Apex DRX-9200 DVD Recorder/Player
For the money, very impressive.
Recently purchased this locally for a whopping $79 dollars after discounts and rebates, so I wasn't expecting too much. To my suprise, I was able to record (via the SVideo in) anything I threw at it.  Picture quality was suprisingly good. I even managed to make \\"archival\\" copies of several DVD's in HQ mode (2 hr) that were almost indistinguishable from the originals. Haven't tried the firewire nor modulated outputs. Did a gtreat job with DirecTV with SVideo.  <br /> I feel I got more than I paid for.