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I like this Burner but there is some things that could be better. The tuning takes to long some times. Not as good a picture as my Sony TV tuner.
For a "nominal charge" of $90 plus shipping they would replace the unit with one that has been refurbished. After six months of good service, my DR560 went belly up. And I had to pay with a money order (no personal checks or credit cards) and ship the broken unit back at my expense before they would send the new/used replacement. For some reason the DVD tray would not close. Technical support was a waste of time. Some warranty. I had been a fan of Toshiba but no longer.
Came back a week and a half later and they had done nothing to it. I called Toshiba customer service--sorry, they cannot do anything, because the brand new replacement unit only had a 30-day warranty, which absolutely nobody told me about and there was no mention of it with the shipment, either. To the service depot it went. The one I received did not have a fully functioning digital tuner. Toshiba does not seem to get it right and I know I would have been better off investing a bit more in a hard drive/disc drive model, which are harder to find, but more useful. All channels were wiped out from the unit and when I tried to reprogram, it got stuck at the beginning of starting the digital channel programming.
Two weeks later I recorded a show, which I tried to watch three weeks later (not much time for watching TV), but there was nothing but snow on the recording on the disk.
So, back it went.
They did offer to send me another unit, though, for a "nominal" fee of over $100.
The picture came in b&w.
Just the equipment in its original manufacturer box.
This time after two weeks, still no word, no equipment.
I called their customer service again and two days later a guy called from the service depot saying they can't repair the unit but Toshiba will ship me brand new unit to replace it.The new unit came and it seemed to be working fine.
Like I really want another piece of junk after those two.So, now I have another regular DVD-player, probably analog as well, because I think the problem again lies with the digital tuner.
Be prepared to have a flashlight to see the little non-lit remote. A HD TV program at 1080i looks super on disk.
I did. Have you ever wished you just waited a few weeks or months to buy the newest and latest.
A VHS tape recorded to the disk is still a 480 picture at best. This is an adequate machine for what it is; however, it is just average compared to other products with the same features.
It does record and the output is as good as the source. As I said it does what you want it to do.
Sometimes the programmed recording decides to forget its job and if you seek a super show to record you may be disappointed.Bottom line: Wish I had bought a newer better machine.
It is limited, as it only tunes "cable-clear" signals, and on my Comcast service, that's limited to broadcast stations and basic-cable offerings. I haven't fully explored what you can do with this machine, but it is easy to use and produces good recorded DVDs. But who knows where it might lead. Of course, it's also a good player.The uses I have for it, not all of them tested yet: copying VHS tapes to DVD (from my existing VCR); recording TV programs off the "air"; watching prerecorded (or my own previously recorded) DVDs; producing edited DVDs of my own recorded materials; tuning in QAM channels directly from my cable. This last is an interesting new capability that I haven't fully explored. Also, if I get a DVR someday, I can copy stuff I want to save onto a DVD.This unit also has interface and connectors for every output mode imaginable: (RCA cable) video and audio, component video (RGB), S-video, and HDMI. What is doesn't have is coax output on analog channel 3 or 4, but I guess that's gone the way of the crank starter.This is a good basic device, a modern replacement for the VCR for off-the-"air" recordings, and for playback of prerecorded material.
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