'The remote was disappointing, too: Many important buttons (such as the ones for Play, Pause, and the disc menu) are well placed but too small, while the setup button is quite large.'
'Its smallish buttons lack backlighting, but the play button, along with an eight-way directional pad, provides good tactile feedback for effective use in dimly lit environments.'
'Good price for its features. 1/2 as thick as 2nd generation models.'
'It did not display the full resolution of the test pattern and the image was unstable at many locations.'
'It does a fantastic job of upconverting DVDs and the VHS tapes look pretty good too.'
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'Both models support VHS to DVD dubbing – a nice feature to have if you are one of those with loads of home video – as well as 1080p upconversion via HDMI.'