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This unit has it all... DVD/VHS/Flat screen 20" TV, perfect for a bedroom. Picture is great, the VCR is extremely quiet and because it is integrated you don't lose quality in plugging your cable connector into a VCR and then separately feeding the VCR to TV. It has a lovely display outwardly and clean presentation in a room (less cords and cables). I have it waking me up each morning M-Fri and turning off when I should be walking out the door. It's fun.

The 4 rating instead of 5 is due to the following: The remote control is poorly designed with very small and unnaturally located channel and volume buttons when usually these are the most prominent things on a remote. Likewise, the DVD menu navigation buttons are even smaller and tough to maneuver. I suggest buying a universal remote (make sure it has DVD capability). Also docked for inability to record one show and watch another simultaneously, but this is a fundamental, I'm sure, to integrated TV/VCRs, and if you have a cable box with a different television you couldn't anyway. One other thing, when you change the channel the "stereo" display reference to sound setting is really low on the screen.

I recommend it!

I bought this set to replace a JVC unit that I did not like the color or sound on. We have been pleased with the flat screen picture tube which has less distortion on the sides than other tubes and the sound and color are great. You can make fine adjustments via the menu driven controls on the remote. The VCR and DVD units are also easy to use and high quality to view. Everything is easy to control via just one remote. I would buy another one.

This set really has a vivid robust looking picture and I thought I had purchased the perfect TV/DVD/VCR at a reasonable price until a tape got stuck in the unit. It's going back to the store for an exchange, but you can bet that I will be getting the same model again 'cause this is one nice looking TV. All you have to do is plug it in and you're ready to go-no more tangled cables and multiple remotes-everything you need is built right into this one unit. Also,the DVD section worked fine, and does not pixelate at all unlike some other DVD players I have tried.

I've compared this TV-DVD-VCR combo with others from Panasonic and Sharp in retail stores, and found this unit to be by far the best value based on price and picture quality. There's only one problem . . . Amazon.com has not figured out how to ship this item. The first one I ordered was damaged in shipping (the tv is packaged in very thin styrofoam and it appears that the slightest mishandling of the box could cause damage to the tv's corners or facade), and Amazon.com's helpful customer service quickly sent me a second one. The second one suffered from the same damage. Alas, I'll have to pay more money to buy one at my local retailer, since I don't want to risk receiving another defective one and Amazon.com doesn't want to risk this either. Let's hope Amazon.com figures out how to ship merchandise that isn't packaged by the manufacturer for individual commercial shipping.

The TV is great, awesome picture, great sound, but dvd menu buttons on my remote have never worked. Toshiba promised to replace the remote almost 2 and a half months ago, and the remote is still on backorder, so I am not allowed to navigate dvd menus, I can only watch the movie without extra features