Got a emerson one from walmart sd a gift. Then got another one the next year at k mart because i got tired of the squealing (yes I clean my vcrs)but it was the same exact thing except now said sanyo. who knew they were bought out? It ate a tape the first time I put one in and I haf a feeling it would. Had to take it back. Makes horrible squealing noise when rewinding. Hard to set timer, very old looking blue menu screen though it only goes back to 2002. When you tape something and the tape runs it rewinds itself then turns off and comes back on the dvd setting so you have to take the tape out and put it back in to be able to press the vcr button and switch back.

My mom purchased this DVD/VCR for my daughter as a gift a couple of months before giving it to her. My daughter was only able to use the DVD player a couple of times. Now, no matter what DVD you put in it, no mattter how well you clean it or even if it's new, the player will not play it. It states that it cannot read it. My mom couldn't find the receipt and I threw away the box, so we kept it.

The VCR does work, but I have also experienced the sqeaking mentioned in another review.

I needed an inexpensive replacement for my broken DVD player. I've had this unit for almost 2 years. Always works well and is easy to use with the progressive scan feature. Looks good on my lcd tv.