Obviously the Amstrad twin Tape machine and it various clones, were an absolute pile of excrement, the Sanyo Fisher Machines with the Horseshoe Idler were not easy, but once you done a few, were not too bad, the modified chassis helped, I had forgotten about that, good memory Glyn, well done !
And then of course the G and Charlie Decks
But a friend of mine who worked for Panasonic, thought the were a piece of cake
As a matter of interest, I understand they are still used in Commercial Passenger Air Craft for the inflight entertainment system.
Best VCR, 3V30, gets my vote.
Ken, G6HZG.