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(More customer reviews)I looked around for about two weeks before I decided to buy this unit. I wanted to go with a Panasonic because I have always had good luck with the brand, but, after reading all of the reviews on Panasonics in this price range I decided to look at other brands. And I mean I looked at EVERYTHING. It seems that Panasonics have lots of problems reading DVDs burned by other machines. Every brand I looked at had some kind of problem except for this Toshiba. This is a very nice product...
I am impressed with the features/performance of this recorder for $140.00!!! For this small amount of money you get a DVD recorder that up-converts to 1080p. It's a steal! I have played many different DVDs burned by at least five different machines as well as computer DVD burners, and I have not had a single problem. In fact, I can now watch several DVDs that I couldn't watch on my old DVD player!
(Keep in mind that this is my first DVD recorder)
Something that surprised me in a good way... When writing to a DVD +R/+RW and -R/-RW if you select "Auto Finalize" this makes the DVD viewable on other machines. On a computer when you "finalize" or "close" the disc (DVD) you cannot write to it again. This is not the case with this recorder. With this Toshiba when you finalize after your recording you can still go back and record something else until the DVD is full. What this means is you don't waste a 'full' DVD on a 1/2 hour show. This is a GREAT feature. Another thing is that when you load the menu to select your recording, each recording (thumbnail) is showed on the screen. If you click on any of them you get a full video preview of what's recorded. Why is this cool? Let's say you record seven different shows but you can't remember what order you recorded them in, and, you want to watch a particular show. How are you going to find it? The menu lets you look at every recording so you can choose the one you want.
Things I like:
- Highly compatible with DVDs burned by other machines
I have not found a DVD I can't watch yet
- Very easy one touch recording
Hit the button and it does the rest
- Very easy menu creating (auto if you like) and editing
Let's you create and edit your own menus or let it do it for you
- Commercial skip 30, 60, 90, 120 seconds
Very nice for when you record TV shows, just hit the button and say good-bye to the commercials
- Pause live TV, Chasing Playback DVD -RW (go back to the beginning of the show you are watching while it's still recording)
Pretty cool feature for when you get a phone call and don't want to miss anything (just like a DVR)
- Auto finalize feature
Select this and it will finalize (close the disc) after everything you record
- Use the same DVD 1000 times DVD -RW, just format it and record away
You will NEVER use a VCR again
There is nothing I don't like... >;-)
Honestly, for the money, you could easily spend $140.00 for a DVD "player" with up-convert. With this unit you also get a DVD "recorder".
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Toshiba D-R400 Up-Converting DVD Recorder
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