Sony RDR-GX300 DVD Recorder
Big "Bang" for the bucks
After owning a Philips, (disc errors) Panasonic (-R) which would not pay in most my friends players bought the Sony as a last ditch try, 9 months later am still more than happy with its ability to record my favorite shows even in EP mode and get a fantastic picture. Your results will depend on your television also, have a Sony KV-32FV420, couple years old and using the component video I/O (Y,Pb,Pr) green, blue, red as most newer or older high end sets have the picture quality is really good either playing back recorder shows or rented movies. Have seen some posts knocking it for not having a firewire port for transferring video from a digital camcorder. <br />I use a 3 year old Panasonic PV-DV953 which has a firewire output plus the standard RCA output which I just plug into the front of the recorder hit play and then record and get results that blow friends and family away. So definitely \\"do not\\" let the lack of a firewire input scare you away. Also have yet to have a single disc error. The ability to record either (+/-) formats is handy as have some family and friends who have older players that will only play -R formats. The unit was easy to set up as the instruction book is still in the plastic wrapper it came in, simple to use and I am a 57 year old non techo geek male. So to sum it all up a great machine, does all I asked and then some, there are cheaper and more expensive units but this one does it all and Sony stands behind their products. Enjoy this unit as it is as good as them come!!!