Does anyone need a standalone DVD recorder?

Reuters notes that even though standalone DVD recorders keep getting cheaper and cheaper (they're expected to hit
$150 sometime later this year), one very basic does need to get asked: Does anyone really need one? Not that we'd kick one out of our living room or anything, but if you want to copy DVDs you'd need to buy a PC anyway, and if you really only want to record TV shows you're way better off with a proper digital video recorder or even barebones media PC.
Maybe if all you wanted was an easy way to dump video from a camcorder, but that's about all really...