Panasonic DMR-HS2 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/PVR with 40 GB Hard Drive (Silver)
HDD enhances the DVD recorders
I am pleased that I bought this DVD recorder with the HDD (40GB hard drive). The second recording device allows for editing the video prior to finalizing. I suspect that recorders without the hard drive would make it difficult or impossible to edit. The higher price for this unit is worth this feature.<br />I wish that Panasonic would have allowed dubbing from DVD-R or DVD video to the HDD for non-copy-protected programming/video. I am must retain some of my VHS library as back-up in order to make additional copies in the future. Also, the unit does not support high speed dubbing from HDD to DVD-R. This would be a desirable feature.