Had my set for 3 days now. Super easy set up. All the features work great. Quick formating after record. Good quality image and the sound seems better than my old dvd recorder.Only ONE DRAWBACK which is: you can NOT record 'nothing' having a copyright including old VCR movie tapes, tv movies, not even old black and white movies if the tv channel broadcasts a copyright signal on their station.But if you want to copy VCR tapes you made yourself, it works great. If you want to tape a tv movie that is not protected, the quality is super.