Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
Great product
I bought the Panasonic DMR-E80H mainly to transfer a huge collection of videos onto DVDs.  I have yet to do this but have had lots of fun recording onto the unit's hard drive and/or DVD-R.  The picture quality is excellent (I've only recorded at the XP and SP speeds) and I love the commercial skip feature.<br />Set up was very easy and I did a test recording about 5 minutes after I hooked it up.  There are a ton of buttons on the remote, the majority of which I haven't used yet.<br />My only complaint is that the manual can be confusing, what else is new?  For this reason alone I gave 4 stars and not 5.  When I tried to watch a video tape it took me a while to figure out that both the DVR unit and my TV had to be set to Video 1.<br />To all of the people complaining that they can't watch one thing while recording another, or have to program the cable box to change channels for multiple timer recordings, I say -- you obviously don't have Cablevision as your provider.  :-)  If I want to watch one thing while taping another, my cable co. requires a 2nd cable box plus an A/B switch.  I didn't expect the Panasonic DVR to be any different from my VCR in this regard.  Yeah, it's a pain to program your cable box, but this isn't Panasonic's fault.<br />Overall I'm very pleased with this unit and am glad I bought it.  I use it more frequently than I ever used my VCR.