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Summary: This VCR/DVD is great.
Review: A DVD/Hi Fi VCR combo is a great invention and perfect for those who want to reduce space while obtaining a high quality home theatre system. Progressive-scan creates crystal clear picture and the VCR auto-tracking is a great feature, especially for those old tapes.
But buyer, beware. The VCR will eat any Hillary Duff movie. I really think It thinks it's doing a service for humanity, but it's just plain annoying to get the thing repaired whenever the grandkids visit.
Other than that, it's a real find.
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Summary: Avoid at all costs
Review: Had this DVD/VCR combo for 11 months and it worked ok, though it got very light use on our second TV.
Then a piece of plastic broke on the vcr mechanism and the shop wanted $65 to repair (woohoo--the parts were under warranty, that was just for labor). I'd paid $140 from Amazon when it was new.
Consumers should not put up with this shoddy quality.
Wish there had been more reviews at the time. Am so disappointed in the JVC (the J stands for JUNK!) brand, needless to say I'll not be buying any of their lousy products in the future.
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Summary: STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE!!!!!
Review: I am now on my 2nd unit and this one just crashed. Unit is not able to play any DVD and or CD. I am going to have to go thru the hassle of pulling it out of my rack, box the unit up and ship it back. If you read this and still decide to purchase, you may want to keep box.
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Summary: Item never received
Review: I am so much disappointed as my credit card has been charged for the item. But the item is never received. I tried to contact the seller to no avail.
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Summary: I wish the negative reviews were there when I purchase this
Review: I bought this oversized paper weight in September thinking I got a great deal for a Christmas gift. The unit stayed in the box until December. We cracked it open just before Christmas. The hook up sucks and is pretty confusing for those not literate with electronics. The DVD player which is the main reason I bought this, only worked for 30 days. Here I joined a damn DVD club and ordered a truck load of kid videos for my daughter. The wonderful warranty only covers labor for 30 days. Well since I didn't take it out of the box until I past that date I was out of warranty. The repair center wanted $70.00 for labor, which is more than 1/2 the cost of the machine. Because it freezes all the time we only use the VCR, which I already had, now I have an extra VCR. Whoopie. I hate JVC and will never buy their stuff. My next machine is comming from ebay for under a $100.00. Or from Sears and I will get the extended labor warranty because it's obvious you need it these days. Quality is just not important to manufacturers anymore. What a shame.
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Summary: Seemed like a good idea at the time
Review: I bought this unit really cheap on closeout at an unnamed local chain (that also sells pretty good tools). Then we moved our Sony combo upstairs. I loved the remote but then noticed these faint, flashing diagonal lines (that started to drive me crazy) and it would not play tapes from the Sony combo that it replaced well even using manual tracking. I tried different connections and settings to no avail. The eject mechanisms sounded clunky and after reading the reviews it got on my nerves.
Well I took it back after 2 weeks to the local store and for just a few dollars more got a Sony combo on sale. Even though it has the teeny-weeny buttons the picture and sound rock. Thank You!!!
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Summary: VCR Component Doesn't Work Well
Review: I did quite a bit of research and decided on this vcr/dvd combo because of the DVD flexibility, but was very disappointed with the VCR component. It produced all sorts of noise feedback when it hit rough spots on the tape it was playing, sometimes over and over every few seconds. I ended up returning it and am now seeking an alternative, and I rarely return items. I have a huge collection of video tapes and could not stand the thought of having to deal with all of that feedback. It essentially made it into a DVD-only player.
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Summary: Good Product
Review: I don't know who the bad reviews from below are coming from... but I have had nothing but enjoyment from this unit. I use the DVD player heavily... but the VCR part only once or so a month... however I have had absolutely no problems.
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Summary: Give Me a Break On The Setup Menu
Review: I got this machine to replace my 20 year old VCR that was eating tapes. Since I don't use a VCR that much I figured how could I go wrong. WrongThe one thing I have to have is my TIVO macine, which I bought at Amazon over 3 years ago and love. I have the TIVO machine hooked up with an A/B box along with the VCR/DVD. I got all the wires hooked up and everything kinda worked to I started playing with the setup menu. The setup menu is way to hard to figure out. I have to press the input button to get some things to register and nowhere in the instructions does it tell you that. I am an engineer and can usually figure these thing out. I spent 20 minutes to change from daylight savings time to standard time. The setup menu is not intuitive and way too complicated. I can't play the VC-Rs and the DVD-Rs that I make on my computer on the machine so that is another minus. Keep looking
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Summary: Very Pleased
Review: I have it hooked up to my Cablevision digital box. Everything works fine for me for both the VHS and DVD. Recording is a snap. The only complaint I have is that they have the input RCA ports on the front for gamers. But if you use them for connecting your cable box then they get in the way of the VHS tapes going in and out. They should have put a set in the back also.
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