Samsung DVD-VR325 DVD/VCR Recorder
Does everything with one exception
It is a terrific player/recorder.  The VCR's quality outmatches just about any VCR.  The VCR to DVD works without a hitch and without heat buildup on the case.  It's just terrific.<br /><br />My one complaint is that it won't play VCD's or SVCD's.  This is probably unimportant to most people but before there were DVD's there were VCD's and alot of my children's video's are on VCD.<br /><br />Samsung has a convenient port on the front of the device to hook up an external device to record from.  So I have to hook up my old DVD player (that supported VCD) and transfer everything over to DVD-R.<br /><br />You'll not be dissappointed by either the functionality or the picture quality.  It is worth it if you have DVD's and a high def TV or you need to tranfer your VCR tapes and old home movies to DVD.