CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 Progressive-Scan DVD+R/+RW Recorder and Player , Silver
an ok product for the price
First, this is not a perfect dvd recorder.  <br />Second, it's only $248.<br />Third, it will do what it advertises: burn dvd's, and do so rather painlessly.<br />I bought this dvd recorder through Wal-Mart.com for $248, at least $50 below the next lowest priced recorder, and several hundred below name brand models.<br />I bought it primarily to burn dvd's from vhs tapes I have recorded for my classroom.  It does that flawlessly.  I use only DVD+RW's and have never experienced a problem.  I plug the cable through the VCR then into the DVD recorder then into the tv.  It will directly copy any tape that is not copy protected onto a dvd with good resolution, no matter the quality level I choose.<br />Having said that, it does its fair share of quirks.  The clock ONLY works in the 24 hour format, despite upgrading the firmware.  With the upgrade, you can switch to a 12 hour format, but it will not display the correct time, often displaying bizarre times such as &quot;17:34 AM&quot;.<br />It also does not have a lot of editing capabilities.  You cannot delete sections of a dvd, only hide them.  The remote, which you use to create titles, chapters and such, is very basic, which means lots of button pushing.<br />It is also only &quot;mono&quot;, or at least &quot;kinda mono&quot;.  It will take a stereo vhs tape and burn a stereo dvd.  But it will only play it in mono, and will only record directly from the tv in mono.  Very odd.<br />More expensive models will have more extensive features.  The old adage is true, you get what you pay for.  Most of the quirks you can work around.<br />Given that three years ago, DVD recorders were running $1,000, this is a very good deal.  For $248, this is an ok basic recorder.