It looks great! I cannot tell any difference from live broadcast.. Again, all this is in my bedroom only with a regular tube Sony vega TV (4X3) and not a wide screen hdtv. The recorder can finish dvds to play on all dvd players as well.

By the way, I got mine around a month ago on Circuit City for $140 open package. I usually buy things brand new, but this one looked untouched.

Axiom M60s, QS4s, VP100 Onkyo TX-SR804 Oppo 970HD Rotel RB-1080/RCD-1072 REL Q150E sub, PS 3