TV or Camcorder Input

LiteOn Progressive Scan DVD+R/RW LVW-5101 DVD Recorder w/ TV or Camcorder Input

Product Description
Product Description:
LiteOn's mission is to consistently meet or exceed its customers' expectations by providing solutions with outstanding performance, competitiveness, and punctuality.

LiteOn Progressive Scan DVD+R/RW LVW-5101 DVD Recorder w/ TV or Camcorder Input
Average customer rating:

Buggy and frustrating

Liteon Model LVW-5101 AVOID !

Stay away from Lite On

About what I expected...

Ilo let me down big-time

LiteOn Progressive Scan DVD+R/RW LVW-5101 DVD Recorder w/ TV or Camcorder Input

Manufacturer: Lite-On
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

The Lite-On LVW-5101 makes it easy to preserve treasured moments on long-lasting DVD+R/+RW media - the new standard in digital recording.

Attractive, slim-line set-top box; Recorder aesthetically complements existing home theater systems; Record programs from any television, cable or set-top box source

Record programs from any television, cable or set-top box source; Transfer precious video from camcorders; Preserve cherished memories from VCRs

Plug the camcorder in via the DV Link interface for real-time recording; Equipped with a TV tuner and enough input jacks and output connections for most of the sophisticated Audio/Video equipment

Includes: Lite-On LVW5101 DVD player/recorder, remote control, 2 "AA" batteries, RCA connecting cable, and user's manual.

ASIN: B0007ZFYE0

Product Description

LiteOn's mission is to consistently meet or exceed its customers' expectations by providing solutions with outstanding performance, competitiveness, and punctuality.

Customer Reviews:

Buggy and frustrating.......2006-12-31

I bought it because it was cheap. The machine has lots of bugs:

- Locks-up
- Gains time every day, making the clock wrong
- Won't always record
- Menus are difficult to read
- Subtitles appear by default, and I have to turn them off every time
- Poor range on remote control

There were a couple of good features though:
- Multiple inputs
- Direct DV port in front, makes for easy transfer from camcorder
- Cheap

Liteon Model LVW-5101 AVOID !.......2006-12-25

Complete junk ! problems: Worked good for about 2 days then I noticed the unit would not come on when the power button was pressed.
I finally got the unit to power up by unplugging it from the wall outlet. This has to be done every time you want to use it. Problem number 2 is the Subtitles are always on unless you turn them off. Problem 3 remote range is very limited no more than 5 or 6 feet away from the unit and the remote fails to work. I returned my first unit and got another one, but it started to have the exact same problems. Also I have a friend who purchased this same unit and now he is having the same problems too. Avoid this peice of junk !

Stay away from Lite On.......2006-05-18

Complete piece of junk. Playback is erratic. Never recorded even ONCE - it just sits and clicks incessantly after you're done "recording" as it tries to write to the disc. Someone suggested upgrading the firmware - I followed instructions and it can't read the CD-ROM with the firmware either. Tried calling tech support and was put on hold - after 45 minutes of listening to Vivaldi I gave up. Avoid products from this company at all costs - I'm finally reconciled to kissing my $100 something bucks goodbye...

About what I expected..........2006-01-29

Well, I waited until it died, and it took 17 months, as I purchased it in September of 2004. I don't want to be negative, but I didn't want to review it after only a couple of problems, or only after a month of successful operation, either.

This unit did OK for the time it worked. Let's face it, very few electronics last for more than a couple of years, nowadays. In this case, we had no issues as a DVD player (and still don't), other a slightly dark picture, but 90% of the DVD +R's we insert for recording now issue a "Write Fail" message.

We used it heavily as a player and recorder during that time, so the money we saved by recording family movies payed for itself. All in all, it was about what I expected.

Now I am off to WalMart for another $89 model...

Ilo let me down big-time.......2006-01-25

MY Ilo recorder/ player worked great the first 3 or 4 times. Then it started rejecting blank discs. Then it started rejecting discs IT had formatted and recorded. Last of all, to make it totally useless, It rejected my store-bought movies. I will never buy thie brand again.

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