I'm a newbie. The goal is to transfer VHS and 8mm tapes that I shot to DVD. So I bought this recorder. I also just got the SA8000 DVR--that's another story. Dubbed my first VHS to DVD-r last nite. Plays ok on my LG, but when I put it in my 4 yr old Panasonic DVD player, there was pixelation and spottiness to the play back. I have searched and it looks like the panasonic's format is indeed dvd-r, so I don't know what's wrong? Any ideas? And I am 90% sure I bought Fuji dvds from BestBuy-need to verify that