I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase a replacement Toshiba DVD Recorder (My other one quit accepting discs of ANY kind after six years of mostly very heavy usage!) at a local THE SOURCE retail outlet, where it had been placed on Clearance! Unlike my first Recorder, I plan to be more selective with what I record with this one, as I know that I won't be able to replace it later! To be quite honest, I'm more than slightly teed off over the fact that the Blu-Ray Recorders available in other parts of the world are being denied release into the North American market. I understand that our Cable/Satellite Providers; etc want to prevent further piracy, but I also think that some people would also like to have the convenience of transferring their HD Camcorder Videos to Blu-Ray disc without having to invest in a PC/Blu-Ray Writer Setup.