Samsung DVD-R120 Progressive Scan DVD Recorder
Great Unit for the Price
I bought this unit, and used it for one day only.  It is a great unit (especially for the price), but once I got it home and went through the manual, I realised it has two drawbacks.   <br /> <br />First, even though it records to DVD-RAM discs, the unit does not take advantage of the the DVD-RAM format's ability to do a \\"time slip\\" or \\"chasing playback\\" (the ability to start watching the very same program from the beginning whiles it's still recording it). <br /> <br />And secondly, I had failed to notice when buying, that this machine doesn't PLAY +R and +RW formats -- it plays -R and -RW formats only.  Since the DVD burner in my PC is a + format burner, it didn't make sense for me to own a DVD player that can't play that format. <br /> <br />If these are not issues and features important to you, then I'd have no problem recommending this unit. <br /> <br />So, I returned the machine, and instead I have purchased an essentially similar machine, that does everything the Samsung does, PLUS plays all formats and has the \\"time slip\\" feature.  And that unit is the Panasonic DMR-ES20, which costs about $30 more than the Samsung.  Note that the DMR-ES20 is a newer updated model to the DMR-ES10 unit (the newer model adds a firewire input).  I didn't buy the Panasonic DMR-ES20 here on Amazon, because as of the date of this writing (9.22.05), that unit is not yet available on Amazon (only the older ES10 unit) -- I bought it at Best Buy for $199.  That was full retail, not \\"on sale\\" or with any rebates.