Toshiba DVR610 1080p Upconverting Tunerless VHS DVD Recorder

Toshiba DVR610 1080p Upconverting Tunerless VHS DVD Recorder | This VDR/DVD Unit Does the Job!

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	Toshiba DVR610 1080p Upconverting Tunerless VHS DVD Recorder Toshiba Toshiba average customer review:based on 54 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This a is great DVR-VCR!

I bought this unit to copy old VHS tapes over to DVD. I have about 200 VHS tapes to copy and this is my third attempt to find good equipment to do this task with. My first attempt was with separate units, a JVC HR-S5975EK Super VHS Video Recorder (very rare) and a RCA DVR unit. The RCA DVR burned out after about 30 disk and was extremely complicated to operate. It also turned out about as many coasters as it did playable DVD's. MY second was attempt was the RCA DRC8335 DVD Recorder & VCR Combo With Built-In Tuner (THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! This is the sound of me kicking myself in the behind). This unit was so bad it is indescribable. It has a 1 star rating on Amazon.com. Most think it should have a zero star rating. The only thing worse then this unit is RCA customer support, which resulted in me filing a complaint with the BBB, which RCA tried to get removed by lying to the BBB and saying that they had refunded may money when in fact they had never even called me, and a year later still have not resolved the issue after numerous calls. But that's enough about RCA, let's talked about how wonderful this unit is.

All I can say is it does exactly what I want, and it does it with one touch. You just put in your VHS tape and your blank DVD-R and press DUBBING. That's it! It is that simple. In most cases I just leave it and when I come back all I have to do is finalize the disk. The only problem I had was with one VHS tape that had empty spots between video recordings. This unit monitors the video feed and when the feed stops, it stop recording to the DVD. This worried me at first because other units (RCA) that I owned would leave me with a coaster if I tried to continue recording to the same disk. Not this unit. I just ran the tape to the point where the video started up again and pressed DUBBING. When the tape was fully recorded and I finalized the disk, it worked perfectly as if it had recorded normally.

Bottom line, it's a Toshiba and they don't make junk like some other companies I know (RCA). The last Toshiba I owned was a VCR unit and I had it for over 10 years before I gave it to a friend who is still using it (13 years now). Buy Toshiba, you won't regret it.

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This VDR/DVD Unit Does the Job!

I was very hesitant to purchase a VCR to DVD player, since it seems many of the units have various issues and problems. I wanted to basically burn old VCR tapes to DVD for their preservation. After about 12 conversions, I can safely say this item does an excellent job! About the only negative would be the directions are not written very clearly. Even that is not a big deal, since basically all you do is start the VCR in the play mode and press DVD, then dub. Also, remember to finalize the disk once your project is complete. One other minor issue is that the unit has the annoying habit of automatically shutting off when you rewind a VCR tape. You can add chapters and change the default menu, but it is time consuming. The other option is that once your old VHS movies are on disk, you can import the info into a good computer video editing program such as Adobe Premier Elements or Pinnacle Studio 12. All in all, I think this is a good VCR to DVD unit.

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As promised

Dealer communicated as needed/when needed. Delivered as scheduled.
Product is everything promised and then some. Easy directions and setup, excelant construction and performance. Video/audio output is just great. Easy to use in both playback and record of either medium.
I would buy another if I needed it.
RJS

WORTH THE MONEY

I haven't had time to gain much operating experience with it yet, but it seemed to do a fine job the couple of times I did use it. The recording quality appeared to be excellent.

My one complaint is that when the recorder is not close to eye level - and I believe most users would not have it set up that high - the optical display is impossible to see. In my case I had to continually kneel on the floor to see what the unit was doing. Although the recording quality is better than my LITEON unit, in ease of operation there is a lot to be said in favor of having the on-screen programing system that the LITEON unit utilizes.

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