Liteon LVW-5002 DVD Player

Advantages: it looks pretty!!!
Disadvantages: it doesnt work at all

...Liteon LVW-5002 DVD Player I have had this DVD player now for a couple of years and I think I am stuck with it until I can get the funds together to get another one. I have been disappointed with this player since day one and I wish I had returned it as soon as I realised how rubbish it truly was. I bought it from Curry's as I say a few years ago when the recordable DVD player first came out. I paid £180 for the machine with remote control and this price was pretty much the cheapest I could find for a recordable DVD player at that time. I think you can pick them up for probably about half the price now. The DVD player really looks the part and is a lovely silver and mirror design. The player looks very flash and the mirrors on the box hide the part where you put in the DVD disc. There are few buttons on the outside...

newby2 18.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of LiteOn LVW-5002

More Lights Off Than LiteOn

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: Dreadfully unreliable

...I have always been a strong supporter of LiteOn DVD products, as well as a DVD writer in one of my PC's I have two LiteON DVD players and two different LiteON DVD recorders all of which I have reviewed and been fiercely proud of; however a recent budget purchase has put LiteOn on a much different plateau in my mind. In our new home the size of one of my DVD recorders meant that a new purchase was needed; room in our bedroom in a little scarce as we traded down to increase our financial situation. With new bedroom furniture in it meant an existing recorder was millimetres to big for the location. So I headed off into town where I purchased the LiteOn LVW-1105 from Currys. Digital, priced at just £79. Proudly rushing home with my new toy under my arm I was confident that the LiteOn brand was the one for me. Install is straight...

sghawken 16.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of LiteOn LVW-1105 HC

  Shedding a Little LiteOn the Subject

Advantages: Cheap, can be made multi-region. Works well. PC Pro Best Buy
Disadvantages: Doesn't alter the fact that dual layer media is not cheap! Possible dual-layer compatibility issues with home DVD players

...It's about three years since I first bought a DVD-writing machine for my main desktop PC. This was an NEC model 1300a and was one of the first to handle both DVD-R and DVD+R formats, without paying the somewhat inflated prices being bandied around by Sony at the time. Overall, I think it cost me around £130. Oh! How the mighty, (or prices, in this case) have fallen. I've just taken delivery of a LiteOn SOHW-1693 DVD writer that not only writes to everything that the NEC will, AND with its 16-speed write-velocity it's 4 times faster, but it will handle dual-layer writable DVD media too, and all for £29! Dual Layer? Yes, one of the limitations of early DVD writers is that they would only write around 4.8 gigabytes of information before becoming full. This might not sound like much of a limitation to those used to a CD-ROM's 700...

BNibbles 04.10.2005 (15.10.2005) · Read review
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Review of LiteOn SOHW-1693S

DVD Recorder Thats Liteon the Wallet!

Advantages: Good Picture/sound quality, wide range of features, value for money.
Disadvantages: Slightly slow on start up from standy

...After looking for a replacement DVD player, I noticed that DVD recorders were not much more in price, so after looking around the internet I found the Liteon A101X. It comes in either grey or black and silver. I bought it for £79.99 from Play.com and it retails at around this price pretty much everywhere. So onto the review..... WHATS IN THE BOX? DVD recorder itself, Remote Control inc batteries. Manual 1 blank DVD +RW disc Scart lead and power lead. Polystyrene :D FEATURES: *Records onto Dual layer +R discs as well as Single layer -R/+R discs (Dual layer holds more video, up to 11 hours according to manual) *Plays Divx, MPEG4 (PC generated movie clip files), DVD, CD, MP3, WMA and JPEG discs. *4 recording modes which vary in quality to save disc space. (similar to Short/Long play on VHS) *One touch record which also...

cbzcbz 09.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of LiteOn DD-A 101 X

LITEON DD-A500GX DVD RECORDER

Advantages: Nice Appearance
Disadvantages: No menu and quite difficult to set up

...ready television so I didn't connect the HDMI cable. Playback of all my bought dvds was excellent so I was well chuffed with my purchase. Now to the drawbacks.................................... My first attempt at playing a divx movie was a disaster. Picture was perfect but the sound was out of sync and the movie shuddered occasionally. I looked up liteon website and found there was firmware to correct this problem, which I downloaded, followed the correct procedure but it made no difference. I thought perhaps it was the discs I was using but after playing them on my son's player there was no fault with the discs, which were high quality discs. Another big minus is there is no menu when a disc is inserted so. Disc plays automatically and you have to scroll through the disc to determine what's on it. If you just want...

lona 06.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of LiteOn DD-A 500 GX

LiteOn - Strange name - Excellent product!

Advantages: Easy Backup from TV/SAT/VHS/MiniDV Camcorder - Features Timeslip / Edit Out Adverts / 160Gb Storage Capacity / Writes on both DVD+/- R and CD's
Disadvantages: Slow to boot up / Difficult to cut to exact frames when removing adverts

...and would copy onto and from almost anything. The convenience of not having to search for a disc and being able to record or back up video then edit out bits I didn't want, was just too huge an attraction. Unfortunate most of the machines I liked at the time with large hard drives cost £500 plus! Then I saw the LiteOn. I already used LiteOn CD writers in my PC's so new the name. Did some research and even found that LiteOn manufacture DVD drives for Sony of all people! Apparently they are one of the largest manufacturers of DVD drives in the world? So, this machine could write to DVD + and - R and CD's, it had a 160GB hard disc, allowed you to edit video and all for?£280.00! - Bargain! Of course it's now even cheaper, but even 6 months ago when I got mine it was still considered a bargain. 6 months on I am still not disappointed. I can...

Decay 28.08.2005 (29.08.2005) · Read review
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Review of LIteOn LVW-5045GDL+

LiteOn makes light work of recording

Advantages: everything about it
Disadvantages: nothing

...LiteOn HD-A740GX DVD Recorder. An excellent piece of equipment, brought mine on line a few months back, I had previously owned a LiteOn DVD recorder, but decided it was time to up grade to this newer version, because of it HDD (Hard Disc Drive) storage capacity, which is a very large 160GB. Cuts down on buying all those recordable disc, and pays for itself in no time. Very easy to install, easy to follow instructions, only takes a few minutes, simple connection via scart and follow the on screen instructions and away you go. Using the remote control, access the Guider button for on screen Menu, which are simple to follow, for all your recording needs, including DVD title browsing with thumbnails pictures, so you will know exactly, where you want to start the DVD playback. One touch recording. Simply select Guider, and follow...

roverrider 10.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of LIteOn HD-A740GX

Liteon LVW-5045

Advantages: Large 160GB hard drive, good-quality recording, copy DVDs to hard drive
Disadvantages: Basic looks

...The Liteon LVW-5045 is a combi DVD/HD recorder with integrated 160GB hard drive. After reading several reviews abou the Liteon LVW-5045 it was touch and go as to whether to part with my hard earned cash and ditch my old VCR. I had read that some purchasers had had problems with the device crashing and being unable to turn the machine off. I eventually decided to take the plunge and boy am I glad that I did. I had read that the firmware in the machine was upgradeable, so before turning it on, I went to the website and downloaded the latest firmware to CD. All very easy. From first use, I was impressed with how easy it was to operate the machine. All of the functions are accessible from an easer guider on screen menu. All functions are so easy to access. I immediately started to transfer my favourite videos to...

AmonRa 20.07.2005 · Read review
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Review of LIteOn LVW-5045GDL+

Will you be LITE-ON me?

Advantages: Fast Read Speed
Disadvantages: Usage and Reliability

...Today I got my first order for these magnificent and trendy 52 speed cd-rom drives. I couldn?t wait to receive this as it was my first hardware delivery of the week, apart from my new floppy disks. I ordered about 150 of these drive and what can I say they are much better than any other brand I have tried. Lite-On are a new group to me but they offer really good hardware for really cheap and not so nasty prices. The Cd-Rom drives that I ordered were normal 52x Cd-Rom drives with a new technology called Pure-Cav, I don?t know what this is but I guess that it is a new type of hardware added to the Cd-Rom drives. It has an IDE interface; this is used to connect the Cd-Rom drive to the motherboard. It has a power saving function. It supports PLUG AND PLAY, and also has an emergency Eject Button on it. You can read all types...

Sexy_Young_God 23.04.2004 (08.05.2004) · Read review
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Review of Lite-on 52x CDROM

Shining example from Lite-on: 166S DVD

Advantages: Cheap, Good quality, Can be made 'Region Free'
Disadvantages: No IDE cable supplied

...-ROM', then double click on your drive that is in the list, then click the 'settings' tab, this will display the firmware revision your drive has at present.. ** Conclusion ** I do not know the exact business politics involved, but for those that might find it useful, 'Lite-on' seem to have gone through a rebranding process, as this particular product has a 'JVC Lite-on IT' badge, and is connected with JLMS - A subsidiary of Victor company of Japan Limited (JVC). I must admit to having a fond soft spot for Lite-on, as this is my 3rd piece of kit from them and I have never been disappointed with their quality, and certainly not their price as they are one of the cheapest around. So in the end if you are playing a DVD game or watching your collection of movie DVD's, or want to spend time ripping discs, then you will not be disappointed...

superewok 01.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of LiteOn LTD 166S