Panasonic DMR-EH50S DVD Recorder with 100 GB Hard Drive Recording
What a disappointment
I read all of the  reviews on these types of machines and decided that since the Panasonic DMR-EH50S doesn't require a subscription to Tivo or something like it, this would be a great product.  After setup I coudn't get the TV Guide channel lineup for my area to download, so I used the built-in editing feature.  After I spent numerous hours editing 160 channels, and returned to TV viewing, the unit would re-set itself to the channel line-up it routinely downloaded from the postal zip code it requires.  I called the Panasonic 800 number numerous times and got a busy signal, when they finally answered, it took up to 30 minutes on HOLD before talking to a human.  The technical assistance is only slightly better at reading the owner's manual than I was, probably because of their constant reference to it.  Questions similar in kind to mine above required a call back from a techy, It's been a week and a half since I wrote this review and I'm still waiting for a call back.   <br />When the machine is in the standby mode, where it performs it's maintenance with TV Guide, and you're attempting to watch TV through the cable box, the IR Blaster keeps on changing the channel on the cable box.  What frustration.  I returned the unit to Amazon.