I don't share the sentiments of the previous four reviewers of this product, but hey I havent even had the DVD Recorder even a week yet, but so far, I love it. At $98.74 @ Walmart the price was right, and it does seem too good to be true, I hope I don't live to eat those words. But I record my favorite shows/movies and they play flawlessly, I transfered my old VHS tape home videos onto DVD they play fantastic and will preserve the footage for generations. Now generally the cause of malfunction for a product causes usually range from not maintaining the product properly, they include an instruction manual for a reason, not just to tell you how to work the darn thing. But all and all I love my ILO's DVD Recorder and I can now say I will use old VHS Tapes as Paper Weights.