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Advantages: Easy to use, Records & Plays Both DVD+&-, much more
Disadvantages: None

Firstly, let me say that AKAI are an excellent brand who have been manufacturing high quality, good value for money electrical products for many years. However, although AKAI was a well known & popular brand in the UK in the 90's, best known for it's high quality excellent value VCR's, it has been largely absent from our stores since then so this DVD recorder is a long awaited product in the UK that will hopefully re-introduce the brand back into ...
...money. I have owned an AKAI VCR and TV since I was about 8 or 9 (I am 19 now) and both are still working as if they were brand new! The VCR also has many features that most other manufacturers only introduced a couple years ago and it was their cheapest model at the time at £179 which was excellent for a VCR then (usually way over £200!). Anyway, earlier this year I replaced my TV (and gave the old one to my dad for his bedroom) with a new 24" widescreen ... Read review

Advantages: easy to use, has video plus, inexpensive
Disadvantages: without DIVX playback and no DTS decoder.

This DVD recorder is a good buy I paid just £99 3 years ago and have had no problems with it. Scart Sockets..............2 DVD+R ................. compatible playback DVD+RW............... compatible playback PAL/NTSC playback (region 2 only) Colour................................ silver. Dimensions........................ 7.0 x 44.0 x 25.0(H/W/D)cm Digital Tuner...... no Progressive Scan..... no DVD+R recording format...........yes DVD-R ...
...yes DVD-RAM recording format...... no CD compatible playback .......... yes DivX playback............................... no VCD compatible.......................... no CDR compatible playback............no SACD compatible playback......... no MP3 compatible playback............. no DVD-R compatible playback ....... yes DVDRW compatible playback....... yes CDRW compatible playback ........... no JPEG compatible playback.............. yes ... Read review

Advantages: DVD-DL recording, optical output, DVD-R and DVD-+R, lots of features
Disadvantages: DVD drive reliabilty, can't watch and record at same time

I originally bought the Liteon LVW-5045GDL+ model fro Currys Digital a coupld of years ago when they were doing it on promotion for whatever football cup was on. We used it for several months without problems, recording to both the HDD and DVDs, and playing many DVDs - both commercial and home-burned. After about 8 months, the DVD suddenly stopped recognising blank DVDs. I took it back to Currys, who replaced it with the HD-A 740 GX model they ...
...really don't get this as Liteon have a great reputation for their optical drives in PCs! Anyway, aside from this, the 740 is a great DVD recorder - it can record to Dual-layer DVDs, has optical output for home cinema, can be firmware upgraded, and has a pretty decent - if complex - menu system. Avoid using the EP and SLP modes - the picture quality is a bit jagged at times. Some makes of DVDs are simply not recognised, but that's really not big ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, small
Disadvantages: Need to eb there to amke sure it records

i am happy to say i no longer use this product. I got this DVD recorder for only £190 which is a really good deal so i thought. I got it home and attempted to set it up but i just could not get on with it at all. i read and re read te instructions but i still coudl not do it. I got a freind to set it all up and then gave it a second try. I did manage to record on it twice but boteh time s it recorded teh worng thig at teh wrong time an dote rtime ...
...only time i coudl record was if i there to check it and that was pointless. when i did manage to record things the recordindg would only play some of it and would sometimes freeze or not play at all which again was annoying. i did call teh helpline but tehre not very helpfull at all ... Read review

Advantages: Great picture, all round excellence
Disadvantages: No freeview, hard disk

...audio visual products would know, Panasonic are one of the best in the business and they have been hugely prolific over the past ten years winning awards for their televisions, dvd players and home cinema speaker kits. I have a fantastic Panasonic CRT Television which was given five stars by many of the reviews I have read. ...Panasonic DMR ES10... Just one of a number of great DVD Products from Panasonic this DVD Recorder was released at £200 in ...
...This is something that Panasonic is known for their fantastic build quality. This DVD recorder is one of the most sturdy looking I have seen and will last you years without losing anything in terms of picture quality or anything else. ...Recording... This is really easy to setup and you will be able to produce copies without any trouble at all. There are a number of ways you can select record. You can do quick start from the remote or the recorder ... Read review