Review on 📼 Discover the Powerful Panasonic PV-V4624S 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR in Sleek Silver by Tony Reid

I bought this VCR in January 2005 and kept it as a backup for one of my other two VCRs. One of them, the Toshiba of 6, didn't quite die, but the heads just wore out from all the faithful service he's given me over the years. With that in mind, this Panasonic PV-V4624S has been taken from storage and been in use for the last week and a half and here are my impressions: Pros: - Very good picture quality: an improvement over the Toshiba 6 head replacement. I have nothing but good things to say about its video aspect. - Outstanding HiFi Stereo Sound: The only thing better than the video quality of this VCR, is the sound reproduction. Excellent - Recording quality: could be better, but not bad. It suits me, and again the sound part overshadows itself. Lots of useful features: Some of my favorites are the simple timer recording, the tape position feature (which lets you know how much time is left on the current tape for recording) and the zero seek feature (which rewinds the tape to the position you know as 00:00 : 00 marked on the counter). Hit or Miss: While these features aren't bad, they could use a little more. Work, some of it is really a matter of personal preference. General Appearance: The appearance of this VCR is not the prettiest in my opinion, the silver color is nice (although I prefer black VCRs), but the plastic looks a bit cheap. The VCR looks very bulky but weighs next to nothing. This is a problem when trying to insert the tape (more on that later) as the whole thing slides back if you don't hold it with one hand. - Remote Control: Again very light and the plastic makes it look cheap toy. It's not pretty, but it's also surprisingly comfortable, although some of the buttons are very small, including the volume and channel buttons, the record button is only 3mm wide! The light tower function is essentially a button that lights up some (NOT all) of the buttons for about 5 seconds. Buttons that light up: Play, FF, Rew, Stop, and the button that corresponds to what you're controlling (VCR, TV, or DSS cable), it works well enough, but I think they should also have turned on the volume and button channels - fast forward and rewind are very loud, and they do so quickly enough, but not in relation to the noise generated. It's like watching an 18-wheeler take off: lots of noise, but very little acceleration. Cons: There are four things I don't like about this VCR, and the last two bring the rating down to 4 stars: - The load/eject mechanism is far from smooth, clunky and worthy of a smaller device. - The "Timer" indicator lights up whenever you have programmed something for timer recording. The problem is that it stays on after the recording is complete. Therefore, there is no way to tell if the timer display is on because something has already been recorded, or because someone else programmed something else, or you made a programming mistake, unless you're the only one using the VCR, which is why it didn't record, unless you turn on the TV and watch that Programming menu on - Front display: It does NOT show tape counter. Why on earth would they put the display on the front if they wouldn't show the tape counter? It shows the clock and VCR status (like Play, Rec, FF, Rew, etc.) and a few other things, but it's missing the most important thing to display. To see this, you need to turn on the TV and select the on-screen display. What has to be the most annoying thing is when you do a quick search or rewind and then hit the play button, to continue browsing, the process doesn't stop where you say it but goes on and on. That said, if you choose to skip ads, you will end up missing or underestimating the point at which a particular show takes place. Constantly pacing back and forth trying to hit the right spot within a few seconds will not only piss you off, but it will also take you longer than if you watched the advert from the start. Pooh! I'm currently looking for another VCR to keep until one of my current ones (including the one in question) dies. Options are scarce, and most of them have terrible reviews (not to mention most don't even have a front display anymore, let alone a counter). Many of the best brands like Sharp and Toshiba no longer make them, and once the warranty has expired, they have a reputation for self-destructing. Model, This VCR's predecessor, the PV-V4524S, had bad reviews around the world and I've seen a lot of bad reviews for the latest PV-V4525S. This particular PV-V4624S model, to my knowledge, only had good reviews, with the exception of "Soap Granny" somewhere on this site, but it was for a different reason. I'll probably take another one of these, but I'll play with it carefully and probably keep it for three months to see if it dies prematurely. Anyway, I need to buy something before VCRs die out. I wonder why companies don't recognize that there is still a market for these machines? I think Panasonic just gets my money's worth for the fact that they still make a unit that has pretty much everything I've come to expect from a VCR. to have. Overall rating 4 stars but 5 stars compared to other video recorders currently on the market. but hers was for a different reason. I'll probably take another one of these, but I'll play with it carefully and probably keep it for three months to see if it dies prematurely. Anyway, I need to buy something before VCRs die out. I wonder why companies don't realize there is still a market for these machines? I think Panasonic makes my money just for the fact that they still make a device that pretty much has everything I've come to expect from a VCR. to have. Overall rating 4 stars but 5 stars compared to other video recorders currently on the market. but hers was for a different reason. I'll probably take another one of these, but I'll play with it carefully and, I'll probably keep it for three months to see if it dies prematurely. Anyway, I need to buy something before VCRs die out. I wonder why companies don't realize there is still a market for these machines? I think Panasonic just gets my money's worth for the fact that they still make a unit that has pretty much everything I've come to expect from a VCR. to have. Overall rating 4 stars, but 5 stars compared to other video recorders currently on the market. Anyway, I need to buy something before VCRs die out. I wonder why companies don't realize there is still a market for these machines? I think Panasonic just gets my money's worth for the fact that they still make a car that has pretty much everything I've come to expect from a VCR. to have. Overall rating 4 stars but 5 stars compared to other video recorders currently on the market. Anyway, I need to buy something before VCRs die out. I wonder why companies don't realize there is still a market for these machines? I think Panasonic makes my money just for the fact that they still make a device that pretty much has everything I've come to expect from a VCR. to have. Overall rating 4 stars but 5 stars compared to other video recorders currently on the market. Why don't companies realize that there is still a market for these machines? I think Panasonic just gets my money's worth for the fact that they still make a unit that has pretty much everything I've come to expect from a VCR. to have. Overall rating 4 stars but 5 stars compared to other video recorders currently on the market. Why don't companies realize that there is still a market for these machines? I think Panasonic just gets my money's worth for the fact that they still make a unit that has pretty much everything I've come to expect from a VCR. to have. Overall rating 4 stars,