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My advice is to stick with a label/manufacturer that you're familiar with; a company that offers great products, excellent service, and reasonable prices. I'm upgrading to a digital unit, and will use this in my guest bedroom. I bought this DVD/VCR two years ago, and I've had no problems. To keep this unit in good shape, you must use a good head cleaner. For me, I'll continue to buy Sony.
I bought this product about 3 years ago refurbished off ebay and got it for like 60$ but has played prob 3 years everyday for hours and never had any problems. Not sure if thats because it was refurbished but still was a great buy and with the progressive scan its a cheaper way to have high def picture and sound.
My only complaint is that when I kept it on once for a few days straight, using its tuner instead of my TV tuner, it stopped working altogether. It was okay when I turned it on the next day. I've had this unit for over a year, and I'm very pleased with it. I've found that if I keep it on only when I'm actively watching a DVD or a VHS, then turn it off afterwards, everything's fine with it.
after 2 weeks, vhs tapes were being eaten, then refused to cough them up - and other maladies that i don't have time to go into.
I have another sony DVD player that I have been using for about 3 years without any problems. This unit is another story.After 4 months of use, the player stopped working with DVD/RW disks. I was expecting a quality Sony product when I bought this. A few days later, manufactured disks stopped working, now a few days later, no DVDs will play on the unit.I am so glad I got an extended warranty, because I am going to go and pick up my third new unit today for another 4 months of usage before the inevitable failure.
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