so sorry.

Just wondering about the general consensus, is there a dvd settop recorder yet that still provides excellent Image quality like the long gone pioneers had, or better? I don't necessarily care about a hard drive...or any of that, just a good reliable settop recorder that provides outstanding IQ to dvd. don't even care about a tuner..thanks..t

p.s. the only new thing i would like to have on it is ability to record great IQ to Dual layer dvd's, + and/or -.

Probably about the best quality recorder you will be able to find, also one of the less expensive ones, is the Panasonic DMR-EZ17K. It also records to DVD-R, +R, -R DL, + R DL, and both of the RW's (+ & -).

Here is some information about it.

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vModelDetail?storeId=15001&catalogId=13401&itemId=112147&catGroupId=24987&modelNo=DMR-EZ17K&cacheProgram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702

Thanks Suplex...I have an 420 pioneer and a 531 i think....and a panny e40 and 50....loved the pioneer..and did not know if the panny had improved a lot in IQ or not...will check it out tho....surely they have improved since the E series...thanks..t

on this 17k, does it record from one layer to the other smoothlly?