Philips DVDR75 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder
have now had it for a year-great machine
bought the dvdr75 from amazon a year ago.  for the first week, i tried almost every feature and about a dozen dvd disks to make sure the unit was not defective in any way.  some reviewers have reported problems right from the start (defective units), but that's why i buy from amazon.  if it arrives broken, just send it back! <br /> <br />in the past year of use the only bad news is out of hundreds of disks recorded, only two bad ones, and only one time did i have to reboot the machine.  i've upgraded the firmware by downloading it from phillips. <br /> <br />bottom line on this machine---couldn't be happier overall.  the dvdr75 has all the features of a VCR and allows you to record either one hour's worth for maximum picture quality or 6 hours worth for maximum usage of dvd disks.  you can even record some events at one speed and others at other speeds on the same disk.  no trouble at all playing finalized +R dvd's on our other dvd player (and they even play in our acura car dvd-player----hooray!---hours of stuff for the kids to watch on long trips, and instead of 20 bucks per store-bought dvd, i record their favorite tv shows for about 60 cents per disk!!)  the +rw dvd disks play well in our other player and they erase easily and i use those disks over and over again.  the titling features allow you to make very good menus, especially when you're cramming 12 TV shows on one dvd disk.   <br /> <br />five stars! <br />