i`ve had a good experience with panasonic.....i have 2 dvd/vcr recorders.....one is the hi-def upconvert....
the only issue is that the hi-def records in a format that shows the picture a little compressed.....
i have it hooked to a 52 inch t.v.,so it`s not a big deal...they picture off the tuner is very good....not quite as tight as the t.v`.s hi def picture,but very good....
they`re phasing dvd out in favor of blue ray,but,the blue rays i`ve seen advertized,for the most part,play dvds and many actually upconvert them(unless i`m reading the ads wrong).....
that was good news for me....
panasonic`s solid...and the upconvert dvd recorder seldom,if ever,gets blocked by copyright edits(i originally bought a sony and returned it when all the ppv fights and premium channel movies were blocked by copyright infringement safeguards)....
g.l.
