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My favorite feature of this vcr is the ability to edit videos. I made a project for school that had alot of screw-ups in it. I just used my Go-Video vcr to edit them. It makes the cuts in the video look seamless. You can video tape little Johnny's birthday party, and then later edit out the part when he starts to cry or those oh-so embarrassing moments... you know what I am talking about. I recorded a marathon of my favorite show wich was not available on video, and then later I cut out all of the commercials. As you can see this is my personal favorite feature of this vcr, this is an absolute must buy!!!!

I love this VCR. I bought it about a month ago and I am still finding out all of the things it can do. It makes perfect copies so you can share vacation and family videos with everyone. It lets you program 2 tapes so you can be away from home and not miss a single tv program. I can't find anything not to like about this product.

Everything about this deck is driven by the on screen menu, which comes with comprehensive documentation. As with any new toy, you'll need a little patience, but within a week you should have all the necessary tricks memorized. There are special settings that control tape quality - such as if your master tape is recorded in SP or EP and if audio is hi-fi or mono. S-Video is available with the purchase of an S- Video cable (not included) and only needs to be enabled, like everything else, through the on screen menu.

If you have a digital cable box, this until comes with a special infrared "mouse" for lack of a better word that plugs into the unit and can change channels on the cable box when you are not home. (It does not work with every brand of cable box.)

This unit has both front and back A/V connections. The recordings made by this deck usually result in a crystal clear freeze frame - excellent!

Some of the things this unit is perfect for:

Continuous recording with both decks - I recently recorded a 48 hour TV marathon with ease, only having to swap tapes every 12 hours.

Copying favorite movies or home videos for friends and family - the quality of picture produced with the go deck is far superior to hooking 2 VCR's together. Visually, the copy is often identical to the master tape.

Less tape swapping - if you're away from home, you can easily record different programs onto different tapes, by enabling each deck to record from the TV through the onscreen menu.

S-VHS - You can use both VHS and Super VHS (very high resolution) tapes with this deck.

Con: this particular unit is long and may not fit into every entertainment center. You should measure before purchasing it to avoid disappointment, if space is a concern. Go Video does offer stacked decks.

Macrovision -- these units no longer disable the macrovision signal (by law), so you can no longer make back up copies of your store purchased videos if they are macrovision coded.

This is an excellent product with tons of features that I'll probably never be curious enough to use, such as commercial editing through the programming of tape position numbers (e.g. edit out everything between 1h 12m 24sec - 1h 14m 07 sec), simultaneous recording, and recording from the tv while watching a seperate videotape. (sounds handy, don't it!)

After purchasing the Go-Video dual deck DDV9755 VCR(s) I'm happy to report that it's been worth every penny and will be very useful to anyone who would like to organize a video library. I have many S-VHS tapes, so the S-VHS feature is very helpful. The audio/video dub with flying erase head allows me to do professional looking edits. Also since I have written time locations on our home videos to mark where different scenes begin, I am able to use the time search and it will stop itself at the exact place I want - no hit or miss search or forgetting to stop at the right place manually. I have looked high and low for all of these features and it is very difficult to get them all in one place with one tape deck deck let alone two. I have just gone over basic information here - there's much more it's capable of and with extra equipment such as a video mixer and/or sound effects or titler, the possibilities are endless. (I have a mixer and can't wait to get started on the more technical stuff like wipes, fades and artificial backgrounds). This is also the best price you'll find anywhere - I did a fairly thorough search.

This is the hub of my home entertainment center.
I bought it 6 years ago for $350 and it was well worth it.
I've never had a problem with it. And I've used it ALOT
I've made hundreds if not a thousand recordings already. I remember after about 3 years I brought to a repair shop for a routine cleaning..for preventive maintenance..the guy was honest and said..there's nothing wrong with it..don't waste your money. But if it did break, it would definately be worth fixing unlike today's cheaper vcrs.
My tv has absolutely no in/outputs so everything runs through this vcr.

My DVD player, receiver, computer capture device and audio are hooked up in the back. Then I just got a Nintendo Wii ..I knew my tv had no front inputs but fortunately this does!!! problem solved!
Any store will tell you you can't hook a dvd player into a vcr....but not this one..this one is very well made. Not a cheap plastic throw away. If you have tons of video tapes and are looking to keep them preserved and transfer them to newer tapes...buy one of these!
The model prior to this one which my friend has doesn't even have macrovision so it can copy any movie.
This one does but it does make most copies (except disney movies)
However this has more options like flying erase heads for a cleaner dub.
You can even plug in a microphone to dub over an audio track.