Samsung DVD-R4000 DVD Player/Recorder
A great machine that replaces the VCR
I was looking for a better mousetrap than the VCR.  This DVD Recorder makes great quality recordings and fills that requirement quite nicely.  I decided to hook the Samsung R4000  up to my Tivo (my all-time favorite electronic device) and copy shows that interest me onto DVD.  So far I haven't made any &quot;coasters&quot; and all of my recordings work in my other DVD players as well as my Honda Odyssey van DVD.  The only negative is the initial setup.  I am fairly savvy with respect to electronics and I read the DVD manual cover to cover but, I used some profanity trying to get the DVD recorder setup via the onscreen menu.  The actual cable hookup was no problem but the DVD recorder insists that you have a signal going to the unit such as cable TV so that the DVD can preprogram the channels.  If you try to skip this process, then everytime you turn the unit on, it will start its setup process until you successfully complete it.  After I finally got past that issue, I have been very happy with the unit.