Product review (3 stars): functional but not top of the line
I've had this dishwasher for about a month and a half.  Since appliances are major purchases, I held off reviewing until I felt like I had a good understanding of both the pros and the cons.

I should say up front that there were two reasons I chose this particular model:

(1) It did not have a digital control panel
(2) It was the cheapest one available at the time (I got it at a home improvement store)

By way of explanation of #1 above, my last dishwasher was a Frigidaire with a digital control panel.  Naturally, I started having problems with it the moment my warranty was up.  These got worse, until the control panel no longer functioned.  The part I needed to fix it was over $100 and that did not include labor.  As I was troubleshooting the thing, perusal of online forums made me realize that digital panels like the one I had, often have problems.  So I wanted to get a new one -- that had an old-style dial.

On to this particular dishwasher.  You may see a GE dishwasher that looks awfully similar.  It's the same dishwasher.  This Hotpoint one is made in the same factory as the GE ones, has GE service and warranty, etc.  So if you don't particularly care about having matching logos on all your appliances, go with this one, as it costs less pretty much everywhere I've seen it advertised for sale.

It is my understanding that your dishes need to be reasonably clean before putting them in here.  If you are the type who likes to throw really dirty dishes into the dishwasher, this model may not be for you.  I have always been the sort to pre-rinse, so I have not had any problems with dirty dishes coming back out.

If you turn off the heated dry, you will end up with a LOT of water on your dishes when the cycle is finished.  You can reduce the amount of water by using heated dry, but then you may not want to put plastic items on the bottom rack.  Be very careful to not get even the slightest bit of liquid (hand) dishwashing soap in here or you will have trouble getting the dishwasher to drain.

There does not seem to be a method to force the dishwasher to drain excess water, other than turning the control knob to the midpoint of a cycle and letting it finish.

This comes heavily co-branded with Cascade.  I use a Cascade gel, but the tri-color Cascade pods work as well.  There is a separate compartment for a rinse agent; it's a little difficult to tell how much rinse agent you've put in there or when to replace it.  However, it does seem to dispense the stuff properly.

This is a relatively noisy dishwasher compared to my last one.  It also has a lower capacity.  Please note that the bottom rack has one of those parts that comes up right in the middle for the purpose of getting water/etc. to the dishes on the top rack; the wire of the bottom rack is adapted around this, so you know where not to put dishes if you want the top stuff cleaned.  However, for what it's worth, you can put fairly big stuff on the top rack (even a Dutch oven).

In the end, if I had a bigger budget, I probably would've gone for something in a higher price range.  However, this dishwasher did have the feature I wanted (non-digital control) and it does work to clean my dishes, so it suits my needs.  I can't give it a ringing endorsement, but seeing as I'm on a budget, if I had it to do over again, I'd probably still choose this model.