Liteon LVW-5001

I purchased the Liteon LVW 5001 about a year ago for the sole purpose of a 'budget' method of recording television programs and films, without having to spend a fortune on a harddrive recorded. You get what you pay for really, the quality appears to downgrade slightly (and yes I have checked the settings are at high), though purchasing a gold plated scart did seem ti improve this a little. The sound quality is very good, you wouldn't know by listening to it that it was a copy, it's just let down by the 'noise' on the video file. As for menu navigation, it feels rather cheap, something that has possibly been fixed up on Nero (or any of ...  Read the complete review

I bought the Liteon a couple of weeks ago so that I could transfer my analogue video camera tapes onto dvd. I am delighted with the results and found the unit very simple to use. The picture quality is very good on both the 1 and 2 hour setting, degrading slightly on the 4 hour setting. The only drawback is that the unit sold in the UK (and Europe) is the 5005B, which only has a composite input connection through the SCART lead (I checked this with the manufacturer). This means that the picture quality is not quite as good as it could be. However, even taking that into consideration, the results are very good. I am using the s-video connection to my telly as ...  Read the complete review