Sylvania DVR90DE Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder
DVD Media problems
I have been using this DVR for about a month now. The record quality is great using the S Video input and I cannot tell the differance in quality between 2 hour and 4 hour modes.  I have had media problems.  I bought some Imation DVD-R's at Sams Club and everything was working fine but when I went back to Sams Club to buy more they didn't work.  I noticed that the old ones I had purchased were DVD-R 2X and the new ones were DVD-R 1-8X you would think 1-8X means it would work at 1-2X \\"wrong\\".  Then I went to Costco and bought some TDK 1-4X and I was back in business again until I ran out of TDK media.  So back to Costco for some more TDK 1-4X, when I bought the new DVD-R's I noticed the packaging was different but the speed was the same.  When I put it in the DVR90DE it came up with an error.  I then inspected the media looking for a difference, the first TDK 1-4X had a red circle about a 1/4\\" from the center hub the newer DVD-R media had the same red circle but it was only about 1/8\\" from the center hub.  I started inspecting other media I had tried without success and noticed what they had in common.  It was a red circle very close the the inner hub.  I will be going on a quest for media tomorrow.  I hope they never discontinue the slower media because this thing won't work without it.  The good news is it records great video.