Hi Ganesh
Read your review on the 530H-S; I purchased the dvr 630H-S in Dec myself; and yes was frustrated initially by the cons you listed. By livable considering I use it mainly for recording football games and documentaries.
I wonder if you whether it is possible to toggle closed captions (not subtitles) through the DVR. I am partially deaf and have quite a number of DVDs which have no subtitles(esp from HBO and Warner) but have closed captions which I can toggle on my PC.
Any setting I should look into for this? Appreciate your help
Regards
Sivaganesh