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Love it!
I have had this for just about a year now, and am really happy with it. It is super easy to use for those of us who are technically challenged, and I especially like that you don't have to finalize discs like I did with my old one. It plays both pro and recorded discs with no problem. I am about halfway through transferring my family video library (no small feat!) and it still works like a charm, and my dvr addicted husband loves it for recording his stuff from tv. We get really good quality even on slow speed. Well worth the money.
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Best low cost DVD recorder!
I've been using dvd recorders for several years. This one is great. It makes excellent quality recordings with no hassle. I think the fact that it doesn't have a tuner makes it easier to operate. It has a nice option that will allow it to start recording if it senses a signal if a satellite or cable box turns on so you don't have to set up any timers if you use the timer feature on your cable box.
1) Put in a blank DVD
2) Pick the quality (I use 2 hour for most everything
3) Push the red record button to start recording (you can press pause during commercials)
4) When you're done push stop. If you don't want to add anything else to the dvd, go to the dvd menu and choose finalize to make the dvd compatible with other dvd players.
That's it. My 8 year old makes recordings with it.
Here are my only minor criticisms:
- It would be nice if there was a 3 hour recording mode instead of having to jump from 2 hour to 4 hour but I would still describe the 4 hour as quite good quality.
- I wish the remote had a finalize button on it.
- The menu it creates is text with no picture/preview on DVD+R. I think preview/picture icons appear when using a DVD+RW.
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Junk
Ordered this new from sears 2 Februarys ago when it was too new for them to carry. Didn't get any extra warranty after being screwed over by one with sears before. Tried to hook it up to surround sound and now the dvd part wont record with a picture or play back home made discs at all. It will only play factory dvds and videos. Cant watch the 10 discs full of stuff I've recorded for the last 2 weeks or record anything new so its useless. Paid $220 and it doesnt last more than 2.5 years. Plus it was always very slow & was a pain switching buttons back and forth every time you wanted to switch from tv to disc. And when you press record overnight it always leaves a code on the screen so you have to press enter on the dvd remote, nothing else will clear it so you can watch or eject the disc. My 1st and last toshiba.
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It has a problem that makes it worthless for 1080p TVs.
Bought 2 of these for the 1080p Flatscreen TVs I have because it is still too early to buy a Bluray player(too expensive and technology still evolving). After connecting these to TVs using version 1.3 HDMI cable (that is the latest for true HD sound and 1080p processing), I played a movie to test the picture and sound. The picture had snow and spec in it and the sound kept cutting off with a fixed frequency like a broken record on both. Downgraded the HDMI cable to version 1.0 and it was working fine. So I returned both and bought two Sony 1080p upconverting players instead, they were cheaper and worked fine with the latest version 1.3 HDMI cable.
It looks like the firmware is not upward compatible with newer technology and it is not upgradeable either.
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Great DVD recorder
It didn't take long to be on my way to making dvds off of my dvr and vcr. This was a valuble assest to our electronic arsenal! It showed up in a very timely manner. Way to go. Looking forward to coping our mini DV tapes to dvd. A small investment for keeping family memories and more!