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Originally Posted by Damnation
I've had terrible luck with used recorders, DVDs of all types either don't play at all or skip badly. Most people seem use them as players as well, which wears down the laser diode, or at least greatly degrades its burning ability.
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I've only had one that flat-out seemed to not record (and another that would not even power on)....Some are a bit finicky about what they will record on, but once you find their 'favorite brand' it's smooth sailing (granted you have to remember to "finalize" discs in most machines to make them playable in other machines).
Never had a pre-recorded disc playback issue in any of my recorders, and I've played some REALLY roached discs (like a rental porno DVD that I found in the woods which was scratched to hell, and had a label so sun faded it was barely readable), and had good results....My Toshiba D-VR5 (my main go to recorder/player) has played and recorded literally hundreds of discs in the 6+ years I owned it and (knock on wood) has not had laser problems.....That machine is a real trooper! When I bought it at a Goodwill it was evident it had a hard past life...Big dents in the corners, scratches, the DVD drawer decorative cover flap was half way broken off (it has since completely come off), but despite that it worked and has held up admirably.