The Samsung vr8460 is easy to hook up and easy to use.
Picture quality is decent and stable sound is good.The
auto tracker does a great job even on 10 year old tapes
recorded on a horrible old 2-head machine! Contrary to
other reviews this vcr does playback on ch.3 but for... Read full review »

Best in it's class

bytynorth Aug 18, 2004

3 Helpfuls 4 Helpfuls Comment

Pros Great picture and sound, the best tracking system and features in it's class.

Cons One would have to get very picky to find any.

Recommended it? Yes

I have a collection of 1100 movies on VHS I taped over the past 5 years. I made the mistake of taping several movies on a tape in SLP mode. When your VCR wears out, as two of mine have done, the new one will not play the tapes as well. I tried two other popular and more expensive VCRs and took them... Read full review »

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Great price but tricky to hook up

bywmcot Jul 7, 2004

2 Helpfuls 3 Helpfuls Comment

Pros Great picture and features at a low price.

Cons Must use A/V connectors to view on your TV (not necessarily a bad thing)

Recommended it? Yes

The VR8460 VCR by Samsung is a great VCR for the money. The picture is crisp, auto-tracking tracks even my worst tapes, and it's a nice compact unit.

The trick is that to watch a VCR tape, you MUST connect the A/V output jacks on the VCR to your A/V input jacks on your TV. No more... Read full review »