Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
does ok by me
The manual isn't the best and it takes some time to get used to, but this recorder does everything that I expected it to.  If I think it should do something, I dig through the manual or look through the set-up menu or whatever.  I didn't expect to be able to copy copy-protected materials, because I haven't had a vcr or dvd player or whatever that would do it for many years anyway.  Maybe I've led a protected life.