Have long wondered back and forth, but after I've had the LG recorder 6600 2weeks at home and at first was pleased I was ordered then unfortunately find that he could read some of my self-burned DVDs is not or poorly, making my DVD player so far but had no problems. Well I then sent him back and let come to Panasonic. 1.Positive surprise, read all my DVDs, you have to give up the format DVD + RW to hold up Dvx Format.Und while, but you get the opportunity to take DVD-RAM. A minus point, I then found it, 19: 9, you can record on DVD-RAM. But well, on the whole outweigh the benefits. I hope it was helpful.