Refurbished Pioneer DVR-531H Digital Video Recorder/DVD Recorder with 80 GB Hard Drive

67% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Whoever wrote the negative review probably never had a computer. This unit has to boot when you start it. If you shut it down, it takes a while to shut down and has to be off a while before you start it again. Like a computer. Most modern electronics...

Paying Tivo a monthly fee annoys me. So I was delighted to find this Pioneer model, which allows you to program recordings manually or use the TV Guide information on your cable. It's a little complicated to use but works just fine. Could not do...

I have not had a month go by without this unit freezing, failing or fouling up. The TV guide function died, scheduled recordings got erased and it freezes up at least once a week to the point the power must be reset to wake it up. Pioneer customer...