Sony SLV-N500 VHS VCR

Pros: Ease of programming, picture quality.
Cons: Reliability, warranty, technical support.

This unit looks good on paper, worked great at first, and appeared to live up to the SONY high quality standards. Ease of timer programming, well designed remote, fine quality audio and video in SLP mode were spot on at first. Within 4 months, the ...

Pros: EP Recording and Playback, Hi-Fi Stereo 20-20,000 HZ, Fast FF and RR
Cons: Noisy Tape Handling

In this updated review I'll be covering SONY SLV-N500, Hi-Fi VCR for 2003. I personally use Sony SLV-N500 daily which is a work horse in EP also known 8 hour mode. Most of all my recording is done under EP the clarity is so good why bother to use SP 2 ...

Pros: Playback Quality Programming Scan Feature
Cons: On Screen Display Commercial Skip Playback loses sound after FF

I bought this VCR as a second one for my 57" television. The setup was easy and the remote control is intuitive. Th quality of the playback is great even on the large screen. The ability to turn off the VCR once a timer has been set and while it is ...

Pros: Good video, features, etc...
Cons: Remote fails to work- has to be cosntantly reprogrammed!

The SLV-N500 looked like a great product when I purchaced it at Circuit City. High-speed rewind, easily programable timers for later recording, commerical skip, and automatic head-cleaning attracted me to it.

However, there was one critical flaw- the remote continually "forgot" the model of my TV. Every 10 or so minutes I would have to re-enter the model number of my TV. Switch from "VCR" to "TV," hold "POWER" and enter 8 then release power. The unit would not remember this for more then 15 minutes! This VCR is totally useless for controlling a TV. If you don't mind using two remotes, that's great. But if you want to use Sony's remote, be prepared for trouble.

I find this flaw so irritating that I will, most likely, be returning the unit today.