Panasonic DMR-E50K DVD Player/Recorder
Almost perfect
Picture and sound are first rate.  I am using the unit for backups of my video tape collection and for dumping programs off my Tivo unit.  I am completely satisfied with the results except that I have also had the problems experienced by several of the negative reviewers.  The unit worked fine for me on Verbatim, Sony and Panasonic disks but rejected 1 out of 3 of Fujifilm DVD-R.  When it locked up on the Fuji disks it went into a &quot;death spiral&quot; where it would attempt to recover, fail but would not allow you to eject the disk.  I had good luck unplugging the unit for 10 minutes and then holding the open button during the recover phase.  This allowed me to remove the offending disk.  Seems to work fine afterwards.  Lesson is good disks mean good results.  Anything else is at your own risk.