The Philips DVD-R3365 image quality is average, but this recorder is attractively priced and easy to use, with support for G-codes.

A well featured DVD recorder that primarily falls down due to the lack of a digital tuner

A decent enough DVD recorder, but the lack of a digital tuner is a big letdown

For the price, Teac's DV3131 is a decent machine. It can handle DVD video as well as a variety of compressed formats through USB.

Teac's DVP221 is a small DVD player. That's about it — it doesn't do anything its competitors can't and isn't very good-looking. It does everything it professes to do quite well, at least.