Panasonic PV-VS4821 4-Head S-VHS Hi-Fi  VCR
Panasonic?? What a disapointment
I always heard how Panasonic made such fine VCRs. While this may have been true in the past, I believe that Panasonic is slipping. Which is all this VCR gave from the time I got it - a \\"slipping\\" picture. Every tape I tried would miss-track, or the picture would flutter & roll, or loud mistracking noises would happen every few minutes. Didn't matter if it was an old tape, freshly opened tape, newly purchased movie, every one miss-tracked or the picture would roll, etc. Despite \\"autotracking\\" feature, I constantly had to manually track the machine, especially after fast-forwarding through a commercial. My previous Panasonic worked very well for two years, and then did the very same thing, despite my taking good care of it. Which is all a shame, because this Panasonic VCR is one of the few available with an S-video output, which would have meant a superior picture-if only it didn't  slip, slide & roll.