Sylvania DVR90DE Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder Review

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(More customer reviews)It's a shame because the unit works quite well with my older 2x dvd-rw media, but after buying some 4x -rw and 8x -r neither would work. Talking to customer support (on sunday morning, with an 800 number, after a 20 minute wait) they claim this unit will not work with the newer media, and so I asked what happens in a year or two when there are no more 2x -rw discs for sale, or 4x -r. The rep suggested I return it.
One other point: the manual appears to be a translation and the translator clearly does not understand English grammar. On the box it states: "this unit cannot record on any copyright protected dvd". This even stumped the support rep. Apparently it should have said "from" instead of "on". The manual is forever making these sorts of errors and it is often difficult to know exactly what are the correct procedures or restrictions.
Oh, my first attempt to play a recorded dvd (2x -rw which works) in my sony dvd player did not work until I put it back into the recorder and did a finalize operation. This could explain the difficulty another reviewer mentioned.
Sadly, I had to return the unit.
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Here is an email I got from cust support:
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Thank you for your inquiry:Please check the list provided below, the problem is most likely a compatibility issue.Below is a list of disc that should or should not be used with the recorders. DVD-R
4x can be used
8x will result in a disc error.DVD-RW
2x can be used
4x will result in a disc error.QUALITY ASSURANCE
DVD DISCS

The following discs have been tested and are proven to be compatible with our DVD recorders.MEMOREX DVD-R
FUJIFILM DVD-R
FUJIFILM DVD-RW
IMATION DVD-RW
IMATION DVD-R 2.0
TDK DVD-RW 2X
TDK DVD-R 2X Funai Corporation
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Sylvania's DVR90DE DVD recorder lets you record your favorite television shows and treasured home videos to either high-quality, long-lasting DVD-R (write-once) and DVD-RW (rewriteable) discs. The recorder's built-in NTSC TV tuner and onscreen user interface permits up to eight timer recordings over a one-year period, with its six DVD recording speeds providing between one hour and an amazing 10 hours of content on each single-sided 4.7 GB recordable DVD.You can even select and compile the best footage to commit to disc: the recorder's handy editing features include auto playlist creation, project titling, title deletion and editing, and scene deletion. A variety of video and audio inputs grant connection to virtually all televisions and home theater components.What's in the Box DVD recorder, a remote control, remote batteries, audio/video cables, and a user's manual.

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