Panasonic PV-V4623S 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR, Silver
Excellent Stand-Alone Hi-Fi Stereo VCR
I needed something to replace our 10-year old Sanyo unit which served us faithfully.  The new unit was hooked up in about five minutes to play through our Kenwood Dolby Pro Logic receiver and Advent speakers into our Panasonic 27&quot; TV.  The sound is (as expected) awesome and the picture is very, very good (not equal to a DVD, of course, but as good as a VCR can produce.)  We went (again) with Panasonic's excellent repair history; everything we have bought in Panasonic products still function perfectly. One important feature is the good-sized Universal Remote that came with it that gives commands at wide angles to the VCR, as opposed to other Remotes that must be pointed point-blank at VCRs.  There'll come a time when we'll add a DVD player, but for the time being this high quality Panasonic VCR is everything a person would want.  An excellent choice.