number-one rating, so I came here and to bizrate.com to see what people were writing. I was a little concerned about so many negative reviews (noisy machine, etc.) so I asked salespeople at a couple of reliable retail outlets that both said the machine was selling really well and that they weren't being returned/exchanged. So far, I love the machine - the quality of the picture/sound on the DVD and VCR is more than satisfactory, it looks great, and I trust Samsung - it's owned by Sony, after all (at least that's what I was told).