Sony RDRVX515 DVD Recorder
Very UN-SONY like performance
First bad Sony product I've ever had in 30 years.  VHS recording is terrible.  Yet, record the exact same channel on DVD and it looks great, even the slow (3 - 4 hour/DVD) speeds look OK.  30% of the time it fails to finalize or says there's a disk error after timed recording and makes coasters out of DVD's.  VHF to DVD or DVD to VHS dubing is severely hindered by the poor quality of the VHS deck.  Yet, if I play the same tape on my 20 year old JVC and record on the Sony, it looks great. Returned to their service and was told \\"no problem found\\"  Yeah, right.  I'm gonna try one last time to complain to Sony, then it literally goes in the trash, since it is not only a poor performer, but I can't count on it to work.  (Bought an LG LRY-517 unit that has been flawless).