Lite-On LVW-5115GHC+ DVD Recorder with TV Tuner
Pretty good recorder for the price.
I've had the LVW-5115GHC+ for several months.  I also have a LVW-5005, both were purchased from Costco.  I like the 5115 because it will play just about any video file you throw at it.  The discs don't even have to be formatted as Video DVDs, VCDs or SVCDs.  If a video file is on a CD or DVD the LVW-5115GHC+ will usually play it. <br /> <br />Unlike the 5005, the LVW-5115GHC+ doesn't have S-Video in or out.  The cable box I have mine hooked to has only RCA jacks.  Both will record only in mono if you use the built in tuner.  I never use the built in tuner.  I use the tuner in the cable box.  Recordings done this way are in stereo. <br /> <br />With my LVW-5115GHC+ there is a glitch when you finalize; often it will start off reporting that it is 95% done, then it will just sit at 95% untill it really is.  Other times it will start off at 0% and then it will report that the finalize was not properly completed.  The discs play fine however even in other machines, or the computer.  I was pretty pieved until I discovered that the discs reported as having a bad finalizes seem to work fine anyway.  I keep hoping that LiteOn will come out with a new firmware update; the one that came out in January had no effect on this problem. <br /> <br />The firmware on the 5005 can be modified if it mistakenly identifies your source video as copy protected.  The LVW-5115GHC+ hasn't had this problem for me anyway, but there is no firmware hack available that I know of if this did become a problem.  Overall I am fairly happy with the LVW-5115GHC+.  If it had S-Video in and out and a fix for the finalize glitch I would give it a 5.