Panasonic DMR-EH50S DVD Recorder with 100 GB Hard Drive Recording
Important warning...
I got this thing a few days ago based on its excellent features and warranty--the best of any unit I looked at.    After 2 extremely frustrating days of trying to get it to download the TV Guide data (I thought due to the dismal manual) I finally called customer service.  After 57 minutes on hold, I finally got someone who knew less than I did and whose idea for a fix was less than credible.    As a last resort, I called my cable company (Bresnan/ATT)  Guess what?  They block TV Guide signals from loading so I will be forced to rent their DVR for ten bucks a month.  So CALL YOUR CABLE COMPANY BEFORE ORDERING THIS UNIT!    Other than the confusing manual, my main complaint from the brief time I had the thing is the fact that there is no coax out for a home theatre system, forcing you to buy an expensive optical cable--which I'm now stuck with.    A couple stumbling blocks to look out for:    1:  The TV Guide system only works if you use a cable box.  2:  TV Guide does not work with satalite  2:  Some HD cable boxes are incompatible with TV Guide  3:  You must connect the cable box to the IN3 inputs on the DVD recorder to get TV Guide to work--this is fairly obvious, but there is some contradictory info about RF cables.  5:  The input selector button is not really mentioned, but you'll need it to tell the unit where the signal is coming from.  It's on the top left of the remote.    And one final note:  DVD recorders are really complicated.  Even if the manual had been the picture of clarity, there are numerous settings, options, compatibility issues, etc. that you have to deal with.  If you just want to record a few TV shows, do yourself a favor and buy a VCR.