Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Instructions? Who wrote this stuff?

With the switch to all digital tv, I wanted a device to record both dvds and tapes and also a built in tuner to receive the hd programming. I did a lot of Google searching of different products and decided that the Sony seemed to be the best deal for what I wanted. What I didn't know was how convoluted and clumsy the instructions were especially for the dvd recording procedure. The vcr parts were pretty straightforward, but the dvd procedures were scattered all over the manual and too often footnoted in ways that seem unnecessary.So, in the course of trying (and I'm still trying) to figure it all out, count on wasting a few disc's as you worm your way through these unnecessarily sometimes unclear and scattered instructions for dvd recording.On the whole, the results of the picture/sound quality of the recordings are very good. I wish I could say the same about the instruction manual.