Not much over a year old - now won't play half of the commercial pre-recorded DVDs I've tried. Gives back an error message that says "invalid disc." Also - when used for recording - "Daily" should mean Mon-Fri. Not so in the case of this unit, it means 7 days a week. Also, if you choose not to record a "Daily" show an ugly banner appears at the top of the screen which won't go away. I'll never buy this brand again. Mine is going in the rubbish.

I own it. If mine is typical, don't buy it. I've had mine about a year and it just hit the garbage can.

Initially, it was a problem because the default display isn't on an output my TV or cable box default to. This meant blindly pushing buttons until I acciently found the secret handshake to get the menu on my display. It holds it there until a power failure, and then we start over again.

Then, over time, it started having trouble recognizing blank disks. Then it would recognize the disk and record, but not be able to finalize the recording (sometimes, even though it showed a FINALIZE FAILURE, the disk would be OK. Sometimes not.) Finally, it just refused to recognize, record or finalize.

All-in-all, this is the flakiest bit of electronics I've ever purchased. It's now at the big recycler in the sky, hopefully to become cell phone parts.

I got the product after over a week of waiting and could not get it to work. (no picture would appear), so I sent it back and after 2 more weeks went by I was sent another one of the exact same and the exact same thing happened (no picture would appear on screen). Finally I just sent that one back too for a refund. Based on the 2 individual experiences with the same brand and product being defective I would not recommend this product to anyone.

I have owned this DVD recorder for over a year now and I can say that I am quite pleased with it. It is a great value for the money and records my shows flawlessly on DVD. The user interface is decent and the DivX playback is a definitive plus - also the fact that the region code can easily be disabled, enabling me to play my European DVDs was very positive. I've noticed that quite a few people on here have trouble with their unit - UPGRADE YOUR FIRMWARE (call tech support if you don't know how), it solved every problem I had initially with the unit. For the price the unit is great!

I owned 2 Similar Products from GoVideo and they would not respond to any Commands. After a few momths the Drawers would not open. Last year I decided to buy thus product. What a mistake. It would come on all by itself every few hours and eventually also froze the drawer. I saw a low price deal and decied to buy another and contact LiteOn for Support on the first one. The 2nd one turned out to be another piece of trash, also turning on a dozen times a day. LiteOn has not responded to any emails or Phone calls for assistance.

I notized that the LiteOn and GoVideo are Identical in most respects. They have the same exact Face Plates and for all practical purposes are the same. GoVideo also never responded to any requests for assistance.

I since bought a Sony Model and so far no problems with it. My Recomendation. Avoid it like the plague.