Pioneer DVR-533H-S Slim Design DVD Recorder with 80 GB Hard Disk Drive
Good Solid DVR
Of the DVRs that I have owned (2 so far) this DVR is not only the easiest to use but it is also fairly inexpensive compared to others. The menus and commands are straight forward and if you need help, the owner's manual is well laid out.   <br /> <br />There is only one thing I didn't like about it - the TV Guide function.  If you have a satellite system, such as Dishnetwork, this function is useless.  The timer recording is based on the TV Guide function, so I had to do a little digging into the owner's manual.  It was fairly complicated but eventually I ended up using the satellite system to timer record, so it wasn't much of an issue.   <br /> <br />Another small perk is when I record a program or movie the title of the program/movie is automatically shown on the thumbnail.  I don't know how this works without the TV Guide feature but I never got a title on the recordings using my more expensive DVR. <br /> <br />I have owned a more expensive make and model of DVR and in comparison, this one is like a breath of fresh air.  If I had to do it over again, I would definately save a lot of time and frustration and buy this one.