Pioneer DVR-533H-S Slim Design DVD Recorder with 80 GB Hard Disk Drive
THE THRASHING NOISE IS HORRIBLE!
Do a Google search on noise from these models and you will find endless complaints. After a week, mine, like MANY, MANY others the hard disk thrashes incessantly which also cause the fan to be on constantly -- EVEN WHEN THE UNIT IS OFF. Also, the constant thrashing means your drive will come to an early death. If you don't mind having this DVR in the closet so you don't have to hear it all day, then buy this one. Like many others, I'm sending mine back. I can't even enjoy reading the newpaper in my living room. The bottom line: this machine works great, but the noise from bad engineering or software or TV Guide is horrible. Do not buy. Consider yourself warned.