Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
Must Have Home Electronics product - Simply SUPERB
I have been using this recorder for about a month and a half and I will agree to all the positive posts about it. I am simply thrilled to have it, it basically changed the way I watch TV. I will not repeat the positive comments which have already been made, I will try to answer a couple of problems people faced.<br />1) Memorex DVDs:  Memorex DVD-R comes in two forms, on is a 10 pack in a round spindle box and the other is 4 pack in a larger rectangular shaped box. The latter one has the words &quot;For Home DVD Recorders&quot; written on it, and this is the one that works on this recorder NOT the former. Unnowingly I purchased the 10 pack spindle box variety and the recorder failed to recognize the media. I think this variety is for DVD writers on PCs. I also recorder on TDK brand DVD-Rs that I bought from COSTCO and they worked fine. Note that the TDK discs come in spindle box but work fine.<br />2) Copyright protection - I never had any problem in recording movies from cable and broadcast channels, I recorded from allmost all of them except premium channels like HBO/Showtime about which I can't comment.