Hi, My VCR is starting to do strange things too lately, so Ive been looking around for some nice ones myself. So far the winner in my opinion have been the ones with Quasi SVHS - They can play SVHS but cant record, they are still reasonably cheap too. A lot of the sony vcrs are pretty nice, as well as JVC and Toshiba, one nice feature to look out for is the ability for the vcr to set the clock correctly by itself just by plugging it in. high speed rewind and a universal remote are nice too. I personally would stay away from the Panasonic line, because ive had far too many bad experiences with them (maybe its just me, no offense to those who like them), and I think they are ugly too
Good luck with your purchase
