Panasonic DMR-E95HS Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder with 160 GB Hard Drive
Very nice machine, mis-information in previous reviews
I've only had mine for a month now.  I wanted to wait 2-3 more months before I submitted my review but I felt earlier reviewer, particularly Kathym, weren't fair.  First she says if you manually record something and want to change the time or record speed you can't do it.  She is right about not being able to change the time, you would actually have to start over (which is about a 10 second process).  But you can set it to start up to 99 minute early and stop 99 minutes late (a must for sports incase of overtime).  And you can definately change the record speed.  You just have to go the the schedule tab of the TV guide menu and select which scheduled recording you want to edit, which I don't think Kathym knew.  She also complained about how she has to hit the down arrow each time she wants to go down the list as opposed to just scrolling through the list.  I'm sure she didn't realize that the channel up/down pages through the lists.  I timed myself and got to the end of the \\"m's\\" in about 7 seconds.  I know there has been a problem with back to back recording, but I believe there has been a firmware fix for that.  I haven't had any trouble with that, maybe my unit already had the update (purchased open boxed from Fry's).  One thing that Kathym mentioned that drives me nuts is when going through shows currently showing you can't get the thumbnail screenshot to stay on one channel.  Thats the one thing I would change on the unit if I could.  Stability on this unit seems to be hit or miss.  Either people have major trouble or have no trouble at all.  I've haven't had any trouble with that aspect on my machine.  One last thing I'd like to mention is when I hook it up with component cables colors are a lot more vibrant the if I just plugged the cable into the TV directly.  I highly recommend this machine to everyone, unless I start getting U99 errors.  If I do I'll update this review.