Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Relieved!
I ordered this and after reading a few of the reviews was a little nervous about my order.  I am not an electronics master but I do love the toys, I usually have a buddy of mine help me set it up, then I use it, he couldn't help me on this because he was out of town.  The manual was a little hard to follow, but the quick manual that comes with it is much better.  After a couple of trial and error and patience testing tests, it worked great, not only that, I was worried about the horror stories with the 1-800 number.  I got right through and in less than a couple of minutes all my questions were answered, I have called them twice and got the same satisfactory result.  I have TIVO, I am sure there is a way to get better quality, though it is still great, but I ran my cable to my cable box, to TIVO, to my VCR, to the Phillips recorder.  Then I ran RCA's from the Phillips to the TV.  I record on a different antenna/channel than I normally watch.  I split the signal after the TIVO and run one straight to my TV when I am not using the Phillips.  REMEMBER TO FINALIZE AND ONLY BUY THE DVD+R OR +RW's, there are -r's out there and you don't want them, anyway, I thought it was easy to hook up, use and the customer service worked for me.