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I bought this piece of junk from Wal-Mart a little over a year ago and paid too much to begin with. I paid close to $90.00. Then I started to have problems shortly after the warranty ran out. It still plays DVD's but the VCR wont play at all. I substituted the junk with another VCR unit that I have and it played fine, so what I did was prove the cable connections etc. were class A and working fine. I only played about 3 VHS tapes in this thing and it shouldn't have quit with no reason as soon as it did. This is why I claim that the cheap Chinese manufactured items that use our older respected brand names is a disgrace. People in this country still believe that RCA and Magnavox are what they're purchasing. They aren't buying anything but Chinese inferior trash with our old trusted brand names all over the equipment and the boxes that they're in.
Unfortunately, I can't suggest an alternative. All the off-shore items seem to be trash. Complain to your congressmen. Notice that I didn't capitalize congressmen. Our companies, years ago, made fine products, as well as the Japanese and Taiwanese manufacturers. Now we're forced to buy this second class trash from the Chinese, while they laugh at us.
WHY??