Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
Problems Using with Satellite
I purchased this recorder last week.  Aside from the manual being the most confusing I've ever seen, the only problem I encountered was in trying to watch one program while recording another.  I was forced to purchase a DirecTV Tivo unit with a dual receiver in order to solve the problem.  I don't have cable in my area.  The Tivo part of the unit is really a waste - I just use it for the dual tuner part.  The Panasonic DMR-E80 is well worth the money I spent.  The quality of recordings is very good - much better than VHS tapes.  The only thing that I haven't been able to figure out is how to dub from the hard drive to a DVD-R without actually playing the movie on the tv.  The manual gives very confusing directions on dubbing.  There is mention of a &quot;dubbing list&quot;, but when I was in that menu I couldn't figure out how to add items to it.  I ended up by just doing the &quot;fast dub&quot; while the movie was playing from the hard drive.  I would like to find out if there is a way to do this without having to play the movie.  So far I've only been using Panasonic disks.  After reading many negative reviews about other brands, I'm afraid to try the TDK ones I bought.  <br />Aside from this, so far everything else is great!