Toshiba D-VR650 Super MultiDrive 1080i Up-Converting DVD Recorder and VCR with Built-In Tuner
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Sales Rank: 16002
Sales Rank: 16002
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Rating:  - * Strong Advice Against! ... I had 2 goals: Be able to watch the rare VCR, and be able to record tv programs to dvd, as needed. Hence, this unit, which (as advertised) should be able to accomplish either. This thing is more finicky than Morris the Cat. Expect major headaches, and a set-up time of >30 minutes EVERY time you make an additional attempt to record something with this thing. (The success of the project I'm working on at this moment: not yet determined.) Sometimes you can't even open the dvd drawer. Sometimes it pops closed again before you've inserted the dvd. It seems to respond to its own remote with very random success. You may be lucky, you may not. Tomorrow expect different results. Right now, I'm rescanning cable channels as it seems to have lost its willingness to recognize anything above 20. I am not really THAT dumb. I should be able to use a basic electronic device. This one is possessed. I urge you to look elsewhere. Rating:  - * Does exactly what I need -- copies VHS tapes to DVD ... I bought it to do hands-off conversion of my videotape collection to DVD, and it does it without any problems. Put in the tape, put in the DVD, make a few choices, and walk away. Come back to finalize the disk and you're done. No problems with copy protection on any tapes so far, good color/contrast/audio on all copies. It has a lot of other features I haven't needed (yet) so I can't comment on those, but it does this perfectly. Manual isn't all that confusing, despite some other reviewers' complaints. Rating:  - * WTF..? ... This machine worked good for the first two weeks, then I noticed that it would just freeze and I'd have to unplug it to get it to respond. it does not seem fully compatible when you watch a DL dvd then switch out to watch a 4.7 gb DVD, Often it loses the signal and I have to unplug it yet again for a few minutes to get it back online. It is very frustrating to spend my money on electonics and more often than not end up taking them back cause its defective or just trashing it. I CAN NOT recommend this DVD player for any reason and Toshiba is err... was my favorite company to buy electroncs from since Sony now Sucks.. Rating: - * What a MAJOR disappointment ... I thought I had researched DVD recorders carefully. Wow. Was I wrong. This machine has the following major flaws: 1. It cannot record most ATSC Over-the-air TV stations in Los Angeles. We have more than a dozen channels, and this unit registers a FALSE positive for CPRM copy protection, such that you cannot record all but two channels in los angeles. i even spoke to the chief engineer at the local PBS station, to confirm that they ARE NOT send the CPRM signal out. So, as a HD time-shifter---USELESS! 2. The record quality is terrible, except at the XP (1 hour speed) 3. The menu system is extremely non-intuitive and cumbersome. The one positive is that the playback picture resolution is GREAT. (but the is the most EXPENSIVE player I've ever used). We've been loyal to Toshiba for 8 years, but no more. Rating: - * run away! ... where to start? the worst part was when I started trying to copy old home videos over to DVD. A few did fine, most would suddenly stop with a weird error message about "video input changing". No error code, nothing in manual. Called toshiba...they knew the problem before I described it. Machine will react to any irregularity, stretch, fold, skip, in an old tape and think that its COPY PROTECTED!!!!!!! so it errors out and stops. Toshiba says of course since they are concerned manufacturers and worried about illegal copying, there is nothing they can do about it. I tried a work around by using a separate VCR, but same thing. Can't tell you how many blank DVDs i ruined that now having a bit of a tape recorded on it. Their suggestion? Dub the old video tape onto a new video tape. (and lose a generation of quality). Not what I had in mind. Don't protect me from myself and my own tapes that play fine, and are totally legal! next, I agree with all the previous posts about it having a mind of its own. It powers up, down, changes channels, records, or not, and even opens/closes the tray when it darn well feels like it, and not a moment before. Really frustrating. A good case of new technology that goes slower than old technology. Plus this is the only DVD player I have ever encountered that doesn't remember your playback position if you stop a movie, then turn off the power and then want to return to the place you left off previously in a movie. Nope...back to the FBI warning you go every time! The final clincher is that I bought this based on the technical information, and I had just bought a toshiba HD TV (which actually I really like a lot!). One apparently stupid assumption I had was that the Toshiba TV remote would operate the Toshiba DVD player....wrong. Not even stop, play and pause. I wasted a good 30 minutes twice trying every code they listed. And then another phone call. answer? "the engineers must have had a good reason".... run away! I sold mine within 60 days. |
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