RCA DRC8005N Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with USB Port
Final Straw - I now hate this unit
I'll make this one short, because I'm po'd right now. Like all these \\"inexpensive\\" units, the things have quirks. This one, like some others, has a tendancy to lock up. RCA is aware of this, as they have the problem, and solution, in the trouble-shooting section of the manual. The only solution that has worked for me; unplug the unit. (If it had the 'ol ctrl-alt-del thing available, I'm sure you'd have to try that first). <br /> <br />Has it freed up and come back? Yes. But tonight, it did it with a caveat. I was finishing a disk where I was moving several shows from Tivo to DVD. I'm anal about labeling, setting title frames, etc., so I had invested about 10-12 hours in this disk. 48 minutes of space left, recording one last show and guess what? Lock up. The caveat? Everything was lost. Even erased all the shows/titles from the internal disk library. <br /> <br />And of course, the reason I was moving from Tivo was to free up Tivo space, meaning after recording to DVD, I erase from Tivo. NICE. <br /> <br />THIS SUCKED! How can I have any confidence in this unit again? <br /> <br />I replaced a Lite-On unit with this one, thought it was an improvement, but it just took a little longer to show it's true character. <br /> <br />If you just want to record some things on DVD, and don't invest much time in it, and don't mind if things don't work out, get this unit. <br /> <br />Otherwise, wait for Amazon to have a special when they bundle it with a nice size hammer or baseball bat.