Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
Can't switch cable tv channels
I bought this unit to replace my broken replay tv with a unit that could do long term archiving on to dvdr.  When I got the unit, I thought it was a beautiful unit, but after I set it up, I couldn't figure out how to get the unit to change channels on my cable box.  Then, I read in the manual that it COULDN'T!  What good is a Tivo like unit, with hard drive recording capabilities if you can't schedule a recording without manually setting the channel???  It's completely useless without the ability to change channels.  I mean really, what's the point with the VCR+?  Why did they even bother with the hard drive?  I can't believe there's 89 reviews here and not ONE of them makes any big deal out of this.  This unit is only good if you want to transfer stuff to dvd from a video source, otherwise, PASS on it!