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I recently brought a Sharp VC-H965U 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR through Amazon.com and it is one of the smartest decisions I've made in the field of home entertainment. This VCR does EVERYTHING right. The time recording is easy to set up. The recording and playback looks BETTER than the original picture due to the quasi-4head Sharp super picture playback. Hooking auxillary equipment up, such as a camcorder, is a snap due to the front loading ports. I've owned VCR's made by Sony, Sylvannia, Zenith and Panasonic - and THIS one produces a better picture HANDS DOWN.
Other features: Super fast rewind and fast foward. I love this feature. Due to my busy lifestyle, I don't have all day to wait for the tape to rewind. Zero back: This feature is real neat. All you do is reset the tape counter to "0:00.00" with the CANCEL button on the remote BEFORE recording Begin recording; then when the recording is over, press ZERO BACK and the tape will return to the place where the recording started - real neat feature. I could go on and on ...JUST BUY THIS VCR!
Thanks Amazon.com for carrying Sharp products. This brand is very hard to find for some reason. Maybe QUALITY products take more time to make and therefore fewer are made.

It was time to replace my old Sanyo VCR, and I went on the hunt for a new one. I read many reviews, compared prices, ratings, features, and finally settled on this particular Sharp VCR. All I can say it I love it so far.

It is light, at least, lighter than my other. It rewinds super fast, but slows down before reaching the end of the tape which prevents it from getting yanked apart. It automatically sets the time (what a time saver too). It does an automatic channel scan and time set the first time you turn it on.

The one thing that pleases me more than anything is it plays tapes perfectly that wouldn't play correctly on my other VCRs. Especially EP recorded tapes, and older previous rental videos that I could get the tracking to work. Another thing I really like is the double fast forward and double rewind you can use when you're actually watching the tape.

If you are going to buy a new VCR, definitely do research into what features you want, price ranges, etc. But keep this one in mind. It's a great VCR, and it is priced well too!

I've been looking for a solid, reliable VCR to replace my 12-year-old Magnavox (which I loved). Panasonic VCRs are known for their reliability, so my first purchase was a Panasonic PV-V4623S. The features and user interface were great, except that it made more noise during operation than a Boeing 747 and was annoyingly slow to respond to the remote controls. I returned it. I purchased the Sharp VC-H965U after reading the enthusiastic reviews on this site (thanks, guys). Right out of the box it had a problem: During fast rewind, the tape counter would "slip", requiring a tedious manual search to locate recorded programs. This happened almost every time. The remote has three times as many buttons as other VCR remotes, and their use is not always intuitive. The back-light for the display is turned off when the VCR is off, making the clock all but impossible to read. The user manual is not available on Sharp's web site. The VCR costs more than competitive units. This is the second Sharp consumer electronics product I have owned in my life, and I haven't been happy with either one. I'm returning this VCR.

I've owned a Sharp VC-H993 for many, many years, and it still shows no signs of wearing out. The tracking has never even been adjusted and it's still right on the money. I wanted another one, and went looking, but they don't sell them anymore. So I ordered the VC-H965U, which seemed to me the same thing with a few minor changes. Now that I have it I can see that that's the case. The old remote and the new remote are identical, and work on either VCR. I'm sorry Sharp doesn't make more VCR's to choose from (the VC-H965U is the ONLY one at present). They are just absolutely the best there is, bar none. The only complaint I have against the newer one is that the yellow digital display on the front is not as easy to read, and goes off when the machine is turned off -- i.e. no clock.

Ease of operation, good pictures. Any time I have NOT bought a Sharp VCR I've been disappointed.