Philips DVDR75 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder
Componant Video Inputs   !
Had my unit for about 3 months now with absolutely no problems. No lock ups, no media compatibility issues. I have so far transferred approximately 50 hrs of home videos to DVD+R at high speed with very good results and use it daily for time shifting HDTV. Using the component video inputs I am able to record downconverted (480i) HDTV from my Voom HD receiver with some awesome results. At high speed and even at the 2 hour speed my results are amazing. Viewing my recordings on my Panasonic HDTV I end up with what looks like a 540p wide screen (yes wide screen) picture in 5.1 Dolby. Not a High Def picture but still a hell of a lot better than any 480i broadcast. I have also made some recording using the build in tuner from standard cable with slightly better results then I am getting with my Replay TV recorder but I end up using my Replay TV for time shifting standard cable TV because of the convenience.  <br />I had initially bought this recorder to preserve my old home movies with possible plans to utilize the component video inputs to record a higher quality signal. To my surprise the results were better than I expected. As far as I know there are no other DVD recorders in this price range or many at the higher price range that include component inputs. Until a HD DVD recorder is available this is a good alternative. <br />The negatives are:  <br />1) The remote that has buttons that are used for fast forward and reverse as well as chapter skip that took a little getting used to.  <br />2) The 4 and 6 hour speed quality is not really usable for anything other than recordings were you are not concerned about picture quality however this is true for all DVD single layer DVD recorders.  <br />3)The componant video input signal needs to be 480i. This means I continously have to swith my Voom box between 480i when recording and 1080i for viewing. It would be much better if the downconverting was performed in the recorder, this would eliminate the swiching. <br />