On 30 Jan 2007 06:40:14 -0800, wrote:

You must not use it much. VCR's don't last that long.

I used mine 2 to 6 hours a day, half recording and half playing and it
lasted 17 years before there was any problem. It is a Kenwood, which
I think is a Zenith.

Except maybe 10 years in I had a problem with the memory capacitor.
When I found one for sale, I replaced it and that was good again. I
don't think I knew what the old one looked like, and could't find it,
until I bought a new one.