Quasar VHQ-451 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Value
Review: A very good machine at a good price. Lets face it folks, you don't need or want to spend a lot of money on a VCR today considering that any movie buff is now buying movies in the DVD format. The only reason we need a VCR now is to tape TV shows. That being said, this machine has good taping and playback quality. One very important feature it has is that it tapes in all 3 modes, SP, LP, and SLP. I have noticed lately that for no good reason many VCR's no longer have the LP mode, the 4 hour mode on a T-120 tape. I have a high end JVC VCR that doesn't tape in that mode, ridiculous. One thing that bothers me about most VCRs being made now is that you need the remote to use many functions like timer recording etc.. If your remote gets broken you're [out of luck].You can't change the tape mode either. My old Fisher you could do everything with or without the remote control. This is progress? Well, anyway you can't get a better or more reliable VCR than this one for the price and more [higher priced]ones won't show a noticeable difference.

Rating:
Summary: I like the brand
Review: I don't actually have this product (it made me rate it anyway, though), but I wanted to mention that I would buy another vcr from Quasar in a second. I was given my grandpa's old VCR from the 80s, since it wasn't cable ready, and he needed a new one. It STILL WORKS! I have not had one single problem with it. It's sometimes kind of nice to have manual control of the tracking, also. It doesn't have automatic tracking, but in my experience, when something goes completely automatic, it's bound to have problems. Oh, my Quasar also has a corded remote. Still, for a company to make a product that lasts for more then 20 years.. Makes me confident of them. Then again, they might have changed since then. I'd still give them a chance, though.

Rating:
Summary: I like the brand
Review: I don't actually have this product (it made me rate it anyway, though), but I wanted to mention that I would buy another vcr from Quasar in a second. I was given my grandpa's old VCR from the 80s, since it wasn't cable ready, and he needed a new one. It STILL WORKS! I have not had one single problem with it. It's sometimes kind of nice to have manual control of the tracking, also. It doesn't have automatic tracking, but in my experience, when something goes completely automatic, it's bound to have problems. Oh, my Quasar also has a corded remote. Still, for a company to make a product that lasts for more then 20 years.. Makes me confident of them. Then again, they might have changed since then. I'd still give them a chance, though.

Rating:
Summary: Best VCR
Review: I don't know if this is the same model that I had, but I need a new vcr and this is going to be the brand that I choose, the reason being I bought one back in 1994 and it just recently stopped working, I think to have a vcr that works for 10 years is almost unreal, especially how much I used it, I usually tape between 6-8 hrs a day every day, and the 10 years that I had it, my father probably went through about 6-7 vcr's all different brands and some of them were well known like Sony & Panasonic (none of them quasar) and he just recently gave me one of his that he hardly used, and I'm already having problems with it. So as for the brand quasar itself, I think it is a reliable & smart choice!