Sony RDR-GX330 Single Tray DVD Recorder
records good but has a fatal flaw!!!!!!!
I keep reading all these glowing reviews for this DVD Recorder, but there is a vital feature that is totally lacking & I'm in shock no one seems to have noticed it.  One of the most basic functions of any recorder, be it DVD or VCR, is to be able to dub & edit your recordings.  Well, this machine is unable to PAUSE in the RECORD mode.  In other words, try recording a TV show & editing out commercials, or try dubbing over your favorite home movies from VHS & only keeping certain parts.  You can't.  When in RECORD mode, if you hit PAUSE on ANY OTHER machine in the world, it temporarily stops the recording until you hit PAUSE again.  Critical for proper editing, cutting out commercials, etc.  On this Sony RDR GX-330, you get a message saying \\"operation prohibited while recording\\".  You have to finish recording the whole thing & then hit REC STOP.  You get commercials & all.  And you can't just hit REC STOP at each commercial & then hit REC when your show starts again, because whenever you hit STOP you make a new title, like on any DVD recorder. <br />I cannot imagine how no one else has noticed this major flaw...the guys at Best Buy and Circuit City were totally stunned & are going to warn everyone who buys one that it cannot be used to edit, only to do straight, uninterrupted recording.  Why Sony thought it was a good idea to design this machine like this is beyond me.  I've had over 20 DVD recorders in my time & this is the only one I've ever seen that will not allow you to PAUSE in the REC mode.  Heck, any $30 VCR can do that! <br />A fatal flaw as far as I'm concerned. <br />