I have the ADV-1452s - I bought it from Somerfield a few months ago while working for them. It does play DVD-/+R - not sure about RW's yet though. I got it because I was skint (obvioulsy ) to get me through until I could get a decent player. I tell you what though for £38 I think it's excellent. RGB scart, s-video and component out, progressive scan (suposedly), screen saver , plays my R1 discs as well as my R2's out of the box. The quality isn't bad at all either. It came with a free scart cable which I don't use but still at this price I thought it was good. It also came with a promotion for this dvd rental thing Video Island. I think that's probably the whole point of the player - a promotional thingl but you get a lot of player I think.