I have the HDD version XS30
it is an outstanding machine, very easy to use producing excellent recordings. The playback is superb although suprisingly for Toshiba machines it does not support component out.
It has many advantages over the the current panasonic machines but you can not record an rgb signal. However, unless you archive at a very high rate s-video recordings are superb.
I would not recommend this dvdr to anyone unless they had a sky/freeview box which supported s-video out.
Rasczak, in another thread you made a huge deal about HCC poll which the E100 came out on top. Another mag disagrees with what you believe is true, so they are wrong????
for what it is worth I believe all these reviews must be taken with a huge pinch of salt. The reviewers do not test them for any great length and many have ulterior motives for their reviews.
For my purposes, my chosen archive rate, my display the tosh is the best dvdr available for me. That may change when my other equipment upgrades. For others the E100 is clearly the best currently available. The idea of a 'best' dvdr is as ridiculous as the idea of a best film; or other equally pointless polls that C4 seem to love. All the current dvdr have their pros and cons.