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• Re: Help I Need a New VHS VCR - Roypercy 17:49:27 01/06/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Help I Need a New VHS VCR posted by Jwm on December 16, 2003 at 05:27:00:

  I recently purchased a factory refurbished JVC HRS-4600U SVHS on Ebay for $125.00 after my old Panasonic (what had been a high-end VHS model in 1990) died. I have to say I'm extremely impressed with the JVC's tape-handling capabilities - this particular model has tape calibration that really does clean up old, cheap or poorly tracking tapes. And picture and sound quality are outstanding, even in VHS mode - Super VHS is spectacular. The 4600 is about 3 years old, and has a lot of good features, is fairly heavy and solid feeling. More recent JVC's have been criticized for being lightweight and fragile, but the refurbs pop up on Ebay pretty often. I also understand the Philips VR-960BPH is quite good. I can't recommend newer Panasonic or Sony VHS models, having bought and returned a couple for problems out of the box before I found the JVC.
  
  

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• Maybe the Mitsubishi HSU-778... - AbeCollins 23:13:49 12/16/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Help I Need a New VHS VCR posted by Jwm on December 16, 2003 at 05:27:00:

  I just bought the Mitsubishi HSU-778 this summer. It was an impulse buy as I needed a VCR in the bedroom. It's an SVHS Hi Fi VCR with a decent tuner. I've owned a couple Mitsubishi and Sony VCR's over the years and have always felt that Mitsubishi is better built with stronger / faster motor (quicker rewinds or fast forwards). I think I paid something under $250 for the HSU-778... don't recall exactly.
  
  

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