Eventually got around to buying one of these babies:

No more fannying around with DVDSanta for me!!
Get one here:
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?ProductID=11630
Let me know what it's like when you get it. I'm after a DVD recorder. What's the P&P on that site?
I've already got it, and I'm really pleased with it, so far.
It plays all my divx and xvids perfectly and has 5 or 6 recording modes starting from vhs quality and loads of time and going up to really high quality and not so much time.
You don't have to format the disk like you do on other ones apparently and you don't have to finalise the disk straight away either, in fact you only have to finalise it, if you want to play it back on another machine.
Also, it starts to record instantly so you can pause it when the ads are on without risking missing anything, unless you forget to un-pause it. :oops:
All in all, for £80 it's a bargin I reckon.
I'm afraid I have no idea what the postage and packing is for MD because I live right next to the warehouse and I just go and pick stuff up from there, sorry.