MPM-202 60GB MPEG4 Personal Video Recorder (Black)
Decent unit after discovering work-arounds
I've had two of these units for more than 5 months.  I was extremely disappointed after my first use as I used it for live recording and the audio was FULL of crackling spikes.  I ordered another unit and kept the original to see if there was any difference between them. The new unit had the same crackling audio problem, but I discovered that if you choose TV Tuner as the input FIRST (without an antenna attached), you'll find that some of the channels have the crackling static on them while others do not.  This seems to be unit-dependent, but once you find a channel without static, you can select that channel before you start recording, hit 'back' to leave the TV Tuner mode, then select the input source you desire and you'll have NO STATIC in the resultant recording. <br />I really like the unit for recording... in the best mode, it creates MP4 files approximately 1.8GB/hr. in VGA Fine mode. <br />A couple of negatives keep this from 5 stars: <br />- You NEED the unit's base AND power supply to record video.  Just a warning. <br />- I can only get about 3MB/s transfer from this unit as a USB-attached device <br />All that being said, I really like the units I have and would recommend them for anyone that needs a portable recorder and can live with it's limitations.