Philips DVDR75 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder
As you can tell by the reviews....It's a roll of the dice!!
As you can tell by the reviews listed, people either love this machine or they hate it.  When the unit works, it is SUPER!! But most find that the honeymoon is short lived.  Set-up is not as hard as some would lead you to believe, though recording from a digital pay channel while watching a regular cable channel takes a bit of remote control savvy.  I got my unit about 2 mos. ago.  Worked like a charm...full of features that make recording and editing on the machine a breeze.  Then it stops recording on +R's.  You wonder why....so have many others.  Shortly after this happens, the unit will refuse to record from timer.  It will start up, record about 7 seconds, then the unit shuts down completely.  At this point, severe stress begins to set in as you realize that you got one of the \\"crap-pile\\" units.  Then for the final insult, the unit will begin to refuse to play store bought titles.  Then it will ONLY play +RW discs.  I am awaiting firmware upgrade, but not optimistically.  It is pretty obvious from the reviews that a large percentage of these units are nothing but crap.  I WOULD ONLY RECOMMEND THIS UNIT TO PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO TORTURE!!