Lite-On LVW-5045 Reviews

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Lite-On LVW-5045
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Average Ratings for Lite-On LVW-5045

  • Image Quality3.3 stars
  • Sound Quality3.2 stars
  • Features3.1 stars
  • Ease of Use3.2 stars
  • Value for Money2 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings1.8 stars
  • Overall Rating1.7 stars

21 Reviews For Lite-On LVW-5045

  • Guest 28th Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    There are very few HD/DVD recorders on the market with the editing features of the LVW-5045. Being able to edit out advert's etc is extremely useful. It can also record more formats than most rivals. Of course the analogue tuner is not much use now but it's easy enough to record from a freeview box or Sat' receiver. I have had a few spoiled DVD discs but that's after 4 years of hard usage.

  • Guest 9th Aug 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Had the machine over three years now without any problems whatsoever. I have never had any disc fail to load and writing to DVD 100% successful. Having read all the poor reviews I was wary of buying the machine but now I am very glad I did. I wonder if only wingers write into these forums and so give a very biased picture for most items?

  • Guest 9th Jun 2009

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    Unit co9ming up on 3 years old & it's been back 4 times for DVD drive replacement. Same problem each time & looking around the web it is a common fault with the Liteon LVW-5045 - SO WHY DON'T LITEON SORT IT?
    This time I was told it would be a chargeable repair so I bought a different brand.
    With nothig to lose & a spare DVD-RW in an old desktop, I decided to see if it would work. Lid off, unplug the old player, plug in the new unit...
    Everything works perfectly.
    Had to attack bits of the machine ...

  • doctoredwho 2nd Feb 2009

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    We purchased a Lite-On to replace a VCR, we thought it was make life easier. To begin with it was great, but then things started to go downhill.
    The DVD drive refused to prepare blank media, different types were tried, all failed. We found that cleaning the laser would improve matters for a short while, but we rarely burnt a disc so why was it getting so dusty so quickly (it's also kept in a closed TV cabinet.) When it fails to prepare a disc it leaves the disc unusable. When it does write a DVD ...

  • harani 16th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    This machine has been ideal as a HDD recorder but had nothing but problems with DVD burning/reading.
    In it's 2 year warranty the unit has had 3 replacement DVD Drives each one going the same way as the last. i.e same as the above reviews. Getting tempramental about balnk discs then getting temparental about it's own recorded disks and then degenerating to the point wehre it won't even read shop bought movies.
    Avoid!

  • Andy Townsend 30th Nov 2008

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    Use it only a a HDD the disc drive fails at all, from reading to recording, pay the extra and get a decent unit, unless you only want a HDD.

  • nuxybaby Rank: Lance Corporal 18th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    I replaced the DVD writer in mine with a Liteon 20X new unit. It's easy enough to get it to work, but slightly more difficult to get it to fit well, mechanically. My Liteon 5045 will now burn a complete movie in about 5 - 6 minutes, and now seems to accept just about any disk. A fair amount of pain getting to this point though.

  • nuxybaby Rank: Lance Corporal 13th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    The Lite-On LVW-5045 is good for recording to HDD and playing back, not so good as a DVD recorder. Hit and miss jittery menus, extremely fussy over which disc it'll write too. Ruins as many discs as it records. You really don't need the aggro. I've come very close to taking an axe to it. When I've finished copying my last 5 VHS tapes, I think I will.

  • dyllbert 5th May 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I found that the Lite-On LVW-5045 would copy one program OK but if another program was added, it would corrupt the disc it had previously recorded on to! Having disposed of over two hundred dvd discs destroyed by this manic machine, I am at a loss as to how lite-on can market such rubbish as "fit for purpose^. Like many others, I have found that with age, the machine refuses to recognise its own previous recordings along with the brands of dvd recommended by lite-on themselves. The money I have ...

  • presserj 14th Feb 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    Lite on appears to sell products that do not do as they advertise. It never worked as it was suppose to. This corporations support system for customers is non-existent. I tried several e-mails to there supposed support e-mail address. i never heard anything back from them. i would advise anyone that reads this not to buy any products from the Lite-on corporation brand.

  • Guest 5th Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Upon initial purchase - I thought this machine was the best! It was easy to use and recorded/dubbed well... After several months, it became extremely temperamental. It wouldn't read discs it had written and often failed to read brand new good quality discs. It would often start writing on a disc and if you wanted to add more onto it before finalizing - it wouldn't read it's own coding... VERY FRUSTRATING!! I had to throw away many discs that it ruined. Don't be fooled - this machine starts ...

  • Guest 2nd Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Do not buy - good features and good value but due to cost cutting on quality of components and reliability is very poor.

  • Shadrach 17th Oct 2007

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    The DVD drive is an IDE unit like the ones in desktop PCs. I've read forums where people have fitted cheap internal drives intended for computers with great success, just two connectors but a problem getting the mechanical mounting sorted. I'm going to try this as, once out of warranty, LITE-ON and their distributors cannot, or will not, supply any spares except for a replacement remote control - Very poor, I'll not be buying any more LITE-ON products. Incidentally, the hard drive is FAT32 windo ...

  • olpapajoe 11th Sep 2007

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    This machine was always picky about disks despite its claims to the contrary. One by one DVD brands would cease to work until eventually, I found that Sony DVD+R disks were the only type I could use. Now these are also failing (I have more than £100 worth of failed disks in a drawer now), which means it can't accurately be described as a DVD recorder at all. I am now seriously considering buying a cheap DVD recorder to rescue stuff I'd recorded onto the Liteon's hard disk, as I now have no ...

  • bridur Rank: Corporal 12th Mar 2007

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Plenty of features for a cheap machine

    BUT after a while it rejects a lot of disks and it is necessary to re-insert several times to get them to work

    With a lot of disks, it has loads of pauses during playback

    No problems with hard disk recording or playback though

  • alanfoster3 Rank: Lance Corporal 20th Dec 2006

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    If Lite-on were more competent in their customer services then perhaps I could recommend this unit, but until I receive a satisfactory outcome I can't.

  • thecronk Rank: Lance Corporal 12th Aug 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I have been using the earlier version of this Lite-On product for several months now and I too have had the occasional wasted DVD, however, unlike the other reviewers, I attribute these to my own clumsiness. I'll not deny that the machine would benefit from a minimum of one level of undo action but even without it this is a terrific machine. It lacks Freeview capability but this can be remedied by inputting via Scart at the rear. Using the remote to perform most actions is generally OK once you ...

  • alembic1 14th May 2006

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    The Lite-On LVW-5045 DVD recorder self destructs very quickly. It will stop formatting disks, and it destroys them in the process. It will destroy disks already recorded on but not yet finalized. It is a shame considering the picture quality and ease of use. It also, does not have a TV function on the remote.

    Although I have had two 5045's that failed, if they would fix the fatal design flaws, I would purchase another one.

  • Walmar 29th Sep 2005

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I was rather sceptical about buying a LiteOn LVW-5045 DVD recorder having read several mixed reviews, however I am delighted with the machine. It was very easy to set up and use, and the quality of the recordings on HQ down to LP is impressive.

    I like the ability to record from disk to hard drive as well as from hard drive to disk. I'm also impressed with the user friendly menu system, accessed using the remote control.

    Unlike some other companies, LiteOn appear to be interested in imp ...

  • Wolfwoody 31st Aug 2005

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    Thought the LiteOn LVW would be good but its most definitley not. Too many reboots , far too often and the colour quality is abysmal, blacks come out as purple (no its not the tv). Not recommended at all. Mine is going back.

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Main characteristics: DVD Type: DVD Recorder Number of Discs: 1 Progressive Scan: With Progressive Scan Playable Disk Types: DVD Video VCD SVCD DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW CD (Audio) CD more details...