Video Asylum

Posted by grantv (M) on December 20, 2004 at 12:08:27

In Reply to: I'm listening... but which one? posted by strieb on December 2, 2004 at 09:27:30:

I haven't sold equipment for some years now, and I haven't bought a VCR for probably 4-5 years (no VCR in the TV room, just DVD recorder). At the time my fave's were Mits and Sony. JVC had horrible warranty problems, Hitachi picture quality wasn't so hot....
My Pioneer DVD recorder has a fairly crappy tuner section so I'm not so sure Pioneer would be a good bet. If I were you I'd see if they'll let you try a few on the same set even at the store. Tweak the set then try a prerecorded tape, record something and watch something from cable. Some VCR's have good tuners, some not so good. Same goes for the sound quality, same for picture quality off of recorded tapes vs prerecorded, etc etc....