Lite-On AllWrite LVW-5005 DVD/CD Recorder
Fine low price DVD recorder
This is my first stand alone DVD recorder and I can find nothing about it that I dislike. It cost little more than a decently rated DVD player so I'm pleased.  Time shifting TV recording is intuitive. It has played everything I've loaded into it except a dirty DVD from the library (cleaning the DVD cured that problem).  I've been using Lite-On computer hardware for years and the Lite-On name attracted me. They make good computer components and this seems to be just an extension of that. Lite-On is certainly NOT an \\"off-brand\\" although I didn't know they made consumer electronics.    Additional comment added in August, 2011.  This unit is still working and incidentally, it is region free.