Samsung DVD-R120 Progressive Scan DVD Recorder
Not recommended for converting Hi-8 home movies
Already owning a Tivo, my primary reason for purchasing the DVD-R120 was to convert 8 years worth of Hi-8 camcorder video to DVD-R.   While this unit is capable of that , the quality of the recording on DVD is worse than the original Hi-8 video tape.  Specifically, in palces where the original pans across a scene, or shows any kind of motion, the resulting DVD recording is jittery and sometimes blocky.  It is very distracting.  This occurs even with XP recording mode (the highest quality mode - ~1 hour for a regular DVD). <br /> <br />On the plus side: the fan on the back is very quiet (inaudible really), and setting up to record to DVD from the camcorder is very straightforward.