Editorial Review:Product Description:Zenith Electronics is focused on the digital future, building on a proud heritage of leadership in entertainment products for the home and professional markets.PRODUCT FEATURES:Slim-body Stereo Hi-Fi VCR with 19-micron heads for the clearest possible picture when recording or viewing in extended-play mode;Front-panel audio/video inputs accommodate a camcorder, gaming console, or second VCR;Commercial skip lets you easily speed by unwanted sections of tape; just-fit recording adjusts tape speed to capture all of a program;Auto clock setting and auto head cleaning - 3-second backup time for system settings;World slimmest VCR.
Amazon.com Product Description:Continue to enjoy your VHS library for years to come with the easy-to-use, no-nonsense Zenith VCS442 4-head VCR. It features a slim body that's just 3.2 inches high--one of the slimmest VCRs in the world--making it an easy fit into any home theater configuration. Its 19-micron heads provide the clearest possible picture when recording or viewing in extended play modes. It offers a number of convenience features, including a commercial skip function that enables you to easily speed by unwanted sections of tape and Just-Fit recording that adjusts that tape speed to make sure all of a program is captured to tape. The VCS442 features 8-event/1-year programming, SP/EP recording speeds, SP/LP/EP playback speeds, slow/still motion, frame advance, and auto tracking. It includes front-panel A/V inputs for easily connecting a video camcorder or game console, as well as the following connections:
- Composite A/V: 1 in (front), 1 out (rear)
- RF: 1 in/1 out (rear)
What's in the Box VCR, remote control (with batteries), RF cable, A/V cable, printed operating instructions
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
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Not very good
This VCR lasted almost a year but just broke. It now plays sound but no picture during video playback. Setup and programming was very easy. I liked how it could remember up to 8 different programs. If I taped a TV show using SP speed, the picture during playback was very good. (I also recorded some home movies using SP speed and they turned out well.) If I used the SLP speed, the picture playback was horrible, much worse than my old Sony (which I had for 12 years and loved until it finally died). It had no index search feature like my old Sony which was inconvenient. I never used the commercial skip feature; I just fast forwarded through commercials on my own. For some reason, if it was recording a show, I couldn't figure out how to watch my TV seperately. (It wouldn't let the antennae signal through to the TV.) In the past couple of months, it started having a hard time rewinding tapes (even new ones) and didn't record well at the beginning of a tape so the motor was going. Isn't anything built to last anymore? I'm buying a Sony with a two-year replacement plan because nothing is built to last these days. Sigh...
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The Zenith VCS442 is a Lemon
He purchase 30 of these for classroom use. Most of them are having the same problem. What appears to be a bad tracking problem is in fact a bad solder joint or connection. Sorry LG/Zenith, you have lost us a customers next time around.
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It was broken out of the box
I tried to hook up my DVD to this item right out of the box. None of the audio video jacks worked. I could get a picture but no sound when I hooked the DVD player to the front of the VCR which is for other devices
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Good for the money.
This Zenith VCR does everything it was supposed to do and I have no complaints. It plays commercially recorded tapes, it plays tapes recorded on other machines and on this machine. It's not state of the art and doesn't have all the bells and whistles...but it only costs 50 bucks for Pete's sake! I'm happy with it.
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0 Stars...Piece of JUNK!!!!
First of all, I bought 2 of this model thru Amazon.com both units are JUNK!!!
The only way you can get a record to playback properly (if you're Lucky) is to FF the tape to the half way mark of the tape then start your record.
This is the only way you have good chance to watch without uncontrolable video roll along with audio pops and dropouts.