The Award winning 360 Elite is the new twin tuner PVR from Sonicview. The Elite is the first of the 360 lines of receivers out. A sleek black box that matches the modern HDTV with a glossy piano finish, when you plug it in the Sonicview Logo lights up in blue, which was very cool. The 350 Elite also has 3 USB ports 2 rear and 1 in front. Two small buttons (on/off and menu) and a set of ring buttons (left/right/up/down arrows and ok) on the front panel allow you to completely operate the receiver without a remote if necessary. There are the typical RCA jacks that provide video and stereo analog outputs. But for improved video quality there is an S video output and better yet, another set of RCA jacks that give you component video outputs (Y, PB and Pr), to go along with that is an optical S-PDIF digital audio output for higher audio quality. The tuner is also improved as well giving near HD quality picture. The Remote fits ergonomically in your hand, the ring buttons and the buttons for the numerical keypad glow in the dark. The Sonicview 360 Elite comes with a preprogrammed list of 195 satellites and you can even add five more. The Sonicview is Diseqc 1.0/1.1/1.2/USALS compatible, allowing you to connect its two tuner inputs to almost any impossible antenna configuration from a single antenna to a motorized system. If using DPP technology you can also run one wire to the receiver and use the DPP Separator to run both tuners independently. This is the only receiver on the market to use this technology. The Elite 360 uses an external hard drive but can also use a memory stick, and that's where the three USB ports come into play. The memory stick can be plugged into any of the three USB ports. Recording a program is as simple as pressing the red Record button on the remote control. Simply push the stop button to end the recording. If you want to record a second channel while the first is still recording switch to the channel you want to record and repeat. Both channels will be record at the same time. Pushing the stop button will give you the option to stop recording one of the channels or both channels. There is also an eight event timer so you can set the receiver to record your favorite programs while you are gone, as well as a time switch function to put a program on hold if you get interrupted during a program. You can also watch one program while you record another. The Soicview 3690 Elite also has other features such as picture in picture in picture (PIP), play mp3s, and jpeg viewer to show your camera pictures. Summary: Coupled with Sonicview support this is the top of the line receiver with PVR, so this is great for people who want the best receiver or watch a lot of TV and want to make recordings while watching another channel or multiple recordings at the same time. Make sure to purchase from an authorized Sonicview Dealer.