NTSC tuners stopped being especially useful about four days ago. My old Panasonic DMR-E80 is still going strong, although I use it very rarely these days. I didn't look real closely at this - does the hard drive support recording HD content, or does it downscale to DVD resolution when recording? If it will record HD content, that'd be a great way to time-shift for an over-the-air HDTV.