Lite-On LVW5001 DVD Plus Player/Recorder
Great DVD Recorder for 1st time buyer !
Pro: Recorder is simple to set up and operate, it does take getting used to, the disc's have to be formatted but that takes less than a minute. Easy to record off the air, even at 6 hour rate, the digitizing of the analog TV signal seems to look better during playback than off the air. Price is a positive, you can find them for $279. The recorded disc DVD+R or +RW also play on Apex, Pioneer (portable), Norcent (cheap DVD player) but doesn't play well on a Samsung DVD player (I have all of these players).<BR>Con; It doesn't fully record 2 hours in the 2 hour mode, I found the max was 1hr 56 minutes. This seems to be the same in the longer modes, just shy of the expected time. The other con is the one touch recording, you have to manually turn it off or it keeps going to the end of the recordable time on the DVD. Each press of the recording button is not 30Min like a VCR.<BR>Overall, I am Really Impressed and would consider buying another unit because it also plays regular DVD's as well or better than regular DVD Players.