Title: maybe I'm over-critical but...
Review: Nice VCR that did what it said it would do; however, I was disappointed in the jog/shuttle operation (jerky, hesitant) and that the picture was slightly noisier than that of my 5-year-old Hitachi using the identical tape (You've Got Mail) and TV (32" Sony Wega). For Sony's top-of-the-line home VCR I expected S-Video output and a much better picture, but only the conveniences were superior to those of the Sony SLV679 I tried a few months ago. (I did not try Smart-Index because I wanted to return everything intact.)
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