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From: kucharsk@puff.UUCP (William Kucharski)
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Subject: Re: Experience with DAK mailorder? (esp. VCR)
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Date: Sat, 15-Feb-86 02:43:55 EST
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As I've said before on net.audio, I've ordered from DAK for quite a while, and
other than a printer that wasn't quite what I had expected, have never had any
problems with them or their merchandise.  While Emerson isn't exactly what you
think of when you think hi-fi (more like what you think of when you think of
K-Mart), a friend of mine has the $400 VCR.  Here are some details (Caveat?):

1)  Sometimes confusing owner's manual.  Given time, though, you can figure it
    out.

2)  No "LP" recording speed.  This is the "4 hour" from a T-120 speed; with this
    VCR you can only use SP (2 hours) or EP (6 hours) to record.  This is impor-
    tant, as many people use LP speed as a "halfway" point between picture
    quality and tape economy.  It CAN, however, play LP speed tapes.

Otherwise, I've heard no other complaints...

				William Kucharski
				University of Wisconsin - Madison