I bought this item less than a year ago, and now I am shopping for a replacement. The combo unit is a good idea - it saves space and simplifies set up - but the quality of GoVideo leaves quite a bit to be desired. The VCR side works well, but the DVD side is hopeless. It's slow to load. It skips and freezes. The materials are generally cheap.

I just bought this unit a few days ago. I tried both the VCR and DVD and for the money, I find it not too bad. The sound that it provides when connected to a stereo system is really theater sound quality. The quality of the DVD video is pretty darn good.
The VCR could be of better quality, but it's at least better than what I replaced it with (it was a Sanyo VCR). If your a connissuer of audio/video tecky stuff, you may not like it. But for the average TV viewer or mom and dad looking to upgrade their their entertainment center on a budget, you won't be disappointed. It's not hard to learn all of it's functions, and the remote is easy to use once you've tried it a few times.If the picture quality for the VCR could of been a few tads better, I would have given it a 5 star rating. But as I said, for the money, it's a pretty decent dual DVD/VCR player.

This unit worked as described right out of the box. I just hooked up the same cables from my old VCR to get both DVD and VCR working.

Only issue was that the audio while running a DVD was lower than normal TV or running a VCR tape. Subsequently I connected my stereo system/speakers as secondary output for the DVD (it's labeled on the back of the unit) and now I get great surround sound coming out of both the TV and the stereo system.
It takes a bit to figure out the audio settings but once you do you'll highly enjoy this unit!!