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| Image Quality | 9.3/10  |
|---|---|
| Sound Quality | 9/10 |
| Features | 8.7/10 |
| Ease of Use | 6.3/10 |
| Value for Money | 8.2/10 |
| Overall rating | 7.3/10 |
By P Blake on 2nd Jun 2005
| Time DVD Recorder Owned | 6 - 12 Months |
|---|---|
| Image Quality | 9/10 |
| Sound Quality | 9/10 |
| Features | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 |
| Value for money | 10/10 |
| Overall value | 8/10 |
 P Blake's recommendation | |
DV input.
Playback quality.
Fairly consistent success in playing finalized DVDs back on other machines.
Infuriating time to load EVERY SINGLE DISK you put into it.
Cancelling finalization so as to re-use an RW disk has not always worked.
I bought my Toshiba DR1 last November when on offer in Richer sounds for £199 (see that they have a few now for £149) while local high street retailers had it for £299-£320. Utterly confused by the parallel existance of the DR3 which although it looks very different, seems to have an identical spec. I also noted that most retailers description of the DR1 said it did not have DV input, which I particularly wanted, yet each one I saw in the flesh had one.
Overall I've been very happy with it and so far I've not had it reject any blank media (have used Philips, Sony and Hewlett Packard). Only one pre-recorded DVD has refused to play.
Cannot begin to understand why it takes so long to read a disk. Have also had a problem when cancelling the finalization on an RW disk, having done so to play it on another machine, and then deleting the chapter so as to use the disk again.
On the whole though very good value for money.
| Helpful | Unhelpful | Agree | Disagree |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Respect: +1
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