Panasonic PV-V4522 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR

I was afraid of what I was going to get being a used product. The price should have been closer to $60. but there were only a few scratches on top. I was also nervous about the fast forward and rewind but they worked perfectly and did not eat my VHS tapes which are over 20 years old. I bought it to convert them to DVD and some of the tapes would not go in at first but I kept trying until they did. It came with the remote but I never used it. It worked for the project and did not destroy my tapes so I'm happy

These are among the last totally video casette recorders on the market. I purchased 2. Used 1 for tape duplication with another brand. It works just fine. I purchased 2 more. This makes 8 brand new units of varying brands stored away for future use. Plus 5 set up throughout my home always taping something. VCR's no longer can be repaired and when they break, they are just thrown away. And now that Panasonic has shut down plants worldwide, we soon may resort to watching live TV and no more free tapes borrowed from the library.

I assume that it was used device, rebuilt with some parts new, other somewhat worn. I wanted one just to play VHS videos I still have on hand. I will not copy movies from the TV, so the machine had to connected up a little differently. Now it works better than when it was wired according to the instruction book.

Do yourself a favor and head to the local furniture store and see if you can get one of those cardboard boxes that looks like a VCR. You will get the same performance for a fraction of the price. The one I received was in a regular box with minimum padding and was shipped regular mail. It was clearly banged around a lot and when I plugged it in, the only thing that worked correctly was the remote. The VCR won't track the tape properly and the sound has feedback. Unfortunately, in order to get a replacement, I would have to spend even more money to ship it back out of my own pocket. I'll probably just take it to a VCR repair shop and see if it's even worth saving. You get what you pay for. Spend some extra time and save up for a nicer unit. This one is junk.

Just opened the box and replaced the unit I bought locally on Craigslist (Mitsubishi), which was not accepting my tapes without a lot of hassle which I will spare you from. Condition was advertised as GOOD and I would not have complained if it were advertised as VERY Good. I plugged it in without even connecting to my computer and it smoothly accepted & ejected several VHS tapes as well as two different VHS-C Adapters. I then plugged into the device I am using to connect to my PC to allow me to convert about 40 or so tapes from the late 80's into the 90's to digital and fired up the program and am happily looking at these old gems as they begin to transfer all of the videos of my kids childhoods to digital. It's early to write such a stellar review, as there is a long way to go before I've completed this project - but this works the way I recall VCR's working. Quietly, auto adjust on video noise, good audio. Again - AS ADVERTISED - there are no instructions, so no surprise, but I gave up on my first effort to set the clock using the remote ... (I'm not a blinking light kinda guy), but the remote functions all seem to work - so I'll figure that out later. If things change, I will update this review, but as it stands right now - I'm happy with the seller, the product and the price and would recommend this seller and take them at their word as delivery was timely & the product was what they said it would be.

Wanted to pick up a VCR to pull some VHS tapes to digital on my Mac. The VCR works but tracks poorly. There are always lines across the bottom part of the picture. I've tried many tapes. All the same. I knew that it was a risk buying used so I'm fine with what it is. I'll try and clean it up and see if it does better. I found another that works fine for now...

Works good

Seller was very helpful when I needed to change delivery date! VCR arrived well packed, in excellent condition. Works just fine. Now I can digitize my old VHS tapes!

J'ai finalement acheté cette machine car le Sony usagé que j'ai essayé avait un problème. Le Panasonic PV-V4522 est dispendieux mais cette machine est probablement la meilleur sur le marcher. De plus je retire ma plainte à propos des problèmes de comptabilité qui été occasionnés par la façon très particulière chez VISA, de gérer les transactions multiples dans le temps. Encore plus déroutant, est leur façon d'expliquer tout ça sur leur sommaires de transaction, c'est un désordre de données difficile à déchiffrer. Désolé, ce n'était pas votre erreur. Merci pour la rapidité de livraison!

This VCR was used but rebuilt. Hence the price 200cad - 300cad. However, when it arrived, I inserted a VHS cassette into the VCR, at which point it started making grinding noises and it stopped and tried to eject the cassette, but it came out only halfway. I was eventually able to work the cassette loose as well as the tape which was wrapped around some of the rollers on the inside. Luckily the tape was not torn but it was mutilated. So, I took the lid off the VCR and the problem was obvious at first look. It was a 5” length of a 75mm color (diapositive) film used to make old style color slides for projectors wrapped around some inside components. So, I reported this in detail with photos to the “reseller” or whatever they are called. After way too many ‘back and forth’ they refunded my money with no offer of a solution. So, I still don’t have a VCR.

Order arrived as advertised. Packaged properly. Would order from this seller again.

Il était brisé retourné