I'D say change that DVD recorder - I,ve had much the same with LITEON recorders so I returned the crap and now have a Toshiba DR4, the resulting DVD is just as good as the original and its filtering is of higher quality than that of a liteon, which uses excessive filtering (blurrier picture) and picks up noise/interference from fan (poor insulation/shielding). I would avoid LITEON DVD RECORDERS , especially if you are recording from tuner.