purch 11/01/05 159.99

upgraded firmware 9.53 > upgrading very difficult with crappy instructions. figured it out.

timer recording on a disk that you protect will crash the machine. no warnings given. have to reset the machine to factory defaults.

machine has a fan on back. i can hear it. won't bother most people.

whenever I turn the recorder off and turn back on my tv gets snow until I change the tv channel from channel 3 and back again. cannot tell if it is my TV or Machine. The TV is 20 years old. DOH.

recording quality is excellent.

hope this gives.

regards, JJ