All DVD Recorders

Editors' Take: The GoVideo VR4940 is perfect for archiving your noncopyrighted VHS and DV home movies to DVD, but it's no better for recording TV than your current VCR.

Specs: Stereo, Universal remote control, JPEG photo playback, Progressive scanning, One-touch recording/playback

Specs: Stereo, Universal remote control, JPEG photo playback

Specs: Stereo, Universal remote control, JPEG photo playback, Progressive scanning

The Bottom Line: The DVR-810H is a nearly perfect marriage of TiVo and DVD-recorder functionality.

Specs: Stereo, Remote control, Progressive scanning

The Bottom Line: The GoVideo VR3930 is perfect for archiving your noncopyrighted VHS and DV home movies to DVD, but it's no better for recording TV than your current VCR.

Specs: Stereo, Universal remote control, JPEG photo playback, Progressive scanning, Auto rewind, One-touch recording/playback

The Bottom Line: This Swiss Army Knife of HTIBs records to DVD, plays DVD-Audio discs, and sports a stylish design, but it won't replace a TiVo-style DVR.

Specs: Surround sound, Universal remote control, Dialog enhancer, Progressive scanning, Block noise reduction, Dynamic range compression

The Bottom Line: With its limited TV-recording options, the bargain-priced AR-230 is best suited for creating archive DVD copies of existing VHS and camcorder videos.

Specs: DVD recorder, Remote control, Stereo, 8.8 lbs

The Bottom Line: The first networkable HTIB with a built-in hard drive, the RTD750 is a harbinger of convergence, but it has significant shortcomings.

Specs: Surround sound, Universal remote control

The Bottom Line: With its built-in programming guide, the DRC8000N is a fine value for basic recording--as long as it works with your cable system.

Specs: DVD recorder, Tabletop, Universal remote control, MPEG, Stereo

The Bottom Line: With a colossal hard disk and oodles of options, this expensive hard disk/DVD recorder can almost do it all.

Specs: Stereo, Universal remote control, JPEG photo playback, Progressive scanning, Block noise reduction