Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Biggest piece of crap you can waste your money on.
I paid about $650 for this thing (out of box) at CircuitCity, with an extended warranty about 2 or 3 years ago (good thing I got the extended warranty!).  I was plagued with \\"Disc Error\\"s while recording.  It got progressively worse.  Eventually, it wouldn't play rented or brand new movie DVDs.  I took it back for repairs.  When it came back, it worked again, but only for about a month and started getting the errors again.  I took it back.  This time they swapped it for another out of box unit just like it.  This one worked for a couple of months then started experiencing the same disc errors.  I took it back.  When I got it back, it worked for a while, then started doing it again.  So, of course, I took it back yet again.  I told them I didn't want it repaired.  I wanted my money back.  I found that many many people were having the same problems on the internet. (I even downloaded and installed the latest firmware). <br /> <br />CircuitCity honored the extended warranty and gave me in-store credit of $551.xx plus they'll be sending me a check for the remaining balance on my extended warranty!  With that credit, I bought a Panasonic DVD recorder (2 years newer and IN the box!), which records on DVD+r/rw *AND* DVD-r/rw and also has the firewire input that I must have.  AND I bought a dual-layer DVD+-r/w drive for my computer, AND I still have $268 left PLUS that unknown check amount... I think I'll get a TiVo with the rest! <br /> <br />I'll never buy another Phillips product again (And I live in Phillips' hometown of Knoxville TN!)