This is the update to the DR-100BB, which as a recorder, was horrendously flawed by a lack of any Scart inputs, let alone RGB-enabled ones. The former is now catered for at the cost of the latter, setting the DR-200BB as more of a contender

Although a sub-£200 recorder may seem like an unusual inclusion in this test, there's more than enough quirks with Nissan Technology's first foray into the market - not least because it's from a firm usually associated with cars

When a DVD recorder costs as little as £170, you expect a few rough edges here and there. But you don't expect as many as there are here - in all departments.The box gets things off to a bad start...