Sony RDRGX315 DVD Recorder
New meaning to the term film noir...
Big disappointment.  I was quite happy with this unit when I got it last fall.  The recording quality was very good at the shorter speeds and acceptable at the longer ones.  The remote was cumbersome (not recommended for anyone with limited strength, it's too dang big and clumsy).  As someone else mentioned, the startup time is way too long.  Entering the titles was time consuming.  But I accepted all of those.  Then the picture started to go.  That really bugged me.  All of a sudden everything started to get darker, especially the color movies.  If the film had any indoor scenes, forget about seeing them.  I kept wanting to yell at the characters on the TV, \\"Turn the lights on!  I can't see!\\"  So I was left with only BW movies but even those were getting darker.  It gave new meaning to the term film noir.  I tried adjusting the recording levels of color, brightness, contrast, etc.  All that did was change the black to gray but did nothing to help make anything more visible.  Then yesterday it just stopped recording in the middle of movie.  If I had known I was buying a disposable recorder I would have gotten something cheap at a local store and just replaced it every six months.  It would have been less expensive in the long run.