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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By Sony. The regular list price is $349.99. Sells new for $189.99.
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5 comments about Sony RDR-VX530 DVD Recorder & VHS Combo Player.
  1. Nothing but problems with this unit almost from the start! It won't record in a single title: When the recording is done there appears about 3 or 4 titles on the title list. none of them complete. I have to do the recording once or twice more ( DVD+RW ) in order to obtain a complete copy. On playback ( all discs ) the movie will "freeze" at various times making it necessary to eject the disc, re-insert it, and chapter through to where I was.

    Sony's customer service people were of no assistance whatsoever! Completely indifferent to the problem, and what finished me with them was their refusal to honor the warranty. They told me the warranty was for 90 days only. I reminded them I had a 1 year warranty with the unit which I filed with them the same day of purchase. Their reply was that I could ship the unit to them, at my own expense, and for $65/hr they would repair it. At that point I ended the conversation and unplugged the unit. I will replace it with another brand.

    We have been long time Sony customers. Until now I've never had a warranty issue but now that I know how poorly they address such issues there will never be another Sony product in our home.


  2. I own two VX-530's and use them with DVD+R and DVD+RW discs to compile recordings of series from TIVO and VHS tapes. Up until recently, I have had very few problems with the recorders. Lately, however, one of them had presented problems when attempting to name a chapter on the DVD+R discs. Occasionally, I can get it to work after returning to the System Menu or naming the disc but often I have to do either an eject/load on the disc or power off/on the entire recorder before it will allow me to write the new chapter name. I don't have the problem when using DVD+RW discs. Despite this glitch, I have been very satisfied with the VX-530 and have logged over 500 recording hours. I have also watched all manner of pre-recorded DVD's without any noticeable problems.


  3. I purchased this unit from Frys electronics in the Portland OR area, in April of 2007. the first one I bought first day the sound was not working and it was an obvious lemon. I promptly returned it and should have purchased an extended Warrantee on the replacement but I didnt.

    the replacement seemed to work ok for a while, but then occasionally the sound (DVD ONLY) would drop out to low levels and then back to normal, and sometimes would have horrible static in the sound. then it was fine for a while. then back to the issue.

    I took it back to Frys, and they would NOT exchange it, only send it in for repair, at first they said the Warrantee was 90 days but the papers said 1 year.

    after 40 days it was back after being "adjusted" and it seemed to work fine for a month or so. Now the DVD volume plays at about 1/10th of where it should be, very low, and has not come back. Taking it back for service again.

    Our old sony player only still works fine and has for 9 years or so. go figure,

    wondering if they tried to pack too m much into one package?

    since I saw 2 personally that were BAD id stay away from this model but it may be just me.


  4. ...for transferring VHS to DVD, I'd recommend something else. This unit is crap.

    The dubbing function results in a lot of weird stops and starts. Your video programs will end up chopped up into random chunks, because the machine can't seem to operate for more than 5 to 35 minutes at a stretch without pausing and "regrouping." Also, quality-wise, the finalized DVDs look terrible.

    You could avoid the mess by using this machine's VCR function only for playback, recording DVDs on a different external unit. This results in a better disc (depending, of course, on your recorder). However, Sony's brilliant designers saw fit to have a huge, intrusive ONSCREEN DISPLAY pop up from the playback VCR wherever there is a hint of disrupted signal, tracking problem, imperfect stereo, ANYTHING. There is, of course, no way to turn the onscreen display off. So if your source videos aren't factory-perfect, forget about it.

    I hate this thing.


  5. Easy to install; easy to use; recordings are just as good as originals; record DVD to DVD, VHS to DVD, DVD to VHS


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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By Panasonic. There are some available for $185.00.
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5 comments about Panasonic DMR-E75VS Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/VCR Combo.
  1. I have had this unit for approximately a year now. For the first 6 mnths it worked fine. After that time period we would be watching a dvd movie and half way through the picture will go black, but you could still here the sound. If we rebooted the system, and jump scenes to where the trouble began, it would generally resume and work fine. Over the past couple of months this occurs 3 to 4 times each movie. When we finally get too frustrated and take the same disk to the back of the house and put it in our cheapo GE player...it plays fine. I would not waste my money on this product.


  2. I've had this machine for over a year and have had no problems with it. Once you get used to the process for dubbing from vhs to dvd it is easier to use. I've burned many dvds and have only had trouble with a couple the machine was unable to read to be able to record on. Thanks to other reviews I've read I always finalize the dvds so they can be viewed on other machines with no problem. I would buy this unit again.


  3. This unit might be able to make a Mar's trip....far more flexibility than I need but it is there for the taking....the performance is excellent and surprisingly it plays most of the newer tapes so well they are hard to tell from a CD....sometimes impossible to tell the difference....dubbing is easy enough and provides good viewing of the dubbed item..............buy this again? Yes I would......


  4. I have had this over 2 years and still can not make out most of the directions which are very confusing. Nothing is strait foreword always referring to another page instead of continuing the sentence. The recorder is good and I am not knocking it only the directions. I remember reading in an earlier review that this was a problem. Customer support is good.5 stars the recorder is good.


  5. After having owned this for just over a year, the unit rejects nearly 3 quarters of all my Dvd discs due to the proverbial 'cannot read disc' error. I tried recording several vhs tapes to various dvd media without any success. This may simply be an isolated problem, but nonetheless, my previous combos (other than panasonic) lasted years longer, under rigorous use. I'm currently shopping for a new brand because it would
    be cheaper than repair. Fair or not, I cannot recommend panasonic.. in fact, I'll actually enjoy tossing this one.


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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By Sony. The regular list price is $199.99. Sells new for $269.87.
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5 comments about Sony RDR-GX330 Single Tray DVD Recorder.
  1. Thought you'd all like to know that the newest vintage of Sony recorders hasn't yet changed any of its shortcomings. The RDR-GXD -455 still records well but the disk can't be played even on a high-end Sony DVD player. This is as of October 2007.


  2. I HAVE HAD ANOTHER SONY IN THE PAST AND WAS NOT SURE THAT I WANTED ANOTHER. THIS ONE WAS RECOMMENDED AND I'M GLAD I PURCHASED IT. NOT ONE 'DIRTY' DVD YET. SUPER!


  3. GOOD:
    -Many sub-$200 DVD recorder has monoral TV tuner, but this SONY GX330 has STEREO TV tuner. So you can record and play stereo sound. This point is important, because company's spec sheet often omits this fact.
    -Many sub-$200 DVD recorder has cumbersome DVD disk-initializing-finalizing procedure. But SONY GX330 is very user-friendly interface. It automatically does both procedure. Using DVD+RW, I was able to play recorded disk on my Dell Inspiron Laptop without any extra step.
    BAD:
    -Other reviewers complain about DVD disk compatibility issue, but fail to mention that all other DVD recorders also have the same issue. SONY GX330 has actually less issues. User should remember that DVD recorder is still more complicated compared to the VCR, but it's worth it.


  4. Like many posters I was thoroughly upset with the lack of a RECORD/PAUSE button on either the machine or the remote. Thanks to previous poster VIDEO ROCK I'm reiterating what this person said. If you have an earlier SONY DVD recorder simply use the PAUSE/RECORD button on that machine's remote. It works perfectly. THANK YOU so much for posting that bit of info. It totally changes the way I feel about this machine. The extra speeds offered in comparison to earlier Sony DVD recorder models is a real plus. I use to have to use extra DVD'S and split most concerts and operas onto two discs if I didn't choose to go from the SP(2hr)speed to the LP(4hr)speed. This machine offers two speeds in between them,the LSP(2hr34min) and ESP(3hr4min)speed. These often come into play and the resolution isn't all that bad. I now like this machine, especially its' automatic thumbnailing of scenes for each recorded listing.


  5. Sony makes the ONLY DVD recorder in the world that you can't pause while recording. That's just plain stupid. Remind me never to buy Sony again. I'd give it zero stars if I could.


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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By Lite-on. There are some available for $199.99.
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5 comments about Lite-On LVC-9016G DVD + VHS Combo Recorder (Silver).
  1. Purchased from Costco last year, it was ok but VHS to DVD was very bad quality even manufacture issed VHS tape.

    Few months back, DVD recorder simply won't record anymore with any empty DVD. Reading new DVD took 1min then big "FAIL" came out on small screen. So work as Play only DVD. I paid nearly $[...] and only work as play VHS and DVD. Very Disapointed.

    Took too long to reading DVD before play. Copied DVD will skip all the time. If the DVD inside, not able to play VHS. Everytime when you want play VHS, you need remove DVD so machine can understand which one can is on !?

    Anyway considering to move to children's room, not good at main room to use because too much stress! too late to return.


  2. Received the product. Needed to replace the VCR that blew up with Coax Connection (entertainment center is packed). Didn't really need a 5th dvd player in it (best dvd player is phillips dvp642 and cheap). Turns out RF Out only works for passthru cable box. Will not play DVD or VHS tapes through RF Out. Would be nice if it had said that somewhere online, instead of finding out the hard way. Copy to copy is simple, but playback from PC made DVD's gives Disc Load error.


  3. I purchased this product on a reputable website for electronics. When the product arrived, the dvd door would not open. The website I purchased I from told me I had to go through Lite-on. Lite-on told me I had to go through the original web site. Lite-on told me, based on the serial number, the product has already been refurbished once. After showing them the email from the original site stating the product was under Lite-on guarantee, Lite-on on finally agreed to fix the product. I had to pay for shipping and I followed the return instructions exactly. A few weeks later I called Lite-on and they said they they never received it and there is nothing they can do. So I am out the price of the DVD/VCR, the original shipping cost and the shipping cost to Lite-on, plus I have no product! Pay a little more and avoid having to deal with their customer service.


  4. I got this as a gift and read the instructions and with some small trial and error figured out how to use this to record tons of old VHS tapes that were deteriorating by the minute... and managed to quickly burn DVD backups for all of them ( spent the weekend cataloging them into a file album) and it went very easy. the Easy Guider way is the best it is sooo simple. I won't use it to tape VHS since VHS is wayyyyy history and I have learned how the quality is lousy on any VHS tapes as compared to DVD's. I am getting ready to learn how to burn dvds off of tv shows from this and looking forward to it. This has a really short learning curve so for people who want a quick in and out and set up, its the way to go. I am getting a 4pin to 4pin cable to use on this to hook up my video camera and burn dvds directly from it since its going to be faster than using my computers which seem to take forever. Lookinf forward to trying it out soon. For the money, this is a good worker bee/machine.


  5. I got this cheap on eBay, it was refurbished, but had a big problem, the tape deck mechanism was missing a few screws and wouldn't take tapes until I fixed it. It uses a Lite-on DVD-RW drive that can be pulled out and put into a PC if needed since it is ATA based. The software on the device is slow to start up and playing a DVD. Probably because it has to pick a driver for the unit inside. I learned something about these things, which is why I said this is a good transitioning device. Due to little memory for constructing a progressive stream, DVD recording is in interlaced mode, which is worthless to me. I was hoping to copy videotapes to DVD for importing into my PC, but when I checked the video stream on my PC, I could see interlacing, as well as frames blended together. It appears that it scans the input data in a smaller frame, and upconverts the encoding to 720x480 29.97 frames, which is only good for TV viewing, not for archiving. Another fault is common with the Lite-on brand: The closed-captioning signal sometimes get cropped off the display output. This appears to occur after a certain signal is detected, possibly as a result of a crudely/poorly performed transition in a TV station's master signal. It is probably because of the PAL-compatibility mode it has - I discovered that by testing it with a video stream from a game CD on my Shinco 868, and it somewhat displays the image, but only the top 4/5ths as the image is pushed down. A fix to accurately center a PAL signal as well as keeping the closed captioning stream active would be great. So this recorder isn't perfect, it has output limitations, not putting any data from the VCR, DVD or other video inputs (other than coaxial input) through the coaxial NTSC output. It's perfect for familiarizing yourself with the needs of a DVR until you find a better unit. It's good for the kid's room, and great for recording video game play sessions. It's also good for recording stuff that you won't care about having PERFECT videos of. However, you should shop around a bit more if you want something that will produce archival quality videos.


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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By Sylvania. There are some available for $49.66.
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5 comments about Sylvania DVR90DEA DVD Recorder.
  1. This was almost to good to beleive, but it was real. It worked perfectly.


  2. Maybe it's too early to tell. I recorded some Hi-8 camcorder tapes onto DVD's just fine with this product, but have yet to figure out how to convert them on the computer to a format with which I can edit the video into clips with my computer's video editing software. The problem is, after about a month of use as a DVD player, some of my kids' DVD's are all garbled and un-playable! They work fine on our other DVD players and the problem doesn't happen with all our movies, just some of them. It's frustrating. I'm going to try to get a head cleaner, but I am afraid this is a problem with the DVD player since it is brand new and should not have to be cleaned. I have another DVD player that is probably five years old, never had a head cleaning, and works like a charm. So, I give this one three stars.


  3. Wonderful dvd recorder dvd-r's only so cheaper then dvd+r's which is wonderful- works like a champ so far so good... ONLY PROBLEM WAS HOOKING IT UP - sylvania said to hook up both the coaxial cable and the component cables (red yellow and white) told them it was stupid to hook up both - and useless - she said buy a rf modulator - so just buy 1 to start with if ur tv doesnt accept component hook up's


  4. Records to all brands (and speeds) of blank dvd-r or dvd-rw discs that I have tried so far. Playback picture quality is good when recorded at 2 or 4 hour speeds. This machine doesn't have a dv input for best recording from a mini-dv camcorder but the camera can be connected using the other inputs and then edited (delete scenes, make titles) in VR mode. But, if I needed to edit and copy home movies, I would just do that on the computer. I use this machine as a vcr replacement to record from the built-in tv tuner. It handles this job just fine.


  5. This DVD Recorder worked great right out of the box with 16x DVD-Rs and 16x DVD-RWs. Good quality video usually gets 4 hours to a disc. I cycle 3 DVD RWs and can record shows and TV movies for watching later. TV tuner is great.


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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By Philips. The regular list price is $199.99. Sells new for $180.26. There are some available for $107.75.
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5 comments about Philips DVDR3505/37 1080i Upscaling DVD Recorder with Built-In Tuner.
  1. I have a 32 inch HDTV, and I do all my TV viewing OTA (no cable or satellite). We enjoy watching PBS, and other broadcast stations. But the VCR could not record any of the digital channels. So I started looking for a DVR. My HDTV does not have a video out port, so I could not use a tunerless DVR.

    So I bought this DVR mainly because it has a digital tuner, thinking that the quality would not be so good because it does not record in HD like a Tivo. But I was wrong. The quality of recording is so clear, I can't tell a difference between the original HD broadcast and DVD playback.

    You can record at different quality settings. The higher the quality of recording, the less stuff you can fit on the DVD, because the higher quality recording takes up more space. At the highest quality setting, you can fit one hour of shows. At the next highest quality setting, you can fit 2 hours. At the next quality setting, you can fit 2.5 hours. And so on and so on all the way to a 6 hour disc capacity.

    I recorded snippets of HD broadcast shows such as "CSI" and "Without a Trace" just to test out the DVR, and I must admit, I was impressed. At first, the screen was too dark, but I just had to go into my HDTV's options and adjust the brightness. With my Sony HDTV you can adjust the brightness of each input channel independently of the others (which, by the way, is a very useful feature).

    So after I got the brightness up to normal, the quality of the recordings I made was really good. In fact, I couldn't tell any difference between the original show and the playback. Also, I couldn't tell any difference between the highest (1-hour) and second-highest (2-hour) quality settings. They both looked great to me. So I am really impressed with this DVR.

    It is pretty slow executing commands and stuff, but that doesn't bother me. I just really like the fact that I can record shows now with such good picture quality.

    I think I am going to get a cheaper upconverting DVD player for daily playback, and just use the Philips for recording only. You can get an upconverting DVD player for only a few dollars now (even a region-free one). My HDTV has 2 HDMI inputs, so I can just have each DVD come in on its own HDMI channel. So that seems like a good way to go.


  2. After many different DVD recorders on the low end of the scale and one dissapointment after another I purchased this Philips. I got the firmware update from Philips and everything works great. The tuner is good quality and it is fairly easy to program. If you are looking for a decent priced reliable unit this is the one!


  3. I bought this DVD recorder several months ago, but returned it because it had bugs. It is an okay product, essentially the same as a VCR of 20 years ago except with better picture quality and a digital tuner. The bad news: 1) it can not use the best recordable DVD format for time-shifting (DVD-RAM); 2) while the tuner is digital, the tuner will not output a high-definition signal for use with an HD-ready HDTV (Like my 3 year old model. Also, no DVD can record or play back a high-definition picture.); 3) it has no electronic program guide to identify or record upcoming programs.

    My advice: Do what I did. After returning this and a highly-rated Samsung DVD recorder, I signed up with Dish Network and got their newest high-definition (hard disk) DVR, the 722-something. The cost was reasonable and the DVR is 20 years more advanced than any DVD recorder I am aware of. Very easy to use and can record a hugh amount of TV. Truly a great product. Direct TV and TIVO make similar products, but I think that Dish Network's is the best and best value.


  4. I bought this at Wallie World for $167 and was disappointed immediately. It's VERY slow to operate commands or read a disc. When you first load a disc it takes several minutes to format. When you record a program, it takes a minute or so to complete writing before you can access anything. Even entering the menu to select a recorded show to play takes too long. I've never seen a DVD player so slow to read data.

    Worst of all was the time record function. It worked fine for the first couple of weeks and the quality was pretty good - though it certainly was not comparable to the original signal as some have stated. But soon we started getting a "Disc Full" error, even with a new disc in. Or a disc would work a couple times, and then suddenly say the disc was full even though we had one 30-minute recording on it in SLP mode.

    I tried calling Philips customer service and was answered by a poorly-qualified customer rep. After about 30 minutes of her trying to give me different advice (much of which contradicted the manual and didn't work), we were either disconnected or she hung up on me (I honestly believe it was the latter). So I returned the device and got a basic DVD player for $47 that responds much, much faster than the Philips recorder/player. Then we picked up a digital recorder from our cable company that records 50 hours of video in HD quality to a hard drive and does SO MUCH MORE than the DVR and so much better. Finally, TV viewing is fun again!


  5. No complaints. It plays well, records well, and is easy to use (for me). The tuner works fine. I would buy it again.


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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By GoVideo. There are some available for $224.99.
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5 comments about Go Video VR3845 Combo DVD Recorder and Hi-Fi VCR.
  1. If you record a program over 2 hours long there is a high probability that the laser lense will overheat and burn out. 90 day warranty only. Expensive to have fixed. OK for short recordings.


  2. I have owned the VR3845 for about 5 months, but have only used it sparingly. It has been used to watch no more than a dozen commercial DVDs and it was used to copy two VCR tapes. The unit will no longer read a disk. I did get it to read one after trying many different DVD disks, but all it did was go to the FBI Warning screen and freeze.

    Calling their 1-800 number did not work because they said it was out of operation and to use their web site. The Service center locator on their site does not work. I think they are out of business. Anyway, you can see I am not pleased at all.


  3. I had the Model 3845 about one year before it started refusing to read DVDs. Several sources said that the laser head burns out if you use it for more than 2-3 hours straight and that's what happened to mine. I understand it is a common problem (look at the number of dead units being sold on eBay). Phone support was discontinued when I tried to call and they never answer e-mails. A $250. boat anchor as even the VCR would not work properly anymore. And failure to respond to a customer is inexcusable.


  4. Well, I am another victim of Go Video. I have (had?) this model for just over a year. I really liked it, played and recorded well. Used to view DVDs often, and record on occasion. Was in the process of recording a second 2 hour movie on the same day when the unit stopped recording. Tried restarting, would not record or play any DVD. From other reviews, looks like my laser head has burned out. The unit still plays music CDs and the VCR works, so it's just "mostly dead".


  5. From the first day I bought this, the DVD door/flap didn't work. I had to either nudge it with my fingers or hit the open/close button several times for it to work. I didn't mind much at first since it otherwise worked well at first. Now, it won't even record anything to DVD - current or old TV shows, anything from VHS, even old family movies. Take a look around on the 'net and check out Go Video's reputation. Learn from the mistakes of others (like mine) and do not buy this, or anything they make.


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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By CyberHome. There are some available for $34.99.
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5 comments about CyberHome CH-DVR 1500 Progressive-Scan DVD+R/+RW Recorder and Player , Silver.
  1. Please note that it is no longer possible to get ANY customer support, warranty coverage nor even downloadable manuals or upgrades. Purchasing a Cyberhome model of any kind is a poor proposition, owing to their high rate of failure, and, oh, that detail about their being out of business. [...]


  2. Just wanted to add my two cents here. I have never been more disappointed in a product. I purchased one and had to return it on the same day. The disk tray got stuck and wouldn't open or play. I returned it right away and have had the "new" one for less than a year. Attempted to record several programs recently (I don't use it daily) and it appears to be recording but doesn't record ANYTHING! The disk tray only operates intermittently so don't put a disk in if you don't want to run the risk of losing or damaging it.

    Cyberhome's website is up for sale so I am assuming now that they have gone under. That means you will get no tech support on this product! I don't remember what I paid for it now...probably around $100 but after reading some of the other reviews I think it is a sham of a product - never intended to really operate for any length of time.


  3. I used this product for burning not more than 10 DVDs - none of them were consistent. Some did not work on most DVD players, others did work anywhere.

    After struggling with it for 6 months(I am a infrequent user as I burn my kid's video on this), this machine broke on me and hasnt worked since.

    I couldnt trace the company for followup and I had lost my CCity receipt to go back - overall useless blow up of my money (75 dollars when I bought it)

    Be careful on warranty if you are brave enough to buy this.


  4. Sure it's a DVD recorder, and yes it can transfer your old time VHS classics. But it's lazy. what I mean by that is that the player works when it wants to, he accepts only certain types of blanks, you can only use DVD+R all other's will not function, if you want to watch a movie it takes an eternity for it to load. Plus it has the worst fast forwarding feature I have ever seen: instead of fast forwarding the picture it lags even more. The player brings 3 DVD+RW blanks that records but can't be used in another player. The finalizing process to make your DVD recordings compatible with other players takes an eternity as well. Sometimes while finalizing it erases everything; basically everything you recorded is gone. Sure it works, it records, and it has good picture quality. But it sucks and it's slow and lazy. Simply put.


    MY PERSONAL RATING: 2 OUT OF 5


  5. This was the worst electronic purchase I have ever made. Only lasted a few months for recording then just played dvds now it does nothing but collect dust!


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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By Toshiba. The regular list price is $249.99. Sells new for $134.95. There are some available for $119.99.
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5 comments about Toshiba D-VR600 Tunerless 1080i Up-Converting DivX Certified DVD Recorder VCR Combo.
  1. I had some problems setting up the unit. and had to use the S-Video inputs and outputs instesd of the yellow video cable. Also when I finished transfering from VHS to DVD (DVD-R), and "finished" as instructed, I was not able to play the created DVD on either of my other two DVD players, only on the D-VR 600.


  2. Unfortunately, the negative reviews turned out to be correct. I just bought it and I am returning it! It's awful. I then went out and bought a Sony and it is SO much better! It does whatever you program it to do -- there are no "failures" like the Toshiba had. What a pleasure.


  3. the software for this machine is poorly designed. The user guide is disorganized and probably written by a person whose primary language is not English; and worst of all the recording feature did not work.

    I gave it to a neighbor who has too much free time in order to avoid the inconvenience of taking it to the land fill.


  4. This product is great for being able to view AND record on video or dvd and serves the purpose for which I bought it - to accompany my new 37" Toshiba Flat screen for movie viewing, and also to record shows that I might not have time to watch in real-time for later viewing. The only thing that is a little frustrating is that the response time from remote to machine is delayed. Also - even if you push the buttons on the unit itself, it doesn't respond quickly. You have to wait for a few seconds for it to do what you tell it, so just make sure you don't press the buttons a whole bunch of times if it's not reacting fast enough - and learn how to be patient with it.....


  5. I bought this unit with the intention of dubbing some of my VHS and Hi-8 tapes to DVD and have never reliably able to do it with the D-VR600. I think I have wasted a couple dozen DVDs and only successfully dubbed anything several times. I get the cryptic, undocumented message "Can't record. TV system of input video has changed." When I emailed Toshiba for an explanation I received none, but instead was told to unplug the unit for about a minute so the system could reset. Needless to say that did not work.

    I read in another review that Toshiba said this problem was due to a noisy signal from the tape. But I have had the problem whether dubbing the tapes or recording them from external VCRs, including commercial S-VHS and Hi-8 VCRs. At the same time, using a Canopus ADVC-300 analog to digital converter I am able to load every tape into a computer without it ever dropping a frame. I think the problem is the D-VR600 has a crappy analog to digital converter. (Why do do reviews nowadays only tell about the features that appliances have and not how well they work?)

    In summary, the D-VR600 was a complete waste of money for recording DVDs. (I was very disappointed, because I have an old Toshiba DVD player that works great.) The bottom line is that I will never buy another Toshiba product (although I am sure other consumer electronic companies are just as bad). And unfortunately in the future I will have to fork over the extra money to buy commercial grade equipment even when it comes to performing simple, routine tasks like recording a DVD.

    Also, I cannot recommend the Canopus analog to digital converters highly enough. I have tried many analog to digital converters and have always had problems with them dropping frames. But after hundreds of hours of use, my ADVC-300 has yet to drop any frames. And you can adjust the picture too. It's great.


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Posted in DVD Recorders (Thursday, July 24, 2008)

By Directv. Sells new for Too low to display.
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DIRECTV HR21- 100 HD DVR

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