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I bought this at Circuit City for $... with a $... mail in rebate. I figured it is worth $... for either one of the functions, not to mention both. The remote control is nicely laid out and easy to use. The VCR's record and playback quaility is excellent. The only complaint I have with the VCR is that when setting up a timed recording, you cannot use the number keypad to select the channel, you have to use a plus and minus key to sequentially go up or down. Other than that it is perfect. The DVD player also has excellent picture quailty and the zoom works great too. It allows me to push the skip button to avoid the long wait times for the copyright screen, etc. It also keeps track where I left off if I have to stop the movie and even power off. If you eject it will loose it's place however. It doesn't skip on any of my scratched DVD's like my old player did. I'm very pleased with the product and would recommend to anyone even if price was more.

DVD & VCR - the best of both worlds. This makes my life much simpler - fewer wires, takes up less space, and provides me with quality visual. Costs less than most DVD players and helped me upgrade from a really old VCR system. I don't have to switch back and forth between DVD & VCR viewing systems like most of my friends - and I don't have to keep another remote laying around the living room!

If you're not familiar with Broksonic, you should definitely give this guy a chance. You can't beat the quality for the price.

I am horrible at buying gifts. Last year I bought my mother a DVD player that she used about 3 times and complained about for the rest of the year because she couldn't work it. This was a perfect choice for her.
This Broksonic DVD/VCR is so easy to use. If you aren't familiar with all those red/yellow/white cables and what to do with them. This one can plug directly into cable ready tv's with a normal tv cable. That was something I didn't think of when buying it. I'd only read the reviews that it worked well. The ease of installation as well as operation makes this perfect for anyone. It is the perfect addition for those that aren't electronic's savvy or just want one unit instead of two.

It's got a good clear picture and easy to read remote and menus.
As someone else mentioned this would be great for your children's dvd's.

For the price it's a good buy. It's a basic system without a lot of the extras the others have but it works well.

We had a Sylvania combo VCR/DVD and decided to replace it because was a POS for so many reasons. We researched several combo VCR/DVD units (Sony, JVC, Panasonic, Samsung). Only the Broksonic and the high end (expensive) Sony and JVC were getting good reviews. We have been very pleased with the Broksonic. Plays DVDs that our old DVD player would not. VCR works ok. Sound and video are great. Easy to program VCR. Remote control button layout is a little scattered but ok. MP3 player sounds great. Song titles are shown on TV but there is not enough room for long titles.

I read the reviews of other people that own this unit. Went to
my local Circuit City store (Lincoln,Ne) and got two. They worked
great, play back on all modes was super, very easy to operate/
install. If you are look for a good vcr/cd combo this is a good
bet.