Earlier, I wrote that the remote control did not have a view last channel button. I also wrote that the display on the front of the VCR only shows the actual time and not the time of the tape. Also, I wrote that the VCR did not tell you how much time was left on the tape. I was wrong about all three. You have all those options available to you by pressing certain buttons on the remote control. So the remote control has a lot more functions than I thought. I don't know if it is because I didn't fully read the manual, or if it is that the system is just so complicated, you can't remember all the functions.