Samsung DVD-R145 DVD Recorder

This unit started fine and then began deteriorating quickly, so much so that now it will not read even discs that were created on it. It does not matter if it is a studio DVD, recorded, unrecorded, it gives "disc read" errors. We've tried unplugging it to "reset" itself and that worked for about a week and then it failed again. This is one of the poorest electronic products we've ever bought and it will be the last Samsung one we ever buy.

I don't suggest anybody to acquire that model. I bought one in August 2006, it worked fine in the first two months then began to refuse reading DVDs, aborting DVD-RW format or even not recognizing DVD it burn itself. It have been getting gradually worse until it totally stopped recognizing any CD or DVD.
I had to sent it to customer service in April 2007 to have it fixed, and I got a brand new one for replacement instead. And guest what, that brand new R145 went through exactly the same problems.

I don't understand the poor reviews. This is a great recorder and player. I've owned one for several years and it continues to work perfectly everytime. I can only imagine that the poor reviewers are a bunch of barbarians incapable of operating the simplest of electronics.

worked great never had any probl;ems recording, and all my discs are working perfectly. Owned and used frequently for over 2 years.