Electronics : Toshiba DR410 1080p Upconverting Tunerless DVD Recorder |
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Rating:  - * Wonderful, except ... ... This is easy to hook up, easy to navigate as the other reviewers will say and no need for me to repeat. However, for my use it is missing one essential, to my thinking, feature. That is, you cannot watch one program while recording another. I guess I am spoiled with the old DVR that finally gave up on me. Rating: - * Decent for the price ... I just received this unit and am learning how to use it. So far, it appears to work decently. However, I am spoiled by another machine I have - a Panasonic which allows use of DVD-RAM discs. This Toshiba model doesn't allow RAM discs. It does, however, allow marking chapters and then "hiding" those chapters - effectively allowing editing of unwanted bits (commercials) from recorded programs, etc. That is a plus, although apparently only while using +RW or -RW discs. Still, a decent machine for the decent price. Rating:  - * Great! ... Finally decided to upgrade from VCR recording to DVD and I couldn't be happier. An added plus, it has inputs on the front so I can record my old home videos on Video8 tapes on DVD. Fantastic. Rating: - * DVD Recorder ... Use it very little but when I did it worked fine. The manual could be more easier to understand. Rating: - * Very good so far ... Got this yesterday. This device is very easy to hook up and recordings look pretty good. I have a wide variety of blank DVDs and except for some JVC disks I got on sale, it has recognized them all. The setup is easy and the remote intuitive, but with small buttons. The menus are easy to navigate. The manual is large, but well-written and I always say, too much information is never enough. Anyone who is just minimally experienced can set this machine up quickly and be recording in minutes. I use it with an analog TV in the bedroom. My main device in my home theater is a Panasonic DMR-EH75VS with a VCR and 80gb hard drive. When I upgrade my TV in the bedroom with a LCD or plasma later this year the combo, including the Tosh, will be a good one. Buy it--it is priced right and is a very good performer doing what it does--recording DVDs. |
