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Summary: VHS player good, DVD player less than good
Review: Briefly I ordered this for reasons everybody does but have already returned it & am considering my options on a different purchase. In the past I always had tremendous good fortune with Panasonic products so I tried this one without hesitation. The VHS player seemed wonderful, but the the DVD player would freeze for no apparent reason on brand new DVD's on a scene & you'd have to turn it off & the best you could get from it was to start over again at beginning. Sometimes it would claim the just opened DVD was "dirty" if you could not even get it to re-start at the beginning as it often would. The unwanted freezing would occur anywhere from every 5 to 20 minutes & became infuriating quickly. Maybe I was unlucky but this experience was unpleasant to say the least.
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Summary: works fine-- so far. maybe i'm lucky
Review: I bought mine about a year ago (though not from Amazon), and I've had no problems at all. If I had read through these reviews, I probably would have steered clear of the unit.I got mine really cheaply at a mega-warehouse place near my house where I tend to shop more for a six-months' supply of diapers and toilet paper than consumer electronics. It's sort of boring really, just works without incident. I don't know if I like Panasonic per se, but because this combo unit worked out fine I also picked up a really cheap receiver to go along with it, and that also has been just fine. I guess I was lucky to get an ok one.
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Summary: Good all-around product
Review: I bought this as a Christmas gift, and have been mostly satisfied with it. We had a Panasonic VHS deck, and the only difference between it and the VHS feature on this model is that it doesn't have the commercial skip button to fast forward through commercials when watching a recorded tape. When I bought it, it came with a mail in rebate from the manufacturer. I mailed it a few days after Christmas, and I still haven't gotten it yet. (Nearly March). The machine is much more reliable than the company. I would recomend getting this, but don't hold your breath on the rebate.
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Summary: BAD!!! BAD!!!SPITS OUT TAPES
Review: I have now owned two of these units and they both exhibited the same issue right out of the box. The unit will not accept tapes. The DVD works just fine but I cannot play a VHS tape. I took the first one back to the dealer and got a new one. This one did the same thing. I went back to the dealer to exchange it again and before I got a new one I had them try it in the store for me. It also did the same thing (spit out the tapes). They were bewildered. I took the one that I had to an authorized Panasonic repair place. They fixed it (so they said because I didn't even try it myself) by replacing the whole VHS drum assembly. I was so in love with this unit by then that I took it directly from the repair place back to the dealer to get my money back. Now I am in search of something better. PS: Panasonic was of no help over the phone on their customer service line and said they couldn't understand why my three units would not work and they had never heard of this issue before. They said that it was possible that the dealer was shipped a bad batch. I then told them that the first unit was bought at another outlet of this dealer 500 miles from the second. They did not have an answer and just said that I needed to have it repaired. PPS: The instruction book that came with this unit was very poor and dificult to understand.
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Summary: Easy to use, great picture, good concept
Review: I picked this up yesterday, and set it up easily. The picture is wonderful. The remote is a little complex, but I'm not sure that is avoidable. And, at least for the near future, I think a combination VCR/DVD player is the way to go.
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Summary: Very Pleased
Review: I plugged it in and it worked. Great picture's on both VCR and DVD!
Combo's are the way to go if you still need to a VCR around.
I am going to buy a second unit if I can get a good deal.
Yes the Remote is big and has to many buttons...
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Summary: Multiple breakdowns
Review: I purchased our unit in September 2001, and in that time it has broken down 3 times. First the DVD player died, but it was still under warranty so it was eventually repaired by Panasonic. Now, both the VCR and DVD players have stopped working. I expect the cost to repair the unit simply won't be worth it, and I won't be buying anything from Panasonic again.
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Summary: Nice features, good VCR, DVD player freezes
Review: I purchased this unit to make the transition to DVD. We still use the VCR for exercise tapes, kids videos and recording programs on TV. The VCR machine works very well - clear picture, nice controls and features. The DVD player also seems to have a good set of features like zoom and progressive scan. Also, the unit has very good connectivity for various configurations. On the downside, I have had similar problems to others with the DVD player freezing. I put a brand new DVD in the player for the inaugural viewing. We watched the first 45 minutes of the DVD then it froze (to great dissappointment with the kids). When I tried to power the unit down, it would not immediately let me do that. When we turned the unit back on, it would play for 2-5 minutes, then freeze again. I called Panasonic, they said it was likely the DVD disc. I have read there are occasional compatability issues with certain discs but given that this is a new model DVD player and it was a fairly new release DVD, I find this odd. Eventually, Panasonic recommended that I exchange the unit which I did. Hopefully, it was a fluke.
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Summary: Very pleased
Review: I recently received my Panasonic DVD/VCR player and I am very pleased with its performance. I could have bought another brand DVD/VCR combo for less, but I already have 2 Panasonic VCRs and have been extremely please with their performance, so I wanted to stay with the Panasonic brand name. I was not disappointed. The DVD/VCR player has all the same features as my old VCR and operates similarly, so there was no learning curve. It is loaded with features for the DVD player as well. One advantage to the DVD/VCR combo is that I can tape my favorite programs from the TV while I (or my 2-year-old) watch a DVD. Also, the VCR can now tape program whether it is in the ON or OFF position, so no more missing programs because you forgot to turn the VCR off to tape. Installation was easy... I simply unplugged my old VCR and plugged up the new DVD/VCR combo exactly as the old VCR was set up and it worked perfectly. I am not even running a special cable between the DVD portion of the machine and the TV, and the DVD picture is absolutely flawless! Which is a good thing because I wouldn't even know how to do anything but the most basic hook up. My only complaint is that that remote should be lighted, so you can see what you are doing in the dark.
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Summary: Don't buy this product
Review: I was weary in purchasing a combo unit, however due to space constraints I decided to take a chance. Boy was it a mistake. The DVD on the unit was not working right off the bat. Took it to the Panasonic Authorized Repair Center and it's been in the shop for the last 5 weeks waiting for a replacement part. By the time I get this piece of junk back from the Service Center the warranty will have expired. Stay away from combo units......
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