Page 1 of I urgently need help choosing a dvd/vcr combi

I need a DVD/VCR combi (for cost effectivenes) for use in student digs. I`ve been looking around and seen he following models:

Samsung SV-DVD3E,
Sharp DV-NC55H (Soon to be relpaced by by NV-NC65HM),
Panasonic NV-VHD1BS,
Sanyo HVDX1E,
Toshiba SD22VC,
JVC JVC-XV1EK.

I`m concened with performance and quality first and foremost. Any advice would be much appreciated and if any are hackable, that would be a help.
Thanks.

The Samsung is hackable by the remote - not sure about the rest but would think they need chipped.

I have the Samsung 1E and that is an excellent player, both VCR and DVD give good results.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 28th August 2002, 08:40