Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
Best of both worlds
Hi!<br />I have the best of both worlds. I have a DirecTivo combo receiver/PVR with satellite feeds and a DMR-E80H. First of all, the DirecTivo combination is INCREDIBLE as far as functionality. What's cool is supplementing it with the Panasonic. The DirecTivo actually stores the satellite signal so playback is pristine with digital AC-3 sound! Hence, that first copy is not degraded at all. I then feed the signal into my E80H so I can either us the hard drive as overflow for the drive on my TIVO, or burn either live or saved video from the DirecTivo to DVD. Quality is EXTREMELY good. It's great being able to &quot;tape&quot; all 24 episode of 24 in 5.1 surround sound, watch them once in full surround sound glory at my convenience, then back all of the episodes to DVD!  I never watch live TV anymore because it is so much more time efficient to watch later and FF through commercials, blabbering sports announcers, etc. More over, DVD-R's can be bought for about a buch each and the finalizing method used yields DVDs that are much more compatible than those burned on my PC. <br />Highly recommended (especially combined with a DirecTivo which can be purchase for as low as $100 if you look hard enough). <br />Cheers!