Coby DVD-R1000 DVD Recorder/Player , Silver
Coby records fine, has many extras
One day's use so far, and it works with all the media I have thrown at it (mostly memorex brand DVD-/+r/w). <br />The recording is as good as cyberhome and other less expensive DVR players--at least my unit was good (not dark or pale, except on super high contrast cartoons).  Perhaps those getting dark/pale recordings were trying to record something with macro/copy protection, or just got bum units.<br />Some bonuses:<BR>It plays MPG files straight without authoring. <br />Plays JPG slide shows without authoring, though with no user-select of time between slides. <br />Plays DVD-R even though not listed on specs. <br />Have not tested commercial editing yet, but other basic functions were simple enough. <br />The manual is written fairly well. <br />Only giving it a 4 because: <BR>It does not allow for real-time play and record concurrently (allowing you to pause while recording and continue recording as it is paused) <br />It does not work with DVD-R/W (only +). <br />It does not play WMA, nor give ID tags on mp3 (though it does play down to 32kbps spoken word files). <br />But for the price, $237+tax, it was the cheapest DVR I've seen. <br />Comparing to the cyberhome 1500 DVR, it is better looking and has essentially the same features.