I had a Panasonic NICAM HiFi VHS Stereo VCR with SuperDrive and it had reasonable performance sound and vision wise, but while the recorded pictures took a dive in LP mode, the HiFi VHS Stereo sound remained good.
That programming method is still the best. Add a bit of padding in case of over running, everything clear. The previous barcode system was less flexible.
This and RCA are the only known companies that made VCRS 📼 with the commercial advance (auto commercial skip/fast forward ⏩) feature, which would be nice 👍🏻 for those annoying 😒 Covid-19 safety 😷 instructional commercials.