Panasonic DMR-ES20K DVD Recorder
Works Great For Me
I spent a great deal of time researching DVD recorders that were under $200.  All had consumer reviewers who were unhappy.  After much consideration, I bought this Panasonic recorder. I've been using it for three weeks and have made a lot of recordings. It has worked wonderfully.  However, I do not use it to schedule recordings from TV.  I use my DVR to do that. But recording DVDs from my DVR, VCR, and another DVD has been flawless. (I'm using SONY DVD-R media.) The DVDs have played on Panasonic, Toshiba, and Maganavox dvd players.  They did not play on a five year old GE and four year old Cyberhome.  Other media types may play on them. The recorder did freeze a couple of times, but that was my fault. I failed to press \\"enter\\" after finalizing.  The editing is limited, but I'm editing on my computer, which is much better anyway.  All in all, if you can read and follow directions, my experience suggests you'll be happy with this recorder.