Apart from a lack of some on screen dialogues, the performance is fine. Mechanism is quiet, but sometimes tape travel hiss can be heard, but this is ever so faint and i was actually listening out for it. Carriage seems flimsy and looks plasticky, but...
Quiet Carriage Mechansim ; Quiet Tape Transport ; Fast Fwd/Rwd (approx 60 seconds for a E180) ; Virtually no sound noise on screen during ffwd/rrwd/slow/x2/pause ; plenty of connectors for TV/Sat/Hifi ; Not too badly priced ; Clear LCD on VCR, can be...
Menu system selection ; Some buttons on remote are too small ; Flimsy/Plasticky Carriage with not a great deal of positive feel when inserting a tape ; Too Light, though some may see this as a strength ; Plastic underneath, thus slips around on the TV...