Philips VR674CAT 4-Head Hi-Fi VCR

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• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005AY8D
• Item model number: VR674CAT
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #215,799 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Product Description
The 4-head design of the VR-674CAT produces a clear picture when playing tapes in slow motion or when in the pause mode. With Hi-Fi stereo features, you can record and playback tapes in great audio sound. To listen and enjoy, just connect your VCR to a stereo equipped TV or audio system. You can use the front panel inputs for easy connection of video games, digital cameras... virtually anything with an audio or video signal. This VCR plays S-VHS tapes too, and comes with a Unified Remote control with Lighted Buttons.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good buy for its features, June 14, 2001

By A Customer

I have had this VCR for about a month. Philips has packed lots of features in this one. The features I like most in this VCR include one button commercial skip (makes it convenient to skip 30 secs and play), fast rewind (saves time), frame by frame advance, variable speed slow mo, double speed play back, and above all various type of search mechanisms to locate your favorite recordings. You can use index search to quickly locate the start of a previously recorded program (saves time going forward and backward searching for the start of a program thereby reducing wear and tear of your cassettes). It can quickly go to the end of the last recording for you to continue recording from where you left off. It can play your S-VHS cassettes too, without the need to buy any other expensive hardware. The still picture is very stable and without any jitter. The only thing I did not like about it is that it does not show the time elapsed counter (during playback or recording a cassette) in its display. You can view the counter on your TV screen if you want, but not on the VCR display. This could be annoying to some. Above all a good buy for its price.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars There are much better buys out there!, September 6, 2001

By	"yoes-d2" (East Coast) - See all my reviews

Not Good. The VCR has good picture quality and some good features, but has serious drawbacks. Like the previous reviewer pointed out, the display on the VCR itself is useless, it doesn't even display the channel that the machine is on (you are forced to use the TV screen) which makes watching one program/recording another frustrating. The motor/tape transport is extremely noisy, even during normal playback. The included remote, while good, is frustrating to use, as the "volume" feature works only when 'TV' is selected. This forces you to constantly select between TV and VCR when watching a tape. Also, the machine is SO light that it slides all over the cabinet, we were forced to put rubber feet on the coasters. Consider other options before buying this one.