LITE-ON IT CORPORATION LVW5045 DVD /hdd Recorder
Mine has worked out well for me
Sorry this machine has been a headache for some.  Perhaps there is a problem with quality control.  My own experience is positive. <br /> <br />OK,  I mainly bought it to record episodes of \\"Seinfeld\\",  and this it has done well,  besides recording other shows off the air with decent quality. <br /> <br />I then decided to weed out my video cassette collection and I recently transferred a bunch of tapes in VHS format to the unit's hard disk.  Easy and painless. <br /> <br />I have loaded some mp3 music files onto the hard disk -- it plays these well but indexing is a problem -- I do not use this feature much. <br /> <br />Copying from hard dosk to DVD is a slow process,  the write speed is about 4x it would appear. But it will get stuff off the hard disk and onto DVD's if you are patient. <br /> <br />Writing titles is a pain in the butt but it is doeable. <br /> <br />Playback of DVD's is good.  The unit can be dezoned to play any region code with a very simple hack from videohelp.com.  This is a plus for me as I own lots of region 2 disks. <br /> <br />I bought this machine about 15 months ago.  It has had light to moderate use,  and has given me no problems to date. I consider it a good value for the money I paid.