I've owned this unit for over a year and a half and it is junk. The DVD's it records all freeze momentarily during playback in other high-quality DVD players. It has also started freezing up during playback of store bought DVD movies. I'm talking a complete freeze. Even the clock on my unit GAINS 5 minutes each MONTH! Always having to reset it. I'm going to purchase a Sony RDR-GX330 DVD Recorder!