Customer Reviews 
good player and recorder for price
2008-08-21its a great player and recorder... supports many formats.. record from tv and can edit on my computer.. and able to make a great back up...
just a good solid player and recorder.. good price
Video transfer easy
2008-02-26Works well for transferring video from Sony DCR-HC96 to
Dual layer DVD + R discs via 1394 cable. Excellent play back
In 4.3 and 16.9.
Worst electronic product ever purchased
2008-01-15This is the single worst electronic product that I have ever purchased. The unit quickly stopped reading most DVDs and was useless fairly early after purchase. I had good luck with Samsung in the past but will NEVER buy anything from them again.
Please DO NOT BUY! My 2nd unit now completely useless...
2008-01-01I bought this unit shortly after it was released. I had the original unit replaced after about 2 weeks because it wasn't playing back some DVD+R's that I had recorded AND finalized from that same recorder. It was also occasionally having difficulty with some commercial DVD's. It was necessary to eject and insert a few times to get them to play. The 2nd unit arrived and worked for 3 months and began to exhibit the same problems including scratchy CD playback that was not heard in my other standard DVD player. I called Samsung about replacement and they told me I would have to pay shipping to a repair facility where they may determine it could not be a warranty repair. I decided to tolerate the eject, re-eject issue and after 9 months it wouldn't recognize ANY commercial DVD's and only a few DVD+R's. I called Samsung back and, in short, they put me off over and over until the 1 year warranty had expired. It is now worthless and I am shopping for another, different manufacturer. I am reasonable but Samsung's customer service was rude and ineffective. I will never buy another of their products. I can't comment about other Samsung models but with this experience, I don't care to. Check reviews on the Web, you'll find that these units have a BAD history.
Look for somthing else
2007-12-24I have owned this DVD-r for less than a year. The remote lacks enough power to even change channels from across the room, let alone make simple selections for my grandson on his Thomas video.
Last month, there was an odd issue with the door of the DVD refusing to open. Then it refused to record after it had been programmed. I thought it was operator error, but now it refuses to acknoledge that a DVD is in the drive.
I have nothing but problems with this DVD-r from day one, and it is now a useless paperweight.
Don't waste your hard earned cash on Samsung's excuse for a DVDr!
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