Toshiba D-VR5 DVD/VCR Player

(Progressive Scan - MPN: DVR5)

Description: You can record your favorite shows to re-recordable VHS tapes, DVD-RWs, and DVD-RAM discs, or to write-once DVD-Rs for permanent archiving. Hookup is a snap thanks to the 'VR5's ability to send both DVD and VHS signals through all of its ou.... Read More

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Date Reviewed: 09/28/2006
bosma64 Member Since: Sep 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Days	Finicky Confusing and Disappointing Strengths: not many I can find Weaknesses: confusing manual, disc eject is S L O W, does not support DVD+R format Summary: Just trying to use this VCR/DVD was an exercise in frustration. I am no novice to consumer electronics. The unit will not tell you if a disc is not a proper format, and continually tries to read a blank disc, rendering the remote useless until it is done doing its thing. Setting it up to record is very cumbersome. Returned this item immediately. The price of this item is much too high for what you get. 100% of People (9/9) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 09/06/2006
FrustratedGuy from CA Member Since: Sep 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 1 Day	It was returned Strengths: Remote looked okay. Weaknesses: Did not quickly report a disk it could not read. Today's models should be able to record on all DVD media. Summary: One of the first things I tried was to play other disks recorded on other DVD recorders and ones recorded on the computer. One disk went in and that was it. Screen goes blank and audio from tuner cuts out. Could not get tray to open. Turned power off & on. No luck, still could not get disk out. Unplug & replug. No luck. It went back to the store with a disk inside it. Thank goodness I tested a second copy of a home movie disk I duplicated on the PC. Any disk that can not be played should be quickly reported and ejected (or at least be ejectable). The idea is to take home movies/tapes, transfer them to DVD, then duplicate for my siblings. 100% of People (4/4) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 01/24/2007
azygous1 from OH Member Since: Oct 2004 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 12 Days	D-VR5 DVD/VCR Player (Progressive Scan) Strengths: really great machin..all in one. can record upto 12 programmes in 1 month. Weaknesses: a lot costly Summary: Toshiba Multi-Drive DVD recorders are multi-format DVD recorders designed to provide the greatest flexibility in recording and playback by supporting DVD-RAM, DVD-R, and DVD-RW* recordable disc formats. The right format for every application 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 07/18/2006
catwoman50 from LA Member Since: Jan 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 1 Days	D-VR5 returned--too finicky, inconsistent, and complicated Strengths: Good picture quality Weaknesses: Very inconsistent in supporting many formats; dvd tray frequently did not open/close for no apparent reason;product manual is VERY lengthy Summary: This was a very disappointing product. Although picture quality was good the unit was inconsistent in supporting many formats. The manual was confusing and lengthy due to detailing formats which may or may not be supported. The unit cannot be operated intuitively and a better manual would have been helpful. We quickly returned the product in spite of incurring a steep return fee from the online merchant. 87% of People (13/15) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.