Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Absolutely Love this Machine!!!
I expected little and was very pleasantly surprised.  A breeze to set up and use, I have successfully copied from VHS, DVD and tv/cable onto DVD with incredible results.  The DVDs have played on every DVD player that I can find.  If you look around online, you can find the DVD+R and DVD+RW blank discs at a pretty reasonable price....  I haven't tried it with my digital camcorder yet, but so far, I can't really find anything to say bad about this recorder.