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RE: 4KUS DVD WRITER HELP NEEDED!

I have no end of problems with the 4Kus dvd recorder. I`ve had three from Asda and have now given up. I also wanted to back up my vhs collection.

I bought a new (albeit cheap) vhs player and scart leads to go with the new dvd recorder.

The first dvd recorder which is very easy to navigate recorded well enough but would often stick and jump for no apparent reason. It would appear to be the compression rate, but there is no way of knowing which tapes would and wouldn`t stick as a result I chewed up a fair few dvd discs. The 4kus help desk wasn`t very helpful and suggested dust on the lens, which didn`t inspire confidence, and then to take it back to Asda for a replacement. This I did, not before checking the vhs`s which were fine. I did notice that the jumping occured prior to pressing `go` to record when watching the vhs thru the dvd recorder (does that make sense?) as well as afterwards.

The second recorder seemed to have been opened previously and wouldn`t do more than play bought films.

The third player ruined new discs and wouldn`t let any recording happen. More annoyingly having copied a number of vhs bits and bobs on the first player it wouldn`t let me finalise the disc rendering it pretty useless.

Like the previous comment, anything I had finalised wouldn`t play on any other dvd player though will play on computers. I can`t recommend this product highly, because I can`t recommed it at all.

If anybody has any clues, I`d love to hear why the above seems to have occured - the stitcking and jumping.