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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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+

Liteon LVW5045? More like Liteoff.

Advantages: Low cost
Disadvantages: Dodgy menus, very disk fussy, lousy DVD burner that will fail.

...Dodgy menus that jump back to the previous screen, a very temperamental DVD burner that gives up after about 100 uses. The unit records well to hard disk, with good quality. Editing is a bit hit and miss, with no real fine control. No way of making recordings exactly fit the disk. My biggest gripe is the DVD burner, which really isn't up to it. It's extremely fussy over media type and if it doesn't like a blank disk, it seems to have the nice touch of rendering it unusable. Eventually the DVD burner in mine gave up all together after ruining 14 disks. Upgrading the firmware doesn't solve the problem. I eventually replaced the DVD burner in mine with a Liteon 20X unit for about £16. This solved the problem, and for the moment, it's been working perfectly. Fitting a replacement burner is straightforward enough, though getting it to...

wilkinsgraham 17.07.2008 · Read review
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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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LiteOn LVW-5035 DVD recorder with 160GB hard drive

Advantages: One touch recording, no discs needed, cheap set but great quality
Disadvantages: Only recognises certain discs, needs updates regularly

...This is a great set!!! does everything you need. Records from the TV with one touch of a button, straight onto the hard drive which will take hours of programmes, there's no loss of quality as it is all digital! So crystal clear images every time. We have had our recorder for about 4 years now and its still going strong, we have to download updates from the LiteOn website periodically to keep it up to date. It plays all types of DVD's, CD's, MP3's, picture discs, VCD's, SVCD's, Data discs, Media discs and will copy all discs as long as they are not protected by copyright. It will even play Nero media files taken off your PC. It records DVD RW/R +/-, CD RW/R +/-, will write in MP3 format if the original was in MP3. Its not that slow either, its a great all rounder and simple to use. My dad is the expert on this machine...

widdley24 13.10.2006 · Read review
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Liteon LVW 5001 all you need for dvd recording

Advantages: Easy to use, all you need is added
Disadvantages: Remotecontrol is spartanic, manual is creep

...I decided to vvrite this revievv because of the, sometimes amusing, negative testreports about this DVD recorder ( even read in a German test, do not laugh, No video tracking or audio tracking on board...(?) ) I bought this Liteon dvd recorder, let's be honest, because the seller told me that if I should be dissapointed I could bring it back and he should in that case refund my purchase. But vvhat a surprise, after reading the manual ( translatred from Chinese to German and back to English ) 3 times, connecting the cables I recorded my first DVD. I tested it on all 4 speed levels and even in the 6 hours mode, the picture and sound seemed okay to me, but, again honest, that is after 20 years of VHS recording;) The 5001 has everything on board you need for recording, AV plus I-link on the front side, 2 scartcable connections...

RNI2020 20.02.2005 · Read review
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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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The Best DVD Recorder Around

Advantages: To many to list, but buries all competition.
Disadvantages: A slightly dated looking remote

...Some years back I bought a Liteon DVD player, at the time it was revolutionary. Not only did it play any region DVD (the world is split up into different regions, each region has its own format for DVD's which means that for example a US disc would not work in the UK) so I could order DVD's from all over the world, but it would also play media in any format. So I could download video clips or movies from websites, and play them on my DVD player without the need to converting them. I was so impressed with the first one I bought that I went off and bought a second one for the bedroom. Six years on and they both still work as good as they did the day I bought them. With this in mind, I found myself with a bit of extra cash flow recently, and decided to invest in a new DVD recorder. I already have two DVD recorders which work fine, but I...

sghawken 29.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of LIteOn LVW-5055GDL+

You Want Choices? You Can't Handle Choices!

Advantages: A variety of recording methods
Disadvantages: Only one rear connection port

...With my faithful Panasonic DVD recorder still looking at me from my wheelie bin I decided it was time to head off to the high street in search of a LiteOn DVD recorder. Having had a history with LiteOn there was never really any alternative. My mission began and ended in Currys.digital where I purchased the LVX-5025 for the sum of £129. The DVD recorder comes with a variety of plus points: There is a built in Hard Drive recorder that allows between 20 and 100 hours of recording depending on the quality you require. The standard varies from as good as the television signal down to video tape quality. This is particularly handy if you have run out of blank DVD's. If you decide you want to keep what you have recorded to your hard drive you can convert to a DVD using the speed copy system, this copies 90 minutes of entertainment to...

sghawken 23.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of LIteOn LVW-5025GHC+

Missing the WOW factor

Advantages: Wide range of features, clean lines
Disadvantages: Not quite so easy to set up

...About a year ago I decided I really needed a DVD player to attach to my TV - I hadn't worried about it previously as I have had a Tivo system for years (the forerunner of Sky+) so had been using digital recording features for ages. However what I was lacking was the ability to play DVDs on the TV and the ability to record programmes in a transferrable format now and again. I have to confess I wasn't really sure what I was looking for as I went around the shops other than a machine that wasn't too expensive, given my projected occasional use, and something that would record to a wide range of formats and to a good quality. In my travels I happened upon the Liteon 5002 which boasted the wide range of recording formats I wanted - according to the blurb as it offers: Supported Media (read): DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-ROM, CD...

laramax 26.11.2006 · Read review
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