Lite-On AllWrite LVW-5005 DVD/CD Recorder

Average customer rating: 3.0

works fine, no problems so far
records dvd's and cd's well........not exactly
lvc 5005
Poor Overall
A Blatant Lie

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Lite-On AllWrite LVW-5005 DVD/CD Recorder

Manufacturer: Lite-On
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0001DYXOU

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Amazon.com Product Description

Lite-On's LVW-5005 AllWrite DVD recorder revolutionizes the way you record your videos. It accepts all types of 5-inch recordable optical media: DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, or CD-R/-RW. It's also equipped with analog and digital video inputs and MCTF (motion-compensated temporal filtering) video noise reduction to improve the quality of your programs as you record them. Playback features abound, including MP3 CD and JPEG digital image CD and progressive-scan video outputs to deliver seamless, razor-sharp images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs and monitors. The player is capable of writing most video formats, too, depending on the type of blank media you're using: from highly compatible DVD+VR-mode video discs (DVD-Video) to video CD and SVCD (super video CD). A single blank recordable DVD offers up to 6 hours of recording time (in SLP mode), which is equivalent to the maximum duration of a T-120 VHS videocassette in SLP mode. Unlike your SLP tape, however, your recordable DVDs won't degrade with every viewing, and access to points within the programs is incomparably easier. Moreover, the physical size of a single VHS cassette is about 10 times larger than a DVD disc. For all DVD recording, each new recording is always placed after previous recordings unless you intent to overwrite it (when using rewritable media). The DVD recorder can automatically divide a recording into chapters by inserting chapter marks at 2- to 15-minute intervals during recording. Editing features include title edit, title naming, title protect, title overwrite, and title erase. One-touch recording makes it easy to record favorite programs or capture video from external sources, including composite-video, S-video, and IEEE 1394 digital video. The unit's easy-track navigator provides a directory of thumbnail images so you can quickly and easily locate chapters on your DVDs. Unique thumbnails represent segments that you can play or edit. Before sharing your digital content with others, all discs must first go through a process known as finalization. Once a DVD+R, DVD-R/-RW, CD-R or CD-RW disc has been finalized, it can be played back on other CD or DVD players or on PCs. The recorder's convenient front-panel DV Link (IEEE 1394) input lets you transfer footage from digital camcorders or PC audio/video programming in their original digital quality. As a player, the LVW-5005 positions you to enjoy DVD-Video discs in NTSC, PAL, and SECAM formats (depending on your media and your TV/monitor), DVD+VR (compatible with DVD-Video players in most cases), video CD, super VCD, audio CD, MP3 CD (maximum number of recognizable files: 1,000; compression rate: between 32 kbps and 320 kbps), and JPEG CD (maximum number of recognizable pictures: 1,000). The component-video input (selectable between standard 480i and progressive-scan 480p) separates the color and brightness signals to ensure the highest picture quality. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, an AC power cord, a stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, and an RF coaxial AV cable. Note: Lite-On recommends use of Nero 6 Ultra Edition disc-writing software, sold separately, for creating discs to be used for the components firmware upgrades. Further, not all high-definition televisions are fully compatible with this product's progressive-scan output, which occurs at 525p rather than the usual 480p, and may produce undesirable image artifacts. In the event of 525p progressive-scan picture problems, Lite-On recommends switching the component-video output to "standard definition" (480i).

Product Description

Are you still deciding whether to choose between a +RW/+R and an -RW/-R DVD Recorder? LITE-ON IT introduces a solution that solves this ongoing dilemma. LVW-5005 DVD recorder AllWrite provides the best solution for simplifying your decision-making. The "All Write" capabilities of the LVW-5005 allow users to write their digital content to most popular digital discs, including DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs.

Customer Reviews:

works fine, no problems so far.......2007-04-08

I have had this recodred for 5 months, and so far I have had no problems with it. So far, it records DVD's fine (unless they are locked with the rights protected junk), and does fine with TV shows, though I have yet to use more advanced features in recording. I haven't had some of the incompatibility problems with blank DVD's and CD's yet, and I just got some plain cheap ones from one of those multi-chain computer stores. (There are instructions that detail what kinds work best.) If all you are looking for is something simple to record your shows or unprotected DVD's, this should get the job done--as for anything more complex, I couldn't say either way.

records dvd's and cd's well........not exactly .......2007-03-20

well i saw this thing online and since i needed an AUDIO cd recorder for dj gigs and it said it recorded dvd's AND cd's so
STUPID me i bought it and it DOES NOT record audio cd's at all but simply can record video onto audio cd's all in all i would say its one of the stupidest things i have ever done in my life although to be clear it was noones fault but my own not the retailer none the less i now have a perfectly new piece of equipment which is USELESS to me wanna buy it ? drop me a line still in box as new thanks ............knightrider

lvc 5005.......2007-03-09

The unit worked for no more than 6 months, LITEON customer service refused to repair the unit even though it is still under warranty. Liton would only offer a refurbed lvc 5115ghc+ in swap for the more expensive and capable 5005. After 8 NOT toll free calls, their 800 # tells you to call a 510 # where you wait on hold at lease 15 minutes.
The supervisors will not call you back after you leave a message with the first line telephone answerers if you call multi times like me and insist you are asked exactly what you want and will agree to in advance as the supervisors do not like to call a customer blind (as they put it).

Poor Overall.......2007-02-04

This seemed like a good product at first, but it didn't take long to discover some quirks which are actually rather serious firmware bugs. I've stayed up-to-date through their web site, but the firmware doesn't get better. They only add media with each update. The bad stuff sticks around...

1. DVD-RW Deletions -- If you delete the last program on a DVD-RW disc, and that program was also the first thing listed on the menu, the disc is no longer usable. It cannot even be reformatted. It's a coaster. An EXPENSIVE coaster. Not even Nero can bring it back to life. Hard to believe, but true.

2. Records Over Saved Material -- If you are recording over an erased program and the length of the new recording is longer than the space available, other programs will be automatically erased. This happens even with overwrite set to "off." To save such programs, you MUST "protect" the recording in its settings. This is a most unfortunate default behavior.

3. New Recording in RW Disc -- By default, only the last open area on the disc is set to be recordable. So if you have 2 hours at the beginning of a disc, and 5 minutes at the end, the machine will assume that you want to record into the 5-minute segment. You can change this manually by setting the "overwrite" setting of the larger block, but whenever that recording finishes, the machine will again assume that it should record next on the final block. And when it gets to the end of the disc, it stops, even if you have blank areas earlier on the disc. Forget about recording 2 TV shows with the timer unless you're using a freshly formatted disc.

4. Sleep Mode -- Whenever the screensaver is running, you must first tap any button to bring the machine back to life, then hit the button of the action you want to perform. In other words, if you want to turn the deck off, you must hit the power button twice. It's a small thing but highly unintuitive, and I've missed timer recordings because of it.

5. No Warning for Non-Writeable Disc -- Say you have the timer set to record, but you left your favorite movie in the deck. You'll get no warning, and the timer recording will simply fail. A flashing indicator would be very appropriate (something like VCRs have when a tape is loaded with the record tab broken out).

6. Chapter Bug -- If you are watching a movie and stop the playback, when you turn on the deck to continue watching, it will play to the end of the current chapter then jump back to the beginning of that chapter and play it again.

7. Saved Stop Position Bug -- If you are watching a movie and stop the playback and turn off the deck, under some conditions the deck will return to the main menu when powered up again. It may also revert to the firstplay movies (coming attractions, FBI notices, etc.) It DOES NOT always remember where you stopped, even if the message appears telling you it has.

8. Sync Issues (Not Disc Related) -- Certain discs (mostly those recorded from TV), will develop audio sync problems if the compression in the video is too great. This happens on all types of recordable discs, even those which play back perfectly in other decks.

9. Title Screen -- The onscreen keyboard used to title programs is the absolutely weirdest configuration I've ever seen. It's almost unusable.

10. No UHF Playback Signal -- Not a firmware bug, but this deck requires monitor jacks to be hooked to your TV. It cannot be used like a VCR (set the TV to channel 3 or 4).

Believe it or not, I could go on. Power up takes from 30-60 seconds. Any change to the disc requires 1-2 minutes before it will complete. Reformatting a DVD-RW disc can kill it (sometimes Nero can rescue these, sometimes not). The thing locks up regularly, and only a power-down will clear it. The front panel on the disc drawer is held on with flimsy glue.

At one point I had to open the case to see if I could figure out a way to get a disc out when the machine had completely frozen. Inside, you will find a DVD drive identical to one you might install in your computer, connected to a very flimsy motherboard. In other words, the design of this machine is cheap and kludgy, and it shows.

My advice is to stay away from this deck (and perhaps all Lite-On stand-alone decks -- if they are designed as shoddily as this one). It's a bad recorder and an even worse player.

A Blatant Lie.......2007-01-24

I own one of these 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 before I could find one that worked. Then, when I ran out of the ones I bought, I went out and bought more of the exact same brand, capacity, speed and format. They would not work in the machine.

I then contacted the manufacturers customer support and asked them what blanks I should purchase. From their suggestion of compatible blank DVDs I purchased three different brands and none worked. I talked to the customer service again to get further suggestions, bought two more different brands and they didn't work, either.

By the way, I still have one of the original disks that worked and I can still record on it but I am running out of space on it. None of the other blank DVDs I have purchased will work. I have over $200 worth of blank DVD discs that will not work in that machine that claims to have "AllWrite" technology.

If there were the capability to rate this item as ZERO stars, I would.

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