Philips HDRW720 DVD Recorder with 120 GB Hard Drive
Some Good , a lot more bad
I had high moderate to high expectations when this device was purchased. It performs well with the record functions to a degree. The dvr functionality was good. It however does not allow you to records at different speeds for different programs. I would not be able to record some things at the better quality [an SP like setting] speed for programs that would later be saved to disc while using the speed that gives you more hours [an EP like setting] for programs that would not need to be kept. The record quality is only established in the default settings. It also would not allow me to make DVD's of home video from VHS (isn't that a major selling point of DVD recorder??).  An error kept coming up indicating a problem with media. Tech support confirmed that happened when making a DVD from a possible copyright source. This was family home video shot on out camcorder. Also the manual states you must record to the hard drive first than do a high-speed copy to DVD; no problem with that if it worked. Tech support advised there is direct copy process from camcorder and possibly vhs to make a dvd copy without using the hard drive first. It can be found through a lot of digging on the web site. To top all that this device would not playback a CD with jpeg picture files. I found this highly disappointing. The bad heavily outweighed the good for me and this was returned. I would advise anyone who wants a full function DVD recorder to seriously consider these things first.