Panasonic DMR-E95HS Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder with 160 GB Hard Drive
Great unit, but VERY unreliable.
I have owned this model since March 2005.  Almost all of the time the TV Guide hasn't worked (I have heard this might be a ploy by my cable company to push people to their DVDRs).  At any rate I gave up on this feature.   <br /> <br />For the first year the unit had a tendency to go to \\"SELF TEST\\" whenever I changed disks, either DVD-R or DVD-RAM.  After \\"SELF TEST\\" it almost always burned a good disk.  This would have been OK excepte for wasting 15-30 minutes every time this happened.  I stuck to major brand disks.  Panasonic will tell you to use their disks but they are not easy to find in stores and don't come in large muffins so they tend to be expensive. <br /> <br />Surprisingly, at the 1-year point the unit started working perfectly.  I went from March 2006 to August without a \\"SELF TEST\\".  Today it refused to recognise the same disks it had been burning for weeks.  So I will have to take it in on the extended warranty. <br /> <br />Panasonic customer service is terrible.  Don't waste your time phoning.  You will be on hold forever.  About a year ago I wrote Panasonic and received a call eventually (still in the warranty period).  They won't acknowledge that there is a systematic problem with this unit.  They try to blame it on the disks.  They also would not make any adjustment other than offer to sell me another unit at a discount. <br /> <br />I like most things about the user interface.  It allows very precise editing.  When it works it produces great disks.  The hard disk holds a lot. <br /> <br />Forget about the lousy TV Guide feature!