I have to say its a bit over priced for the fact that most don't even use VHS anymore, but I actually prefer VHS still over dvds because I don't have to worry about resurfacing when scratched so that the move will work again. My VCR had never been cleaned when i purchased it many yrs ago, found this one here on Amazon, was not happy that this was the cheapest and not cheap, but had to get it anyway. It did work though!