Toshiba D-VR4X Multi-Drive DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
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List Price: $349.99
Features
• DVD Recorder with a Full-Featured Hi-Fi VCR and DVD/VCR Progressive Output
• Multi-Drive Playback/Recording with 24-Bit/96kHz Audio Digital/Analog Converter
• Front Panel A/V and IEEE1394DV Inputs with Optical TosLink Digital Audio Outputs
• VCR Plus Plus C3 Timer Recording/Bi-Direction Dubbing/JPEG Viewer
• 12.10 lbs (LxWxH) 16.93 x 12.52 x 3.52 |
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Toshiba D-VR4X Multi-Drive DVD Recorder/VCR Combo Customer Reviews
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Relatively Expensive Piece of Junk!
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I tried to give this thing no stars, but had to give it one in order to write a review.
I bought this on Amazon about 6 months ago. In spite of the backwards messages and displays (described later) and unbelievably tiny red Timed Recording indicator light, it worked fine for the first 3 months. Then one night, while it time-recorded from 9-10PM onto video, it didn't stop recording until it ran out of tape! I didn't know it had done that (duh!), so when I returned home from work the next evening, the daytime recording onto DVD never happened. Seems that, if you schedule timed recordings onto both DVD and VCR, if there is no tape left, no recording occurs at all.
Then the error message that was on the screen that must've occurred when it "couldn't" record onto DVD that day wouldn't go away. As a last resort, I unplugged the thing for over 3 hours - It finally went away. Of course, all of the timed recording and system settings were gone and had to be re-input. Unplugging it for 3 or more hours is now the only way to get rid of ANY error message.
Now it never stops recording onto tape no matter what the scheduled stop time is. I've resorted to only time-recording onto DVD...what a waste of money for a dual unit, eh?
Oh, yes, the indicators and backwards messages. The VCR is on the left and DVR on the right of the unit; but when ejecting, the eject indicator on the screen is on the right when ejecting a tape and the left when ejecting a DVD (that engineer must've been on drugs). The messages are also backwards: If what you actually need to do next is press the time recording button to turn it on, the message tells you to turn it off, and vice versa...perhaps same engineer on the same drugs?
I haven't yet tried copying my video tapes onto DVD...from the other reviews here, I anticipate another "fun" experience. I strongly suggest buying a unit like this that is manufactured by ANYONE other than Toshiba. |
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Toshiba D-VR4X Multi-Drive DVD Recorder/VCR Combo home electronics.