Samsung DVD-R120 Progressive Scan DVD Recorder
Great features, great price, but significant sync problems
I want to like this model.  I really do.  The unit seems quite durable, the picture quality is terrific, especially for a low-priced unit, and the features and remote control are nice and intuitive.   <br /> <br />However, I have had problems with audio-visual sync drift on the majority of recordings I have made -- a big enough lag to make it very annoying, at times.  Sometimes I've gotten lucky, managing to record an entire movie that's all perfectly in sync, but that's the exception to the rule.   <br /> <br />A call to Samsung tech support -- probably the best and most knowledgable phone tech support person I've ever spoken with, by the way -- led me to believe that the chips in some units may not be quite up to the quality of others, and I might have just gotten a bad one.  So I returned my unit and got a new one (making sure to pick one from a different monthly batch), only to discover the same problems are still popping up.   <br /> <br />Many of my recordings have been of animated kids' shows for my 4 year-old, and on those the sync isn't really critical, and I'm tempted to keep the unit since I otherwise like it so much.  But in the long run, I think the sync problems are going to be too annoying.  To those buyers who have experienced no sync problems, I envy you, and I wish my experience was similar.