Picture excellent, even with VHS still good. Transfer from VHS to DVD very easily and quickly. For DVD HDMI connection provides significant image improvement over SCART. Buy recommendation, in particular for digital operation. Disadvantages: still high price, partly cumbersome operation, requires some training, become sluggish on remote control. If you value the combination of VHS / DVD, it is well served with this unit, the functional diversity requires, as I said, ready for incorporation into the operation.