Came from a local university when they upgraded their equipment.  Tested and working properly.  Tested the dvd and it worked properly, tested HDD and it worked properly, tested MiniDV, and it worked properly. (I am assuming it works properly, bc it accepted tape, read it, and ejected it, when I pressed the eject button. I did press play with the tape in it, and it didn't play, but I don't believe it is supposed to play it anyway, and its just meant to be recorded), but if it is also supposed to play the minidv tape and not just record them, it may have just needed a tape with something recorded on it, but I figured I'd mention it, and how I tested the unit, just in case / as an fyi. (I get a lot of different items in and don't know how every single item's feature is intended to function), but like I mentioned, everything tested and seemed to work properly on it.  Pics are of the exact item you will receive (includes the rack mount in pics).