Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Waaaaay Cool
....It works just like your regular VHS recorder, only better. Unlike your VHS recorder this thing has awesome indexing capabilities which allow you to jump to which ever recording you want. Recording is a snap. In no time at all I was transferring my home movies from my digital camcorder to the recorder with no problem. Next I tried to copy a purchased VHS movie video to DVD - nothing doing. Thanks to the recording industry the unit will not allow you to record certain proprietary content. I'm searching the web now trying to find some way of bypassing this little inconvenience.<br />My only wish is that it could buffer recording like Tivo, so that I could pause the video while I ran to the fridge for a sandwich and not miss a thing. Still, this is an awesome piece of technology. The future is here.<br />Update 1 :  I have found one problem with the unit after a few weeks of use.  The unit sometimes corrupts DVD+R disks.  I'll be recording a program, press stop and nothing will happen.  The unit just freezes up and will not respond to commands from the remote control.  This has ONLY happended with DVD+R disks. Otherwise it does fine with DVD+RW.