Pioneer DVR-LX61D

Stylish unit, easy to use ; doubles as musical media centre ; impressive functionality

Average TV tuner for the price ; disappointing sound quality with music ; cheaper, better recorders are available

Huge number of features; true multi-format DVD recording and compressed audio support

Not the cheapest recorder; relatively small hard drive

GUT

DVB tuner image quality, very low noise even using hard disk, hard disk speed, recorded video quality, connectivity to computer or USB devices (ethernet LAN, USB input), easy-to-use program guide and video recording schedule

Difficult to organize files from USB devices or other sources ("PC video"), can't copy files to a previously created folder

High quality, very compleet, many functionalities

a little expensive, not free bidirectional comunicatons with PC

Multi region. Fast start up. Quaity of recording. Low noise

Remote has way too many buttons.

looks great, works straight out of the box. Tuned itself in and picks up new channels itself as and when

can't copy video to it from a pc to burn onto dvd

Pioneer really do make the best. It was easy to set up and works perfectly. The 250 GB hard drive will certainly take a long time to fill up. The high speed copy function (for copying from HDD to DVD) is a great improvement over my previous Liteon DVD...

The remote control is a little clunky and probably has too many buttons. It lacks the ergonomic design of Sony remotes.

Performs well in all areas, a good high end unit.