Sylvania DVR90VE DVD Player/Recorder and Hi-Fi VCR Combo
Scared after reading some reviews?    DON'T BE!
I ordered the DVR90VE on March 1st.  Then I read some reviews that had me quite concerned.  I downloaded the manual and called Funai Tech Service about what I read on the reviews.  Simply stated they told me to use 4X DVD-R and 2X DVD-RW. They said any brand would be fine, just make sure of the two types.    I found 100 4X DVD-R on sale at Office Depot for $32/100.  I decided to get them before the unit arrived.  The machine arrived at 9:30 and I had my first dub VCR-DVD at 10:30.  Finalized it and played it in my portable DVD and two others.    The video quality was very good.    Now I will look at how to edit the titles etc.    Bottom line is that using the 4X DVD-R any brand works.  How available they will be in the years ahead..... seen any 8 tracks lately?  This is a real bargin price if you have loads of family tapes and you want to get them to DVD before they flake away.    Be careful of your old tapes as you might have to clean the heads of the VCR periodically, but you would have to do it with any old VHS tape.    *****NOTE****** 4/19/05 I installed the free upgrade Funia to work with -R 8X and it works fine.  I have transfered hours and hours of old VHS tapes of the family and it works great on VHS and DVD side. I have cleaned the VHS heads a few times from tapes I that are 20+ years old, but that is to be expected.    Could not be happier with the service from Funia. I have about 300 dvd-r 4X that I bought on closeout before I knew about the upgrade, but I know it works on 8X after I use all of these 4X up. I noticed the price went up by $30, but it is still a good buy at the current price.