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Summary: Not so good
Review: After I bought this the first time I found out that their was a major problem with this unit and Panasonic had to fix like a jillion of these things. If you look around you will see this model and the PV-V4622 for sale everywhere as "reconditioned". This machine works great except for a few major problems.
1. This unit does not accept all types of VCR tapes. I bought a package of 10 tapes from Costco and 3 wouldn't work with this machine. No reason just wouldn't work. About 3-4 other brands flat won't work. 2. When you record at any speed other then the best you have to constantly adjust the tracking every minute. I have owned much better VCRs. I have a Panasonic TV/VCR combo and it is the best tv and vcr I have ever owned. ..
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Summary: Fun while it lasted...
Review: Don't waste your time on this badly made product. I returned it the day after I got it. The commercial skip works 95% of the time and is great, but it is not worth having to put up with the noise this thing makes and the lousy picture quality. It's extermely loud in fast forward and rewind, but also make noises when in the play noise that are nowhere near acceptable. But worst is the picture quality. I played tapes in it recorded from 2 other VCR's, and ones I bought from the store, and they all had a gritty picture. Even tapes recorded with THIS unit played somewhat gritty. Save yourself the labor of mailing this thing back and look at better units. Paying so little for a VCR will only disappoint you in the long run.
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Summary: Loud and Bad Auto Tracking
Review: Don't waste your time on this badly made product. I returned it the day after I got it. The commercial skip works 95% of the time and is great, but it is not worth having to put up with the noise this thing makes and the lousy picture quality. It's extermely loud in fast forward and rewind, but also make noises when in the play noise that are nowhere near acceptable. But worst is the picture quality. I played tapes in it recorded from 2 other VCR's, and ones I bought from the store, and they all had a gritty picture. Even tapes recorded with THIS unit played somewhat gritty. Save yourself the labor of mailing this thing back and look at better units. Paying so little for a VCR will only disappoint you in the long run.
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Summary: Finicky and refuses to play many tapes
Review: I actually bought two versions of this by mistake - one was branded Quasar, and was very cheap but gave me problems, so I went and bought a brand name - and found it was the identical model (poor memory of what the Quasar looked like when I was in the store)! Even the instruction manual was identical - just the brand name changed.
The controls are all fine and when it records the quality is fine, but it refuses to play many commercial tapes - just ejects them, gets them stuck on loading and I've had to take the top off a couple of times. These are the same problems I had with the Quasar branded one. A real shame, as I believed Panasonic did high quality goods until now. I am shopping for another one and trying to guess the price that you have to pay to get something that works.
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Summary: Never had one that worked.
Review: I actually had two of these units. The first never played tapes back correctly. It would play back in the opposite speed it was intended. (SLP for a tape recorded in EP or vice versa) I got another one and it ate every tape I put in it. You gotta be kidding me! It is just a VCR. This is not cutting edge technology.
Dissapointed.
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Summary: poor product quality
Review: I bought this on January 2004, and 11 months later, it already has a problem to record.
Very poor product quality.
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Summary: Great VCR
Review: I love the Commercial Advance! Looking to buy a 2nd!
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Summary: Excellent Stand-Alone Hi-Fi Stereo VCR
Review: 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" 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.
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Summary: PIECE OF JUNK
Review: I purchased this VCR after reading some of the postive reviews on this site. It worked for 1 day and then began a strange whirring noise when I turned the power on and would not recognize that it had a tape in it and then would just cut off. I am returning it tomorrow for my money back. I should have known it was crap when I took it out of the box and it weighed about a pound. My old Magnavox VCR was of a substantial weight and lasted 10 years of continuous use. I spent $95 on this Panasonic and would recommend spending your money on something else.
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Summary: Smart commercial advance at good price
Review: I was deciding between the Panasonic 4623S and the Sony SLV-N700 and I bought both to do a side-by-side comparison. The Sony model is more expensive but it has more features such as VCR+, Quasi SVHS playback and a handy replay button. Rewinding speed is extremely fast, and I prefer Sony's on-screen display better. For example, after you press the rewind button, the Panasonic model doesn't display the time counter right away; it takes a few seconds for it to show up, making it difficult to search video just a few minutes prior. Programming is equally easy on both, but only Sony has VCR+. In terms of video quality, the Sony model records and plays with superior video quality in both SP and EP mode, but the difference is not huge. This is the only two recording mode available in the Sony model vs. Panasonic's SP, LP and SLP mode. Buttons on both remote controls are tiny; Panasonic's remote is illuminated but only on 4 navagation buttons. Sony's model has a glow in the dark remote on every buttons, but some markings are not directly printed on the buttons, rendering it meaningless to have blank buttons that glow at night. Panasonic features commercial advance (CA), which is different from commercial skip from other manufacturers. After recordings, Panasonic will rewind the tape to mark commercials. During play back, it'll automatically fast forward without having to touch the remote. It works almost all the time but sometimes it'll miss a commercial, depending on the program and signal. The down side of CA is that it takes 15 mins to mark a 2-hr recording. Sony's commercial skip only fast forward 30 sec per key press. Overall, Sony's quality and feature wins out, but I decide to return it and keep the Panasonic, mainly because of the commercial advance feature. For those who care, the Sony is made in China and the Panasonic is made in Indonesia.
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