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 do not purchase this November 18, 2008
If only I had been checking reviews back when I got this machine. I got it to replace a DVD/vcr recorder player by RCA that was new but no good. This one was no better. I was able to get a new replacement even after more than a year because I had not used it yet hardly at all. They were very nice about that. I still had the same troubles as mentioned by many others here. They sent me yet another unit that was upgraded (newer player) but I still have same trouble. Sometimes it doesn't record. The button you have to remember to push before it will even record..that's a pain and sometimes fails even though you pushed it. Programming it is a royal PAIN! Each time you push the remote button to choose something it doesn't seem to sense your signal and then it does and moves ahead 2 jumps instead of 1! I havn't used the thing but maybe 3 times in a year just because it's difficult and fails so often that I don't want to chance it. I would really like to get my money out of it, even half my money out of it! I have since purchased another DVD player that came with our sound system but I can't record with it. I still use my old VCR to record.
Strong Advice Against! June 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Does exactly what I need -- copies VHS tapes to DVD May 28, 2008
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.
 WTF..? May 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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..
What a MAJOR disappointment April 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
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