Digital TV Recorders - DVD recorders

Samsung DVD-SH875M

Guide price: £280

When you can’t decide which programmes to watch, record them onto DVD or directly into the 250GB hard drive which will hold up to 420 hours of material. Also upscales your DVDs to near high definition quality.

Buy at: Argos Comet John Lewis

Sony RDRHXD890B

Guide price: £280

This DVD recorder (DVD-R) with hard drive from Sony offers simple 3-step on-screen timer to record onto a DVD. Can’t find a blank one? No problem. You can record up to 80 hours of TV directly into the 160GB hard drive.

Buy at: Argos

Toshiba RDXV48DTKTB

Guide price: £ 250

This versatile Toshiba combines DVD recorder, video recorder and recording onto a 160GB hard drive

Buy at: Argos

Panasonic EX768EBK

Guide price: £229.99

The Panasonic DMR-EX768-K features a built-in 160GB hard disk drive that will provide an additional recording capability of up to 284 hours. It also has time slip recording which will allow you to start watching a programme before it has finished recording to the end.

Buy at: Amazon Comet