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The convenience of entry-level VCR-DVD combo recorders comes at a price. Rod Easdown compares four.
No one loves a bargain quite as much as my mate Neil. He's just discovered there's something better than a VCR-DVD player combo for $99 - and that's a VCR-DVD player combo for nothing.
He rang me a few weeks ago complaining that his existing combo's DVD player was beginning to freeze at random points through a movie. The most common cause of this is a dirty disc (even new, factory-original DVD movies aren't always clean) and the second most common is a laser that's gone out to lunch. The same thing happens with ageing CD players.
He had cleaned the troublesome discs and when that didn't help I broke the bad news to him about the weakening laser. His combo was only 2 1/2 years old. Surely, he wailed, they should last longer than that.
Um, not always. I told him the bitter truth about bargain basement equipment. It's bargain basement because manufacturers have cut every corner they can. Lots of these, especially those with brands you've never heard of, won't last much longer than a couple of years. The more expensive models from big-name brands not only have more features, they are also better made. Usually a lot better.
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