Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
Panny is fine with me.
Ok, Ok, I've got to chime in here.  A lot of lone star reviews (are you all Texans?) prompts me to stick up for this unit.  I am probably like many consumers here:  purchased the unit to replace a VCR and watch live TV time-shifted.  I also wanted to archive my family hi-8 videos to DVD.  Heavy editing was not my desire.  I love the instant recording to hard disk drive.  Watching a show I started recording 20 minutes earlier and being done in 42 minutes vs. 60 minutes is great.  Editing out segments (commercials) from movies I want to keep to DVD is also very nice.  Have no big needs for editing beyond that.  If I did, I would transfer via DVD-RAM to my PC and edit there.  I purchased an extended warranty in case this technology hiccups.  And, I know it will be surpassed by something better in a year or two.  So what!  I will enjoy this now and replace it down the road, retiring this unit to the bedroom.  I keep the VCR only in the event of an emergency.  BTW, the picture quality is excellent generally; add that to the convenience and you can see why Panasonic has sold so many of these.  The unit is also dropping in price now as the E85 is coming out next month.  A good time to invest in this.