I got mine 4 months ago for the purpose of copying my entire stock of vhs tapes onto dvd. I have been faithfully making at least 1 disc per day since then. With the exception of copywrite protected ones (mostly Disney - I've copied well over 240 movies (2 per disc in EP), and only have about 24 in my pile of movies that wouldn't copy), it has performed admirably and I have no complaints.

Regarding the clock problems that other reviewers mentioned, I suppose that would be a problem for timed recordings, which I'm currently not doing with the unit. However, I found that when the clock is not set (which happened when the power here went out), the unit doesn't display the unwanted information of when a particular title was recorded. (Honestly, I don't want to know what day and time I happened to copy my Ghostbusters movies onto a disc. I just want to know that they're copied and I don't have to rebuy them in dvd format.) Therefore, if you're not doing timed recordings, I'd... Read more

After owning this product for six weeks I couldn't be happier, it has performed perfectly and was easy to set up and not hard to learn how to use. Keep in mind that since I've owned the unit such a short time I can't vouch for its durability but if it's anything like an older Magnavox DVD player I own, it should be good. The manual is written well enough that even a novice should be able to have this unit up and running in a short time.

There is a learning curve if you've never owned a product like this before but it's not very steep. My advice is start out with some DVD+RW's and make a few short test recordings and play with the various functions until you get the hang of the many settings. Don't overlook the fact that DVDs other than DVD+RW's need to be finalized before they'll play on other DVD players. If you run into problems the manual will probably be enough to help you out. I can't rate Magnavox's customer support because I've not needed it yet. This unit... Read more

I got this DVD recorder for $150 from Amazon last week and it exceeded my expectations. The quality of recording is great and the playback is razor sharp. I owned a JVC DVD recorder before this one but it wasn't that great. This one from Magnavox is superior to all DVD recorders that I have ever had and is priced so low too. I am giving it 5 stars and I definitely recommend it.