The Pioneer 5100 does indeed use a VBR in all it's recordings.Does anyone know if the PIO 5100 has a function similar to the Panny's VBR record function
A modified version of the Pioneer 5100 should be out this year or early next - it supports RGB in as well! Other new HDD/DVDR combos in the next couple of months are the Panasonic E85 (a cheap, no frills model), two new JVC models (a budget one with a 80GB HDD and a top of the range one with 160GB) and the Panasonic E95 (E100 replacement). Looking slightly further ahead (September and onwards) the Sony RX8 and RX10 both look nice as well - the latter is supposed to have a Freeview tuner!Do you know if Pioneer are planning any new DVD Recorders this year?