My brand new Lite-On LVD-2002 plays my backed up dvd-r movies with constant skipping. I've used Ritek G04 (4x) media and both dvd-x-copy xpress and dvd shrink + Nero to burn them with my Optorite burner. It particularly performs the worst on backups that don't use all 4.7gb of the dvd-r. Kinda strange. The back ups that use the entire disk almost play perfectly. All of these back ups play perfectly on my other jvc dvd player that is almost 4 yrs. old. It plays dvd+r's great, but my whole back-up collection is on dvd-r. Has anyone else had this problem? I don't know if I just got a lemmon or what. I can get it replaced or get a refund and loose $20 in "restocking fees". I do have the latest firmware btw. Any feedback on my situation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.