Rated 
Time will tell
Started May 24, 2006
Strengths: Able to record on just about any type of media
Weaknesses: Picture quality not as crisp as I hoped for.
My unit is connected to the cable box with RCA plugs instead of Coax. This should provide a better picture but it does not. In XP or SP mode, the recordings are very good but EP (6 hrs/disk) they are pretty poor.
It takes some getting used to if you have been using a VCR. In order to use a new disk, you must format it first in the machine and before you can read the disk on another machine, you must finalize the disk. Both operations take a few minutes to do. The overall quality though is somewhat better than a VCR recording. I was hoping they would be as good as my DVR recordings but they are not.
Because my cable box has no coax output, I have to use this unit as a passthrough to my TV. It means I must turn on the unit even if all I want to do is watch TV. Its not a big deal but the unit automatically plays any disk that is in the machine when you turn it on. So, if you want to watch tv and there is a disk in it, you have to stop the machine manually first. Again, not a big deal but annoying.
I know it sounds like I am bashing the machine but I'm not. There are some quirks as I stated that require a couple of extra steps but it is just a matter of getting used to it.
How does it compare other units? Don't know, this is my first venture into DVD records.
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