After my dearly beloved 6 Years Recommended Age Panasonic VCR one of the last storm has (lightning) did not survive, had to get a new recorder, because I have a lot of video cassettes. There is, unfortunately, hardly any selection. So I could not decide between LG and Daewoo. After I then have read the reports, I have then decided on the LG. It was not a bad decision. The stove was really easy. The sound and picture quality really surprised me, which is great. Almost better than my broken Panasonic expensive. The manual is average, but very easy to understand. Now time to the "defects". So the running noise is borderline. Quiet is something else. The problem with the band display was also already described. That's what I have to get used to. No zero stop, no index search - which is a real shame. then the LG would indeed be a top device for the price. But overall I'm satisfied with the purchase. There are 4 stars.