Toshiba RD-XS34 DVD Recorder with 160-GB Hard Drive
Good and complicated
This machine will do most anything you could ask, but you will need to be a computer wizard or be able to read and understand really well.  It is more a computer than DVD recorder. It has a built-in TV Guide which is very nice, but it will work with cable only.  It takes TV Guide several seconds to respond once it is selected on the remote.  It will not record a DVD+R, it uses -R only, but it will play them all.  Other than the above, it is a really nice machine.  The Time Slip feature is really nice and works just like TIVO.