Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Problems copying VHS tapes to DVD

I'm not crazy about this unit. I bought it to replace a Philips player, which I loved until it died at the age of 5 months. As others have mentioned, the Sony feels sluggish when loading discs and responding to the remote. It also makes a lot more noise than the Philips player. Connecting a VCR to the composite video inputs on the DVD recorder for copying VHS tapes to DVD is unreliable. For some tapes it works fine. For others the resulting picture on the DVD jumps 1 to 2 times per second. Totally useless. This is not a copy-protect problem - these are homemade tapes. The problem does not occur if the VCR is connected to the DVD recorder with an RF connection instead of the composite video connection. I spent about 45 minutes on the phone with a Sony tech support person who was basically clueless and who provided no help at all.