Sony SLV-N500 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR

i bought this several months ago and have nothing but luck with, the clearity is perfect, the player is well worth the cost of a new one.

Defective unit and missing remote. Horribly packaged, Unit only turns on/off when you plug the units plug into a power receptacle or strip. Power button does not work. Eject button does not work. No operation manual. Ate my family heirloom tape. Very pissed customer! Garbage!

My unit arrived very well-packaged, in an original (but not new) box. It came with a genuine Sony remote control. All the features worked well in playing commercial tapes. Rewind and fast forward are quite fast. However, I have not tried recording anything, since I have no need for that function. I would describe the picture quality as only good. Color was good but sharpness was only OK. Part of that may be an unavoidable result of looking at a VHS tape on a 46 inch screen, which amplifies flaws that might not be noticeable on the smaller screens available when VHS was the only way to see recorded movies. But I think it is a little less sharp than it could be.

It's been a while since I have used one of these ancient devices, but I liked this one... a lot! I paid $70 for this used VHS and my wife just about killed me. I too was astounded at how little VCR's had come down, even here on Amazon and then I started looking around. Only then did I realize that I got a fair deal. Just because these suckers are old, don't mean they're cheap! I don't even know where to begin to look for brand new VCR's but I did find VCR/DVD combos and they were all over $100. But enough about price, here's 7 reasons why I liked it: #1 Its got a kicking rewind/fast forward mechanism that is super fast. #2 It shows on screen how much time is remaining on each tape, as it should, but also includes a little diagram that displays where you are on the tape. Beginning-ish / Middle-ish / End-ish #3 It's built like they USED to build things. I must have run 50 tapes through this thing already, old, dirty tapes, fast forwarding, rewinding and this beast is still ticking. #4 The tracking is boss. I don't ever remember the tracking on these things being very good but this VCR gets it right all the time. #5 The memories - I mentioned that my wife was a bit ticked when she found out the price for a used VCR, well after watching hours and hours of old home movies, she is not so mad. #6 It has 3 audio visual connectors - 2 in back and one in the front. I love the front ones for convenience. I plan on connecting this monster to my PC via the EasyCapture system and capturing all those great memories. #7 The remote works great and has a decent reach for it's age and also includes an eject button. Buying ancient devices like this one can be risky and apparently expensive, so do a bit of research and try to get this model if you can. I haven't cleaned it yet but I do suggest purchasing a head-cleaner. You can buy them right here on Amazon.

Needed a VHS player to view some old family 8mm converted to VHS. Unit arrived well packed with personal instructions who to contact if there's an issue. Unit looked and smelled brand new and had no issues using all functions. Unit did not come with a remote however, but it has all functions on the front, and you can still get a universal remote if important.

The VCR literally did not work at all. Could not play anything on it. This was obviously sold defective.

I bought this VCR for a cousin of mine that is legally blind. He has a lot of the “old” tapes and wanted to be able to play them so he could “listen” to them. His old one quit working and he had searched at Goodwill and the Salvation Army but could not find one. I searched on-line and found this one.( it looks practically new and works great). Thank you, Amazon.😌

Well I had originally bought this VCR back in the 90's when the prices had came down. I could never afford a Sony VCR before then and that's was about the time they started coming out with the TiVo stuff. This was primarily my 2nd VCR as and my Magnavox was my main one and a good one until it ate a tape and would let it go. That's was the end. Not wanting to give Comcast any more of my money to use their DVR system and confused about the TiVo system. I decided to stay 'free' and buy another VCR like the one I already had, being the Sony. In short it's a nice VCR, it plays well and it's super easy to program. The time used to set automatically but I think since everything went digital, it doesn't automatically set the time like it used too! That's okay, the time is easy to set too AND since I have two of the same VCR I can use the one remote for both! I left off one star because this VCR doesn't rewind a tape as fast as my Magnavox did! But I guess that's alright too, I can rewind the tape in one while watching the other. I've learn to adapt.