rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (02/18/85)
[] Look, despite what some might think, a company as big as Panasonic is not going to design and sell <anything> that doesn't work. You said it yourself: the slow and pause were jittery, but you didn't really care. So you've seen the penalty for two heads in VHS and, if you believe what you say, you don't care. My advice to you (after suggesting beta hi-fi (which marks me as a real dolt)) would be to buy it and take your savings and run. -- "It's the thought, if any, that counts!" Dick Grantges hound!rfg
ded@loral.UUCP (Duane Dimock) (02/21/85)
> > After many months of searching, think I have found a good VHS format > VCR with Hi-Fi sound at a reasonable price. Yes yes..i have a story. I own a Panasonic PV-1730 VHS HiFi VCR that i purchased 8-84. Supposedly it was (and close to is) one of the top decks on the market. It has many fling features(which i do use often) scuh as slow reverse, frame advance, 3 fast search/advance modes ,superb remote control unit and so on and blah blah blah... Though sarcastic, it is has exceeded many of my expecations.. ...a rare thing with my attitude. I was satisfied until 3 days ago. I left my VCR in RECORD and went to work(as i do most the time) and when returned at lunch, my VCR had stopped! Yes it was broken. I found that either the capstan motor(moves the tape in PLAY or RECORD) would not move. Either the motor was dead or voltages to the various motor speeds were opened. There is a 3 months labor and 1 year parts warranty. Im at 6 months. I knew what to fix but, i could not repair it myself for the parts warranty would be nulled and i would have to pay for the parts. BUT i could pay for labor and the parts would be free. SO i took it to a authorized shop to be repaired for a fixed 69.95 price for whatever is wrong. Something so large or often used should(?) not go out so soon, but life is life and electronics are usually that way. One more item is that i use my VCR CONSTANTLY ,a lot and very much. I figured approximately how many buttons i pushed to do functions(not change channels). It was a little over 16,000 or 16K singluar pushes. True true true. There's no moral here but i would still recommend to anyone to buy the same model i have for the HiFi sound is better than any other audio devices i have. the 1730s sell for 829.00-1100.00 DuanEdwarDimock