JVC DRMV5S DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
What to buy in DVD Recorders.
With high defintion becoming a standard soon, (2006 or 2007?). and BlueRay--high definition DVD-- coming out in a few months, I have decided it would be foolish to waste money on a DVD recorder with a hard drive, although some of the models do record in high definition, apparently on some systems, on the hard drive.  I have looked at all sorts of models.  This particular one is now being sold at Costco, at about the same price, which will give you an unlimited warranty.  It is easy to see that JVC does not make quality DVD recorder products, as they break.  So you can go buy it at Costco and wait till it breaks and then return it. Or you can buy the Pioneer 300 model sold here at Amazon for 199 plus 10 or so dollars for shipping, which comes out cheaper.  A 3 year warranty is about 30 bucks.  It seems the Panasonic model cannot read disks made from other players and they give the same warranty as Pioneer.  But apparently it is hard to set up and you cannot reach a real person that knows anything at Panasonic.  I think it might be easier to reach a person at JVC, as there is a sticker on this model encouraging you to call.  I have no idea about this really.  This model uses DVD RAM disks so it has the advantage in that you can use disks that are twice as long.  This is not true for the Pioneer model. but it uses the DVD-RW disks.  The disadvantage of RAm disks,  though, is that they are really expensive. There are some advantages to +R and +RW disks.  Good luck finding a model that actually can read and write to all of them, including ones made on other machines or to other machines.  Some of these models do not have Chase Play, and some of thes models do. It is rather hard to figure out from the information give here at times.  Apparently this particular model does not use TV Guide, which is a blessing, as far as I am concerned.