Panasonic PV-D4761 DVD/VCR Combo

• Space-saving combination DVD player and 4-head, hi-fi stereo VCR
• Optical digital audio output passes Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround signals to compatible AV receivers and speaker systems
• VCR's Commercial Skip feature lets you hop past commercials
• S-video and component-video DVD outputs; shared DVD/VCR composite-video output
• Measures 16.9 x 4.6 x 14.9 inches (W x H x D)

The first bad thing about this unit is the manual, which is so poorly written that Panasonic wisely added a tech support number at the end of it. Since I'm reasonably handy with electronics, I got it set up after about 30 minutes without tech support, but found that I was having difficulty accessing the DVD special menus and chapters. After about 2 hours of frustration, I gave up. On calling tech support the next day, they informed me that the machine was probably defective. The DVD player was making a whirring noise on startup, and was skipping on audio CD's to boot. Add to that the fact that the "illuminated remote control" is misleading advertising. Only a handful of basic functions are illuminated (unless my remote was malfunctioning too -a distinct possibility). The picture quality, (the little I saw of it) seemed fine. CD's played on the DVD sounded tinny, although the sound on the 15 minutes of DVD I got to watch seemed good. Most of all, the manual and the layout of the remote were too confusing for words. It couldn't be any worse!

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I'm very proficient with electronics and even I had problems reading through the instruction manual I gave up after 2-3 minutes and hooked it up without it. It was easy enough. This DVD/VCR combo has every feature you could want including 5x search forward & backward, this was great especially with the DVDs. There are two disappointing facts however: the lighted remote only lights 8 keys NOT including numbers, volume or channel keys. Also the VCR picture quality was miserable in comparison to the Phillips DVD/VCR (but the Phillips ate my VCR tape, I didn't try another). This was very disappointing coming from Panasonic but I've experienced poor picture quality with their VCR PV-8664 as well. so much so I'm returning it this eve. I paid ... at PC Richards here in NY over priced due to poor picture quality, poor manual, and only eight keys lighting on the remote, but you've gotta love the features (though not enough to keep it).

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Basic set up to replace an existing vcr is simple and straight forward. Manual is extensive and could be inproved but info is all there. Unit seems very well made. Performance and controls are very good. The Panasonic CT-27D11 might be a good match to get the most out of this unit.

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The item has performed very well. Needed something to play VHS and DVD for the kids and I only had limited space. The machine is easy to use and the front A/V inputs make it easy to hook up a video camera to watch home movies.

all in all we are very satisfied.

I didn't get one of these players, a friend has this one and I recently got time to use it.

The DVD playback is decent and so is the VHS. Although this DVD player alone wouldn't sell for much... and the VCR would'nt sell for much either..

The truth is that I really don't get the point of this. heres why... 1)Most people who bought this already owned a VCR so buying the extra VCR is pointless. 2)Its more expensive, You can easily pick up a decent DVD player and a VCR less then you're paying for this.

I understand that you're saving the hassle of all the wires and its looks more neat and compact this way, but is it really worth the money?

My advice: Just buy a DVD player. if you have a VCR with a bunch of VHS movies.. great keep them, you'll still have the VCR to watch them. If you don't have a VCR then most probably you don't own any VHS tapes, in this case, still buy the DVD player, DVD's are the future VHS is fading out fast and you probably won't buy a VHS anyway if you get a DVD/VCR. If you don't have a VCR and own VHS tapes then go with one DVD and one VCR you can save some money if you go this way.