Toshiba RD-XS32 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with 80 GB Hard Drive
Everything I wanted
I have been waiting a year for DVR's to get the kinks worked out and it was worth it.  This model has a terrific manual with excellent on-screen menus, so it's easy to use.  It has worked flawlessly from the beginning.  It's easy to edit a recorded show and to burn to a DVD, which I could then watch in another DVD player.  It holds over 100 hours of shows and the viewing quality is excellent.  My only complaint, which is common to all of these devices, is that the built-in tuner only goes to channel 120, so I can't record some of my digital cable channels without the box.  But that's something I can live with. <br />Even if it turns out to have some minor flaws that I haven't yet discovered, I'm thrilled.  I'll never use videotape again.