Sony RDR-GX7 DVD Recorder
Good DVD Recorder for Dubbing
I've had this recorder for a couple weeks now and I'm very satisfied with it.  I bought it mainly for the capability of cleaning up the input signal.  This generally works well except color modifications are slight.  Despite the large instruction booklet I found it easy to use especially with the on-screen prompts.  The joystick on the remote is a definite plus.  The editing is limited to DVD-RW VR mode and there is no hard drive to edit on.  To remove commercials, I have to record to this mode, remove the commercials with the A-B erase and record back to a S-VHS recorder, then record back to a DVD-R.  The noise reduction keeps the loss of quality to a minimum and it's definitely superior to VHS to S-VHS recordings.  It will not record tapes with copyguard and flashs an on-screen message to tell you so.  It's looking for both macrovision and the old vertical-sync copyguard that the studios are apparently still using even with the macrovision.  So macrovision killer won't be enough.  One problem that I had with it is placement.  It's considerably deeper than the average component.  However, the all-metal enclosure allows for moderate stacking. While I generally record at 60 min, 90 min and 120 min, the 180 min is quite good.