Lite-On AllWrite LVW-5005 DVD/CD Recorder
Works great... for about six months...
I thought this product worked VERY well for the first several months I owned it.  The only problem was that the tuner NEVER worked from day one, but as I used the cable box anyway, and had mainly bought it to transfer old videotapes to DVD, that wasn't a major problem for me, considering the price. <br /> <br />However, after 6-9 months, it began having problems.  The first problem was it would take several tries to get it to load partially-recorded DVD-RW discs.  It would give the message, \\"No disc.\\" Then it wouldn't load them at all.  Then, it began doing the same to partially-recorded DVD-R discs.  It was fine if I finalized the recording immediately afterwards, but if I turned off the player or removed the disc, I'd get \\"No disc\\" or \\"Invalid disc\\" when I put it back in the player... EXACTLY the same problem other Amazon reviewers have reported. <br /> <br />Now, in the past few days, it will not even FORMAT a new, blank disc for recording.  It runs and runs, saying it's formatting, then after about ten minutes it says, \\"Invalid disc\\" and I have yet another coaster.  Player still works fine, but the recording feature is completely broken and unusable. <br /> <br />Thumbs down... don't buy it.