Sony RDR-VX530 DVD Recorder & VHS Combo Player
Good Machine, but watch the shipping
The VX530 is a neat machine and works great.  It's easy to use and, so far, produces very good results.  One-touch dubbing is as easy as it gets as long as nothing is copy protected.  I can vouch for this one... it's a winner.<br /><br />The only thing to watch out for is buying from Amazon's vendors.  The one I bought was supplied by, and shipped by, J&R Electronics.  The Sony box was packaged only in a plastic bag and was received in damaged condition.  Since factory boxes are usually designed for sitting on store shelves and moderate protection, and not shipping cross country, sure enough the unit was also damaged.<br /><br />Maybe I had a bad day, but I found J&R Electronics not the easiest people to try to return something to.  Anyway, since I was under somewhat of a time constraint, I bought one from Best Buy (and got a better price as well... on sale).  The new one, of course, works fine and I'm really happy with the VX530.<br /><br />Bottom line... Great machine, but be a little careful who you buy from.<br /><br />Since this is a review of the VX530 and not J&R, five stars for the machine... one star for poor packaging.