Model

Price

The Bottom Line

GoVideo VR2940

$320-
$360

Includes VCR for tape-to-disk recording; Yes DVD software turns out home-movie disks with bonus music videos

Philips DVDR615

$270-
$390

Has more video input options than most and has the best editing capabilities for turning out finished-looking DVDs

RCA DRC8300N

$297-
$350

Built-in VCR allows one-touch dubbing; title library keeps track of about 100 disks and their contents


Pictured left to right: GoVideo VR2940, Philips DVDR615, RCA DRC8300N
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Recordable DVDs

Go Ahead, Toss Out Your VCR


They've come way down in price-and your old tapes will take up a fifth of the space they do now once you transfer them to disks.


Recordable DVDs