Thanks for the reply. I think my PC spec is quite reasonable - P4, 2.8 mhz, 768 mb ram, 200 gb drive although I only have a basic analouge TV card. The Instant DVD Recorder software doesn't offer a selection of output bit rates other than 'good', 'better' and 'best' and I had it set to the minimum - i.e. 'good'. My first recording was made when I only had 512 mb ram - when I put it up to 768 mb the lip sync actually seemed to have got worse.