Sylvania DVR90VE DVD Player/Recorder and Hi-Fi VCR Combo
This machine saved my life - it's awesome! - Then it crashed
I had a GO Video combo DVD-VCR player/recorder, but it would not play the audio track of my home-made slideshows properly.  As I make a lot of these, and I have to make VHS copies of them (for my 4 year old goddaughter who has a tv/vcr combo set) I had to have a combo machine that would play my home-made DVDs.  It took me two minutes to set the machine up - and I have to hook it up to a satellite reeceiver and to my computer.  Unlike the Go Video machine, it even has the input connections I need for my computer's out to tv connections.  It played my home-made DVDs perfectly - and the test DVD I made was done on a Memorex 8x DVD+R disc.  Because of another purchaser's review, I tried a blank Memorex 8x DVD-R disc in the machine and it recognized it right away.  So you can add Memorex to the DVD brands recognized by this DVD writer.  I have not yet done any dubbing, but the DVD player put out a beautiful picture, even on my old Panasonic TV.  The quality of this machine seems far above its price to me, and I am a picky purchaser.  I reccomend it heartily.    That was then - now the machine has stopped recognizing my computer-made dvd slideshows.  I called funai corp. several times, but none of their suggestions worked.  They advised not to use any higher than 4x dvds and only the -Rs (not +Rs).  They told me to unhook and clear the machine and to use my dvd cleaner.  Nothing worked.  Amazon kindly refunded my purchase price and is taking the machine back.