Panasonic DMR-ES30VS DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
Great recorder
We saw this unit on display and the remote caught our eye.  We had looked at five other major brands and all of their remotes had very small any not very legible buttons while the Panasonic had larger, color keyed and very legible buttons which were layed out an intelligent grouped-by-function  arrangement.  We have found it to produce great pictures from both the VCR and the DVD even when recorded in the long playing modes.  And, the crowning touch for us is the DVD-RAM recording mode, an option we didn't see on any other machine.  With DVD-RAM we can watch a program from the beginning while it is still recording the program, like TIVO and a DVR recorder provided by our cable company.  And a double sided DVD-RAM disk can hold as much as 12 hours in the longest playing mode. <br /> <br />To date, we have found no negatives.