Magnavox MRV640 DVD Recorder
Look before you leap (this ain't no great leap forward)...
Remember when the cheap stuff was made in Japan and everyone would laugh at that label?  Now apparently it is the \\"made in China\\" label that is the curse.    This is a very basic recorder that works a little when it feels like it, as you can see below.  The one I had for a day would start itself up when it felt like it.  Seriously, I'd be sitting there and all of a sudden it would display \\"startup\\", do its little cycle and then proclaim there was no disc.  No one likes a ghost in their machine.    And it only likes DVD+R discs. Don't know the difference between DVD+R and DVD-R?  You should check it out, because you won't find an explanation here and your friendly local \\"geek squad\\" have no more understanding than a loose doorknob.  \\"Duh, yeah, dis one works with everything, dude.\\"  No it doesn't.    Apparently Amazon can get these things at a very low wholesale price and mark 'em up 75% -80% and move 'em out, while calling it a sale!  Sounds like the jeweler in my local Mall.    Look at Sony and Pioneer; all DVD recorders are a little challenged.  And take your time checking the features available.  If you can't look at the manual first, don't buy.  This manual ain't too good.    One final thought.  This is an ugly unit, with uncovered hookups on the front, a Red Stripe across the DVD drawer, and a piece of mirror (!) stretched across as a faceplate. Maybe they figured looking at your reflection was better than looking at this design disaster.     I bet that the Red Stripe has something to do with this being made in China....