PrunePop,
A lot depends upon your urgency and needs.
I believe that at the moment we are at the tail end of recorders with DVD burners and at the beginning of those with Blu-ray burners.
If you want to burn and keep disks with High Definition material, wait a while for the price of Blu-Ray kit to moderate.
If you are happy with burning DVD none HD disks, look for a bargain from the 'run-out' models.
I have an old LG-7624W that has given me many years of satisfactory service, but now I have an HD Satellite Rx/Decoder, similar to the UK Sky Plus box, I'm waiting for the price of Blu-Ray burners to drop before I invest my pension.