Samsung R130 is superior DVD Recorder

This is my forth DVD recorder, and easily the best. The manual is an outstanding guide. Samsung put real effort into the owners manual and it pays into a pleasant experience in learning and using the R130.

This recorder makes DVDs that are playable on my other DVD players. I've had it for 4 intense weeks, and it has not given me any problems. My only complaint is that the buttons on the remote are too close together and not well planned for the shape of the hand.

Everything works. The menu is not made until you finalize the disc, and you cannot change the thumbnail title picture. Labeling the title is very sluggish. Oops. That's another complaint. Color and fidelity on both recording and playback seem to be topnotch. Recording starts almost instantly.

The outputs on the back panel are also very tightly spaced, at least for my fingers.