But for Toshiba: Even my oldest videocassettes (1989) are reproduced with excellent picture and sound quality, even the ones we had not seen since our last video recorder provided no ordinary sound. It apparently does not matter that the cartridges with four different devices (an old Grundig, a Toshiba, which worked well for over 10 years, a nameless and Sony) and with completely different Tonspurlagen recorded, everything is tolerated, the picture and sound are very good.
He has not so many Voreistellungsmöglichkeiten in picture and sound (like the Samsung), which I certainly have often wondered when testing where actually now was the difference, and if I really need ...
The manual also like me, it is relatively clear and well explained. And what I did not understand at the Samsung, namely the differences of DVD + RW and DVD-RW, the different recording modes and their ways is with this explanation "suddenly" clear.
I was with their help will be able to explain the basic operation of my wife a few words, so that it dominated everything very quickly in the proverbial sleeping. The angular tolerance of the infrared receiver might be a bit bigger, but is not a problem.
I have not tried the DVD recording - but there should something go wrong, I will return the unit for repair, not for credit, simply because playing is so convincing.
This is precisely the reason for my very positive: The machine complies exactly my claim, even my oldest VHS recordings (also those in which almost the coating dissolves) to DVD archive - at least until it here are no more devices that can read this medium because they technological progress (or about the innovation and sales will the industry?) makes a full end ...
It only remains to hope that the long-term mechanical stability is similar to that of our old Toshiba VCR, then makes these manufacturers probably something right.
