Well... I had a specific need for six VCRs... the criteria: Must be Stereo, Must be same model, Must be disposable.... that last one is why I bought the on sale, $59.95 models. For my PERSONAL use... I haven't bought a VCR in ages... I am still using my old $2000 Sony editing deck (bought from a building landlord's clearance when the tenant was arrested by the FBI and jailed for printing his own bank checks... I paid $15 or there abouts). My 2nd VCR is a VERY old GE VCR... and my 3rd is a recent hitachi salvage from work. All 3 are older VCRs, that have parts readily available, and I do regular cleanings and maintenance on them (not crappy cleaning tapes... open them up and clean them out). I won't buy a VCR for personal use that I can't readily get repair parts for. And I REFUSE to buy any made by Funai... since they won't sell parts except to authorized Funai repair centers... which means I have 5 VCR/TV combos with useless VCRs because of bad $5 clutches... which the repair centers want $100 to replace, and won't sell me the *#&#*%# part! -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>