Toshiba D-R4 Multi-Drive DVD Recorder
Good machine
I bought this recorder to record some of my favorite tv shows on DVD that haven't come out on DVD yet, and this recorder has done the job.  It is also very easy to hook up to the television and to a VCR and record from a VCR to a DVD.  There are some officially released VHS tapes that will not work because of protection things though.   <br />  Another thing I want to mention is that the DVD-RAM are cool, but can only be played back on the same machine.  I was planning on editing out all the commercials and burning them onto DVDs that would play on all DVD players, but you cannot do that with DVD-Ram which is a bummer because those are the only DVDs that allow you to edit out commercials.  What you can do is use the DVD-R and watch the show and hit pause every time the commercials start and then pause again when the show comes back on.  This is more time consuming, but will get rid of the commercials.   <br />  A problem I have had with this machine, is a thing constantly telling me it cannot read my disc and that it needs to be cleaned.  Sometimes you keep cleaning your disc and it still says it cannot be read, and it really pisses you off.  Eventually though, they end up playing again, so don't throw the disc away, but always have a blank one ready just incase.  I missed an episode of Mama's Family because the stupid disc would not read no matter how many times I cleaned it.   <br />  I wrote this review to hopefully help out people who bought it with the same intentions I had of creating DVDs of all their favorite shows.  It does the job, but as mentioned is not perfect.  I still think it is great though, and record with about twice a day.