Lite On LVW-5005 DVD Recorder

Pros: multiple play/record formats, auto detects disc type, excellent menu selection, easy to use, quiet
Cons: DVDs may not play on all machines -- having problems within a year of purchase

I have flirted with the idea of purchasing a DVD player that not only plays DVDs but also records to them. Since VHS tapes are bulky, the thought of recording on much slimmer, compact DVDs is a temptation. Think of all the space I could save! Then ...

Pros: Not perfect, but it does what I need it to do.
Cons: Finicky on the Re-Writable media that it works best with.

Let's face it; most people prefer DVD technology to video tape. So much so that companies are banking on it to become the standard playback machine in everyone's entertainment center. Or more accurately they are laughing all the way to the bank with all ...

Pros: Writes to multiple disk formats
Cons: All the bugs not worked out yet

I bought this product due to great experience with Liteon brand CD writers that I've purchased for computer use. Liteon continues with their technical lead and innovative features in this product. This includes the ability to write on various kinds of ...

Pros: Features - IF THEY WORKED.. price.. potential as a VCR replacement albeit unrealized
Cons: Makes disks that other players refuse to play, noisy fan

Would you buy a VCR that produces tapes that could only be played on that VCR itself? That you could not play them on any other VCR, or were not sure if you could? Liteon LVW-5005 is an example of such a product. DVD technology is still young, and it ...

Pros: DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) compatibility!, Low price, many features
Cons: Lack of DVD authoring features, not stylish looking

I purchased the Lite-On 5005 dvd recorder for Christmas based on reviews and price for features. I checked out the Apex dvd recorders and various name brand recorders including Sony and Toshiba and the Lite-On had the best features for the price. I ...

Pros: Extremely simple to use. Remote clearly designed. Records all media. Excellent results.
Cons: So far, I can't find any

Purchased this recorder at Costco for about $180 and this is probably one of the best buys I have ever made. Since purchasing this recorder about two weeks ago I have burned maybe 25 or 30 DVDs and have not had a coaster yet. The recorder acts exactly ...

Pros: Low cost, Firewire port, Menu easy to use, Overall for the money it was fine
Cons: Stopped recognizing new DVD-R's, Finalized disks not compatible with all players

I purchased my lvw-5005 7 months ago. I bought the machine at Costco. The player worked fine, I was disappointed that it didn't support closed captions. I was also disappointed that the remote control was not more user friendly, for example: To change ...

Pros: At least the unit looks nice and is low priced. hehehe
Cons: Does NOT do what it claims

I got this machine for xmas and was excited when i opened the box 2 weeks later to give it a test run in tranfering vhs tapes to dvd. to my dismay this unit was unable to smoothly copy vhs tapes to dvd. to be precise the unit would keep stopping at ...

Pros: writes DVD/CD media writes DVD/SVCD/VCD/audio CD FireWire, S-Video reasonaable price Component output
Cons: lacks polish, can be frustrating slow performing functions makes too many coasters

On paper, the Lite-On LVW-5005 seems like a nice affordable entry-level DVD recorder. Unlike competitive entry level recorders, it has FireWire (IEEE-1394 or iLink) input, can write to many kinds of DVD and CD media, and has a reasonable price tag. ...

Pros: None that I can think of.
Cons: The Lite-On AllWrite LVW-5005 DVD/CD Recorder unit I have is a piece of junk.

I own one of these Lite-On AllWrite LVW-5005 DVD/CD Recorder units and the advertising that this unit will record on just about any DVD is a bold faced lie.  When I first received this unit, I had to buy three different brands of blank DVDs ...

Pros: Easy to use menus, plays/records all discs (DVD+R/-R/+RW/-RW)
Cons: Prone to failure, very noisy, no DVD authoring features and doesn't produce standard DVDs.

3 months ago, I read all the reviews on the Lite-On LVW-5005; some were good, some bad. I bought it anyway since it had the most features for the money and usually the bad reviews are from people who don't know what they're doing (you know, people who ...

Pros: Dirt cheap.
Cons: Unit breaks, can't be fixed, and company ignores ALL customer-service requests.

I was very excited about this product at first, but the subsequent performance issues and horrendous, horrendous customer service have turned me off completely. This is the first time I've veered away from a "major" brand, and now I know why I won't ever ...

Pros: when it works, it works well
Cons: flakey, unreliable, temperamental, proprietary format gives you compatibility headaches

I bought this unit in November 2004 in order to copy cassettes to CD's and home video from VCR tapes to DVDs. It was temperamental and the instruction manual was poorly written, but I learned to work with it until last week when it abruptly stopped ...

Pros: not any
Cons: I bought it

Original wrote on Jul 30 '06 as an express review...... I had really thought I bought a good dvd recorder considering how good Lite On is on their computer drives. Well ...WRONG!!! I was disappointed after the first 5 minutes of playing back a SP ...

Pros: Inexpensive - fully featured - works well once you take the time to learn.
Cons: A little difficult to understand at first - not as easy as a VCR.

I bought a Liteon 5005 DVD Recorder to make copies of TV shows stored on the cable company's 'personal video recorder' and use it as a way to copy my old VCR movies. While I have HDTV the cable box 'downgrades' the picture quality when allowing you ...