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Marc, Well, I was a dealer for Sanyo and can tell you that I can sympathize with Pauls problems regarding the Sanyo GVR-S950…our Dealerships unit worked Great when we first got it in but after a while it developed a "Tearing" Problem laying down single frame animations. I was lucky enough to have contacted Sanyo Directly in California and therefore I got Excellent Tech Support, so I'd have to disagree with Paul on the Tech Support Sucked part of it. I think what he may have run in to was a subcontracted technical repair center similiar to the one one of my clients used for the same problem that was located in the Chicago Area…that particular tech support subcontractor simply did not know what he or she was doing. My client had a Scratched "Audio" head which was identifiable by the fact that the scratch was showing up prior to any single frame animations beign layed down. They could not or would not recognize this. After many many phone calls he finally called me and I told him to contact Sanyo directly in California….they knew what we were talking about and replaced the unit at no charge. Since the introduction of the DPS PAR and now the PVR by Digital Processing Systems I can't see any reason why anyone would want to use a Single Frame Setup..therefore I'm assuming that you want to use this deck as a S-VHS Hi-Fi Recording Deck Straight from A Par or similiar device…If that is the Case then this would be an excellent deck for it because it was really designed for single frame and is very accurate…however a bit pricey for just laying down to S-VHS..I would look at getting the DPS PVR System or if money is tight maybe the original DPS PAR if your only doing "Industrial" Video. If you require Higher Grade Video…."Above S-VHS"..output, then you must consider the PVR or similiar Digital Video Systems going out to BetaSP Quality. You can always Purchase a Panasonic AG-1970 or the Newer Sony SVO-2000 which are both S-VHS Hi-Fi record decks that are considered "Pro-sumer" Quality. In other words Better than Consumer Deck Quality and certainly good enough for Industrial Video Presentations. Then if you needed to go out to BetaSP…just rent the BetaSP Deck and Run out at Component Quality from your PVR. Be sure and figure the cost of the rental and your extra time and expenses when quoting your higher end clients and all should be happy. I hope this helps. Murph'