RCA DVR2160 160GB Digital Video Recorder
Works fine, but there's a learning curve.
This works as advertised with my new RCA Scenium TV. However, there are a few \\"wrinkles\\". First, the menus shown in the book are different than what my TV displays, and the recorded tracks menu is non-existant on my system. There is no explanation for this. During the set-up, the DVR somehow erased the day's Guide Plus listings. The user manual needs to be re-written by someone that has actually used the DVR. Sometimes, there's a delay from pressing the RECORD or the PLAY button to the DVR doing its' thing. Also, if you've been using the DVR to record the live feed that you're watching, when you stop recording, you MUST change the INPUT back to the TV or there's no picture or sound - the TV stays on the DVR input, and that's a real pain and a serious design flaw in the TV. Trying to erase tracks on the DVR is an exercise in frustration - it doesn't do it reliably. After hours on the phone with RCA Tech Support, I found that the one-button recording, using the Guide on my TV is just advertising lies - advance recording for my RCA Scenium is done using the Wake-Up Timer. Hardly intuitive. The Wake-Up Timer will either turn the TV on and off at a set time without starting the recording, OR will start and stop a recording at the times specified only if the TV is already turned ON. In spite of the problems, it's a fine unit.