Your FIRST mistake is READING "Consumer Reports".
It IS a HIGHLY BIASED "Infomercial" for the brands that grease the publishers' palms more.
I remember way back in the early 1990s when CR often "rated" GOLDSTAR VCRS as the "best"..
From a reliability and pix quality they were the absolute worst, worked at a repair shop back then and Goldstars were the HIGHEST failure return rate under warranty..
People read it in CR that they were good or better and people bought them and I FIXED them..
You must understand that ANY "data" can and will be skewed, so take what CR says with a grain of salt..
Buy what YOU LIKE, not what some magazine tells you to buy..
Just understand that pretty much anything can break or fail, even the top listed make on CR magazine..
