Sony RDR-HX900 DVD Recorder with 160 GB Hard Disk Recorder
Flawed!!!
While this machine is fine in most respects it has some huge flaws. It never turns off completely, when switched off you can still hear something running inside. It is either the fan or the hard disk that never stops, if you get close enough to the machine you can hear the hum. I know that electric motors can run for years, but it will eventually burn out. Thats not to mention that an always running fan will draw a great deal of dust into the unit after a while.  <br />   Another flaw is that it doesn't have the ability to devide a program on the hard disk. It can only be done on the RW disks. <br />   I also own a PIONEER DVR-510h and a PANASONIC DMR-e100h and think they are better than the SONY in every way except for the smaller size on their hard drives.