Liteon LVW 5045

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Posted on 15 / 08 / 2006

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Great little recorder which is easy to use, I've had no problems writing or recording any of my fav tv programs and films to dvd. I read a good review of it in the which magazine and they recommended it because of the large hard disc.

With 160GB it certainly means I do not have to worry about clearing old data everyday. Installation is also simple and the Liteon provided all the cables and scart leads with the LVW 5045. Another nice touch was them including a free blank DVD+RW disc, so need to pop out to the shops again if you forgot to buy one

Those of you wishing to burn dvd's to dvd via the hard disk will be disappointed however. Liteon have included pirate protection so you cannot tranfer copyright protected data onto a blank dvd. So bang goes another business venture :). However I had no problem transfering mp3 files from the hard disk to a blank disc.

I would rate the graphical user interface and ease of use as the LVW 5045's best feature. Setting editing options is a breeze and you can easily cut adverts out of films and programs from ITV and Sky. There are also recording quality options which means you can store longer amount of video onto the hard disk.

Overall it's good value for money, the writing speed of 4x is a little slow.

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User Name - mikey

Posted on 25 / 90 / 2006

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You will not have any worries of running out of recording space with this offering from Lite-On. They have included a 160 GB HDD Hard Disk Drive so store all your recording onto. How many hours of recording does this convert into? you should expect around 198 hours in the SLP mode. In there, you can utilize all the editing functions to the titles and then save them onto discs respectively to share them with family or friends. They have also included a DV-Link port so you can connect a camcorder direct. So with the inclusion of the optical disc drive and built-in HDD drive you can easily record your camcorder footage onto the HDD. The LVW-5045 allow you to record onto DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW and CDR/RW discs. And with the Lite-On chapter editing feature you can hide unwanted television adverts when you record from television recordings. This model is certainly good value for the amount of storage space and new technological features included. But I have heard of bugs and reliability issues with this model.

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User Name - MikeD