Price Paid:  $480.00 from The Good Guys

Summary:
This recorder I believe was the best one out there. The on screen display is clean with clear sleek graphics. Your allowed to label your DVD's with tevo/satelite like on screen grapics.

The metal finsh is smooth and built well. Well worth the $799 price. I actually think what replaced it isn't as nice.

I had my eye on this for two years when I saw it priced at $799 at Magnolia Hi-Fi back in 2002. I realised that it had been dicontinued and replaced with the Sony 160 GB.

However the funny thing was that when I bought my first DVD-RW by TDK they would not load and be read. So I bought Sony Brand DVD-RW and they worked fine. In additiojn all DVD's that I have recorded have worked in every DVD player I have used. Nice bonus Tuner knows and labels TV programs automaticly. So if your watching or recording what ever it is shown on the on screen display

Strengths:
Sleek on screen graphics

Heavy weight and metal

Tuner knows and labels TV programs automaticly

When unplugged clock stays intact

Weaknesses:
slow cd loading

No memory hard drive

Similar Products Used:
None

Price Paid:  $650.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
I like this player. It work like VCR but picture quality so much better but you need to plan before start record because it so slow to load.

Strengths:
Easiest to use DVD recorder
Records on both the DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW
Very good audio and superb video quality
i. LINK (DV, D8) in and out
Non-linear videos edit
4 Inputs 4 Outputs
Great design on both remote and player

Weaknesses:
Dose not play VCD, WMA files, CD-RW, MP3, SACD, JPEG
Very slow load on every mode
No component video input
No headphone jack
No weekly record program
Non-sense erase program on DVD-R
Hard drive would be nice
Pricey!!

Similar Products Used:
Meridian 598 DVD player

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Sears

Summary:
THIS SONY RECORDER IS a GREAT DEAL FOR THE PRICE.THIS DVD RECORDER, RECORD ON EVERY FORMAT,DVD-R,DVD-RW,DVD+R AND DVD+RW. And the most important all dvd play in my old DVD player. I put those DVD in other dvd Players and it was the same thing.The transfer for the image and sound are great.Sony always respond to one format and this time they think for all consumers and for ours wallet.

Strengths:
RECORD all formats. And they play in my old dvd players. And they can be play on the DVD Ram Players.( Panasonic and philips.

Weaknesses:
none