Panasonic DMR-EH50S DVD Recorder with 100 GB Hard Drive Recording
Minor hiccups
I read the reviews here but decided to buy the unit anyway. The proprietor of a Dallas, TX  high-end A-V store had researched recorders and decided this was the one he wanted to sell. I had come to trust him over the years for audiophile purchases. Despite the problems noted in reviews, the only problem I had was that I had inadvertently \\"locked\\" the open/close mechanism somehow during setup, and lost a lot of time trying to find the subject in the manual. I called Customer Support,  experienced no delay whatsoever in getting live assistance, and had the problem fixed in 5 seconds. That was the time one has to press both the stop  and power  buttons down to get it unlocked. She verified that this is  not covered in the manual. Thus far I've only used the OnScreen TV Guide feature for HDD  recording, and the playback of commercially recorded DVDs. The Guide has worked flawlessly. Glad I bought this unit.