Philips HDRW720 DVD Recorder with 120 GB Hard Drive
Good choice if you want to write to HDD and DVDs.
I found it easy to set up and use for storing programs to hard disk and archiving to DVD. I did get it at a good price so this may have influenced my rating a little. <br /> <br />Good points: <br />1) Writes to DVD+R and DVD+RW, not DVD-R and DVD-RAM like some other brands. <br />2) The program guide, TV Guide interactive, is free. <br />3) Easy to set up and use. I found the instructions fine but I received the latest manual (comparing to the one online). <br /> <br />Bad points: <br />1) TV Guide interactive devotes a lot of space to ads on its screen display so you don't get a lot of time displayed at once. <br />2) Must use an IR blaster to integrate with a cable box that has digital channels. I don't use the blaster and, thus, it is harder to record movies on premium channels like HBO, etc. <br /> <br />If you don't need to write to DVD, you might get a better deal through your satelite or cable company renting a disk only unit.