Lite-On LVW-5045 DVD Recorder
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Computeract!ve Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4 star(s) Lite-On LVW-5045

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Review Verdict: Throw away your old video collection and move into the digital age

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QuickTake:

Pros: Simple to use; good-quality recordings
Cons: No easy way to transfer to a PC; no digital tuner; expensive
cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 2.75 star(s) Lite-On LVW-5045

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Review Verdict: Despite a decent price and easy-to-use functions, the LVW-5045 suffers from a lip-sync glitch and a hobbled feature set.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Relatively inexpensive; easy to use; roomy 160GB hard disk; high-speed dubbing to HDD or DVD; chasing playback; solid editing features; records to DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW; FireWire input; copies images, MP3s, and WMAs to the hard drive; records audio CDs.
Cons: Long hard-disk recordings cause lip-sync errors; won't let you watch one taped show while recording another; no onscreen programming guide or IR blaster; can't record video at one speed and dub in another.
cnet.co.uk Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Liteon LVW-5045

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Packed with features, the Liteon LVW-5045 is good value. AV performance might not be up with the big-brand-name competitors, but it's not as expensive either

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QuickTake:

Pros: Large 160GB hard drive gives 66 hours of good-quality video storage; progressive-scan video; wide format support; can copy DVDs to hard drive
Cons: Basic design; simple remote control
cnet.com.au Professional Review.

Liteon LVW-5045 Review - DVD Recorders

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Packed with features, the Liteon LVW-5045 is good value. AV performance might not be up with the big-brand-name competitors, but it's not as expensive either.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Progressive scan video output, Good disc and file format compatibility, Broad connectivity, Fast loading, Extremely easy to setup and use, Large 160GB hard drive gives 66 hours of good-quality video storage, Progressive-scan video, Wide format support, Ca
Cons: Basic design, Simple remote control
pcworld.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.55 star(s) Lite-On LVW-5045

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This DVD and hard-drive video recorder is reasonably priced, but it's a bit clunky to use and slow at transferring video.

Review Verdict: This is one of the least-expensive hard-drive-equipped DVD recorders we've seen, but its image quality isn't great and it transfers video from hard drive to DVD very slowly.

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goodgearguide.com.au Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.5 star(s) Lite-On LVW-5045

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Review Verdict: A couple of minor issues hold the Lite-On LVW-5045 back from stardom, but for the techno-savvy it's still an appealing alternative to the bigger brands.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Progressive scan, wide range of supported media, easy to use
Cons: Limited number of inputs and outputs, some small glitches
techradar.com Professional Review.

Lite-On 5045

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One of the latest recorders to hit the high street offers plenty of storage and commendable flexibility, but is it enough to make this a winner?

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QuickTake:

Pros: High capacity; multiple format support; excellent image quality
Cons: Clumsy remote; no EPG; limited multitasking
digitalhomemag.com Professional Review.

Lite-On 5045

Comments:
One of the latest recorders to hit the high street offers plenty of storage and commendable flexibility, but is it enough to make this a winner?

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QuickTake:

Pros: High capacity; multiple format support; excellent image quality
Cons: Clumsy remote; no EPG; limited multitasking
videomaker.com Professional Review.

Lite-On LVW-5045 DVD Recorder

QuickTake:

Pros: FireWire Input, Huge Hard Drive, Some Editing Options
Cons: Needed updated firmware, No EPG (Electronic Programming Guide), Questionable FireWire Issues
techimo.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.75 star(s) Lite-on LVW-5045 Recorder

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Based upon the powerful LSI Logic Dimension 2 chipset, the Lite-On LVW-5045 offers both optical disk and hard drive video recording within a single set-top box.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Intuitive interface, AllWrite technology, Firewire port
Cons: No MPEG-4 support
alaTest.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.1 star(s) Review summary of Lite-On LVW-5045

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alaTest has collected and analysed 330 reviews of Lite-On LVW-5045 from international magazines and websites.

Review Verdict: Experts rate this product 77/100 and users 66/100. Comparing these reviews to 93051 other DVD Players reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 82/100 = Very Good.

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cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 2.75 star(s) Lite-On LVW-5045

Comments:

Review Verdict: Despite a decent price and easy-to-use functions, the LVW-5045 suffers from a lip-sync glitch and a hobbled feature set.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Relatively inexpensive; easy to use; roomy 160GB hard disk; high-speed dubbing to HDD or DVD; chasing playback; solid editing features; records to DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW; FireWire input; copies images, MP3s, and WMAs to the hard drive; records audio CDs.
Cons: Long hard-disk recordings cause lip-sync errors; won't let you watch one taped show while recording another; no onscreen programming guide or IR blaster; can't record video at one speed and dub in another.
gadgetspeak.com Professional Review.

Review : LiteOn LVW5045

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This is a hard disc and DVD recorder/player but it also has the ability to do several other things. It should be an ideal piece of kit.

Review Verdict: I do hope the in the title sentence gave due warning. I have had this unit for some time and after trying everything I could think of - while waiting for the manual to arrive - I passed on to other things

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