For the reviewer (and anyone else) who is experiencing difficulty with playing a recorded dvd on other players, I may have an answer. I had a similar experience of the recorded dvd not playable, and in this case my Sony VAIO notebook pc - 2 out of 3 HP DVD+Rs. Then I tried several Sony brand DVD-Rs and they all play on my Sony VAIO notebook.Like other reviewers, I believe there is room for improvement - quality seems much less than original VHS tapes, 2" LCD window can use audio accompaniment, and there should be some flexibility allowing users to add title, menu, and 1st frame, as well as a little bit of editing. I hope future models will incorporate the wishes of all the fine reviewers. I encourage all readers to read all the excellent reviews before mine for this product. It helped me tremendously.