I think this is the first time I've actually started a thread on Mudcat in the almost four years it's been in our home. I always thought that if I needed help from the community it would be more along the lines of "Help, the banjo in the basement is driving me nuts"! or "Do Mudcat men do their share of the cat litter cleaning?" It isn't though.

We've finally junked our old VCR because Rick claims that the 'pause' function doesn't work anymore and he needs it for his students. For myself, all I wan't is something that will record a couple of my favourite programs while he's teaching downstairs.

We bought one (an Electrohome) yesterday for about 100 dollars Canadian, and it seems to work all right, but Rick is complaining that the fast forward and reverse are not up to snuff, AND that the pause function gives a very bad still picture. We're packing it up, and thinking of going for a bit higher quality.

So my question is: WILL a better one be better in those areas? What makes for a good VCR? If we go for about 200 dollars Canadian are we likely to get much of an improvement? Any suggestions?

Thank you Mudcatters. Although I rarely post, I read the good stuff every day. The Enron thread has been fascinating

Duckboots (Heather Fielding)