Magnavox MRV640 DVD Recorder
not bad for a starter dvd recorder
Just bought mine for $175 and spent 3 hours hooking it up to tv and dvd/vhs recorder.  Most of it was my fault, have to admit to being a little behind the curve on the tech scale.  DO HAVE extra cables and connections on hand if you are connecting to more than just a tv.  Manual is dense and of little use until you actually use the machine for a while.  THEN it makes sense.  (Might be that lack of tech stuff though)  Recordings of tv (I only have an antenna) are great and one I made of an old vhs tape were better than the tape.  Little slow to start recording.  Have to adjust to that I'm afraid.  I think this is a great deal moneywise and so far so good in the recording.  No problems with discs and otherwise easy to use.<br /><br />This is a second review after six months.  Works great.  I have burned about 300 dvd's (you won't believe how much space I have now that the tapes are gone) and it's like a little work horse.  I have had a very few discs that seize things up.  Very few. And you do have to \\"re-boot\\" once in a while, like a computer. I don't do a lot of timed recording, I'm a movie buff not a TV fan, so that is a feature I don't use.  I can't believe how this thing just keeps going.  I'm really happy with it over all and would give it a four star simply because of the few problems I've had and its durability.  A lot of lemons out there, yes, but I got a good one.  And I haven't yet had to call the no help whatsoever line!