Lite-On LVW-5115GHC+ DVD Recorder with TV Tuner
Almost great, but not quite
I've only had this for a couple days and haven't put it through all its paces yet, but in most respects it's a great player for the price, I won't go into the features since they are clear from the specs. What possibly doesn't pop out at you when you first glance at the specs, and which may turn you off to this product, is that it has no S-video in or out, nor does the built-in TV tuner recognize NTS stereo.  <br /> <br />Or to put it another way, when you record a tv program, you lose the stereo sound -- it is converted to mono.  (No dolby 5.1 either BTW.) Lots of people will be so put off by this that they'll pass on the recorder. Turns out I can live with it as I mostly want to digitize old camcorder tapes from an camcorder that only recorded in mono and had no S-video or Firewire connections. For this kind of old fashioned equipement, the Lite-on 5115 worked fine; recording a great picture. <br /> <br />When I buy an expensive HD TV setup in a couple years I'll no doubt buy a different and more expensive DVD recorder to go with it.