Zenith XBV243 Dual Deck DVD-VCR Combo
Its ok, but not for the money
Well after being a hard-core zenith fan for many many years I decided to go with this machine when my old Zenith VCR ate a tape after 15 years and a few quirky ejections.<br />This one seemed like a good choice, ...the few problems I did have were caused by those annoying people putting thier grubby dirty fingers on the DVDs at Blockbuster that messed up the player reading them.  after a quick rub on the DVD it worked fine.<br />The remote is a bit small for peopel with big fingers, but not impossible to use.<br />My biggest qualm with it?  The buttons on the front are very hard to read and see which button you are pushing.  This is due to the reflective backing the buttons are set through.  If you have this unit set low and in a dark spot you can pretty much forget seeing what you are pushing, best choice is to the use the remote.<br />I can't testify to the programing of this unit since I've trying to figure out how to get the best picture throgh a cable box comming from a new HDTV and all the other boxes and cables, I haven't had time to bother trying to record something.<br />If I had the chance to buy it again? I think I would pass and go for something a progressive scan capability.  I would consider a Zenith in that yes, but this no.  Especially since I saw how going from the RCA connection to the S-Video improved the quality.  Maybe using the component output would kick it up to change my mind, maybe not.