What HDD/DVD player/recorders are available?

I want to record tv shows with a dvd player/recorder that has an hdd. My old Philips dvr analog one has died. I have cable tv but I have no cable box, the cable card in the Sony LCD receives the digital channels. I do not want to subscribe to something like Tivo. What's out there that can record tv easily?

Is this Toast 7 or Toast 6? I only have 6, and haven’t tried it yet.
Anyway, Disk Utility should work. Create an disk image of a CD onto the HD, then burn that image onto a blank CD. 2 steps, but should still work. Probably only works on single partition disks though. i.e. not those PC/Mac disks.
I haven’t use this software, but found it on my travels. Claims to work on Intel Macs:
http://www.stupidfish23.com/shadowburn/

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