Pioneer DVR-310S DVD-R/RW Recorder with Progressive scan
Worked right out of the box!
It is extremely rare that I get a high-tech product that works out of the box like the Pioneer 310 did for me.  I hooked it up to my home theater in a matter of minutes, began dubbing home videos from my collection to a DVD-R, reading the manual as I went.  After copying 12 videos for a total of 90 minutes, I entered the editing process where I was able to grab snapshots for the menu and apply titles to each item.  I told the player to finalize the DVD, and VOILA!  My first DVD burned successfully.