Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
Great item (works great with DirecTV and HD)
I have this for 2 months now and am recording like crazy!  I connected it to my DirecTV High Def receiver and the quality is great.  I can record West Wing and it looks like I bought a commercial disk (except for the NBC in the corner).  It is a bit complicated but once you get used to it you can breeze through the editor cutting commercials and spliting up shows.  Overall this machine is great.