Samsung DVD-R4000 DVD Player/Recorder
Love It!
I had first gotten a Philips player (see my 1 star review on that page) and traded it for the Samsung.<br />I should start by saying that the reason I got a DVD recorder was to simply &quot;save&quot; things from my TiVo to DVD.  Nothing too fancy.  <br />Setup: a snap.  Got it going in 10 minutes out of the box.<BR>Interface: a heck of a lot better than the Philips.  The menus are easy to understand.  Everything is where you figure it would be.  I recommend reading the manual to learn about the more advanced features, but even that's written well.  The &quot;keyboard&quot; on-screen is great for doing your titles.  <br />So far, I've already burned an episode of Angel for a friend who forgot to set his TiVo and have unloaded 7+ hours off my TiVo onto discs.  It's rather nice to be able to burn discs for friends of mine.  <br />Oh, and check your local paper for ads for Office Depot, Office Max, Best Buy, Staples, Fry's, etc...they usually run some good deals on DVD-R stacks (saw one for 50 discs for $55 this morning).<br />This was a positive consumer experience and I'd buy from Samsung again.