Lite-On LVC-9006 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
has serious problems
Lite-On VCR/DVD Recorder LVC-9006 R Review <br /> <br />This product has some nice features one would want - record and play DVDs in any format, VCR and DVD recorder in one package, etc.  However, the picture quality made this a return item for us. <br /> <br />We have two video sources in our surround sound unit, one passing through the VCR and one not, which allows us to do a few things we like.  With our old VCR, both of these pictures had the same brightness, color, tint, etc., so flipping from Video 1 to Video 2 gave you the same picture quality.  When we connected the Lite-On LVC-9006 R the same way our old VCR was hooked in, the picture became bleached out.  Dark colors became light.  This could be adjusted somewhat with the TV color controls, but then the Video 2 signal ended up way too dark. <br /> <br />We didn't like this, but were prepared to live with it.  (To be fair, our subsequent purchase, a Panasonic, did the same thing, though not as badly.)  Then we started getting bright horizontal lines in the picture sometimes.  Then we found at times the picture would get jerky, like an old Charlie Chaplin movie.  This would last for 1-2 minutes, go away, then come back at a later time.  That was the last straw.  We returned the product. <br /> <br />Other things need fixing.  The commercial skip in our old VCR was great.  Push it once, it skipped for one minute.  Two times, two minutes, etc.  In this product, you have to push a menu button, then select the commercial skip and push again, and then it only skips for 30 seconds.  And you can't push it more than once.  You have to wait for the 30 seconds to pass and then do it again.  So for a two minute commercial you have to push the button 8 times with waits in between each push.  Who needs that? <br /> <br />The pause button on the VCR (not sure of the DVD) holds the picture OK, but if you push again to advance one frame, that frame jitters all over the place.  Ditto for each subsequent frame advance. <br /><br />Programming was a hassle.  The prior setting data from your last record, like record speed, etc was not remembered and you had to drop down menus and re-select the same thing each time. <br /> <br />Not recommended. <br />