CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 Progressive-Scan DVD+R/+RW Recorder and Player , Silver
No aggravation with second unit!
Update of early March review.  Returned one unit since it started giving error messages every time you breathed on it.  This replacement works perfectly.  Even the remote buttons have a different response.  Have had no problems at all, transferring my vhs-c and vhs family tapes to dvds, old vh-1 special programs, recording from cable and network tv.  I used it for about 4 hours a day so far, some days 11 hours, trying to transfer the family videos before  machine started to act like the one I returned.  I usually use the hq setting as I want the best possible results for archiving videos.  I did not do any firmware updates or anything else.  I made sure to buy at another branch of store so I didnt get one from same batch as the first one.  Hopefully this will last for a while.  Have been using this one for 4 weeks, with Maxell,Memorex,CompUSA and Kypermedia blanks.  All work fine.