I got this delivered about a week ago. I would not dispute any of the other reviews - it's a good brand, it's a good quality product, remote and on-screen menu are kinda bare bones but get the job done, probably there are better out there but this one is great for the price !

Note if purchasing: the unit DOES function with both DVD/R and DVD/RW but it MUST be -R or -RW...not +R or +RW. Hopes this saves you from having to pull the manual back out and dig for this info if your disks won't work.
(I know it says this above, but it's important to know b/c +R or +RW will NOT work)

I tried other cheap dvd recorders but the disks they made would not play in any other dvd player and recorded in a proprietary format that was not even readable by computer. This Pioneer unit will record in a standard format(when setup correctly to Video mode) and when finalized the disks can be read by PC or played on other dvd players, copied by PC or even ripped and edited(if you have the software). There is a standard 2hr quality setting and a super high quality 1hr setting. Now I can burn all those saved tivo shows to DVD and not worry about it only working on one dvd player, it will play on any player.

This player is exceptionally easy to use. For the most part everything that pervious reviewers said is true. The interface is quite straight forward and recording is easy to set up. As stated by another, this recorder works only with -R and -RW, not +R or +RW. Also, I find it absoultely true that the on screen title and chapter naming is a pain, however with a remote control don't think there would be any better of a method available.

Timer and VCR+ recording is nice but I would have liked to see a recording stop timer or something to that effect (if the box is currently recording, tell it to stop in 35 minutes). As it in now you MUST enter a start and stop time.

Another thing I noted is that except via coax connections, video is not sent to the video output unless the unit is on. Lastly, be sure that you are aware this, like almost all units, has copyprotection and will not record copyrighted content.

Overall an easy to use, excellent product at... Read more