Hi I just want to let you know that I had some problems with dvd-r recordings that they were stuttering, well I've changed my dvd player from Dansai1010 to LG5253 and all my discs that have caused me problems are working fine with this player barr one (Traxdata) the funny thing is that two of my Traxdata discs still stutters on my Panasonic DMRE20 but not the LG ? By the way the reason for buying the Dansai was it plays everything you put in it and it was cheap . It still plays the dvd-r but can be picky. Hope this info helps someone who is still having problems with dvd-r's