Panasonic DMR-EH50S DVD Recorder with 100 GB Hard Drive Recording
Bye bye unwanted commercials!
This is such a great invention... you can record and play at the same time! I can watch Survivor, beginning at 8:30pm, and skip all the commercials using this recorder.  When I finish at 8pm, the live show's finishing also.  So my time is more productive. <br /> <br />In the Consumers Union reports on DMRs, this was shown to be the only DVD hard drive recorder that can do all of DVD-RW, DVD-R, AND DVD+R. <br /> <br />Comcast appears to have blocked operation of the TV-Guide feature, which isn't essential, and didn't sway my purchase (Comcast wants to sell their own DVD recorder lease, that's why). <br /> <br />The picture is perfect (I can't discern a difference over the original cable image), and recording starts in one second.  I'd buy it again without blinking an eye.