Ive scouted everywhere shops, internet sites and cant find one under 100 quid which is something that didnt happen 5 years ago.

Have they suddenly stopped being sold because even used Recorders via ebay are now over 100 quid. I myself use a DVDR 3570H because it plays data disks, has a HD and records and think I paid 55 quid for it and even Hughes at one time has Panasonic Recorders for under £70.

Now im lucky to find anything under 100.

As Panasonic are the only manufacturers to still make them, they can in effect dictate the price, because there is nobody to compete with them. And again, because so few are being manufactured now, whereas in the past the market was saturated with them, they now command a higher price than they did.

Like you, I still think there is a market for DVD recorders. To be able to record something being shown on TV to a blank DVD disc, and then know that you can watch that DVD back on a second TV, on a computer or laptop, on a portable DVD player in the back of the car, or to send a copy of that disc to anybody anywhere in the world who doesn't have internet streaming capabilities, is a feature that I don't want to lose. But unfortunately most consumers think otherwise.

It's getting rarer to find a DVD recorder at any price these days. So unless you want to risk going second hand you may have no luck finding anything under 200 quid let alone under a ton.

DVD recorders are pretty well obsolete now, going the way of VCR's

I'd consider what you really want it for, as if converting stuff to dvd you may be better off using a capture card to pc, where you can edit and then burn to disc or just keep on HDD. standard definition cards are pretty cheap. £20-£30 at maplins or cheaper elsewhere. there are sub £10 ones on ebay. a decent one would let you record hidef stuff, although you may need a box inbetween to do this (about £40 on ebay)

if it's for timeshifting then a PVR may be better

if you have piles of videos to convert to dvd and don't want to tie up the pc then the second hand market such as ebay or cash convertors may be the best route

with bluray being the main physical disc format for video now, and that being overlooked by many in favour of streaming, there's not much call for bluray recorders either. most consumer use for a dvd recorder would the timeshifting a PVR does, and now of course there is catchup, or putting home videos onto disc, whereas now folk will record to flash media and copy via usb to a pc and upload online instead of burning a disc

I used one of mine recently for transferring stuff as I finally figured how to get it to record proper NTSC to dvd in colour (dvd recorder records both, and I found a switch on the vcr to output proper NTSC not PAL60). someone is also sending me a pile of tapes with rare stuff on so i'll be busy doing loads more. I did have a look for replacement gear but it was hit or miss online