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Toshiba DR1
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Average Ratings for Toshiba DR1

  • Image Quality4.7 stars
  • Sound Quality4.5 stars
  • Features4.3 stars
  • Ease of Use3.2 stars
  • Value for Money4.1 stars
  • Overall rating3.7 stars

6 Reviews For Toshiba DR1

  • shane76 16th Dec 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Good Points: Picture and Sound Quality.


    Bad Points: Too long to load a disk. Can't play Photo Slideshows.


    General comments: I got this for NZD149.00, a bargain in this country. Most start at around NZD300.00 and thats just for a Philips! It was the display model with a few scratches and a 12 month warranty. It's good how you can connect something up, whack a disk in and hit record. But it takes so long to read a disk! And last night it froze up. Wouldn't eject a disk, wouldn't turn on and off. Nothing would go. I did what the instructions said and left my finger on the power button for 10 seconds which forced it to shut down. Now it seems to work fine. So I am giving it one more chance and if it does it again im taking it back! And I only bought it because it was so cheap and one day I dream of and will aquire a Pioneer with HDMI and a 400 gig hard drive!

  • beano123 16th Jul 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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  • P Blake 2nd Jun 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    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 ...

  • Jumbo Sausage 30th May 2005

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    The Toshiba DR1 takes a long time to learn how to use it, the features probably are useful and impressive if you have the time. Like another reviewer I have had problems getting it to play discs every time, it seems to depend on the day of the week.... Also my BBC2 reception is covered in red and green stripes.

  • talman Rank: Corporal 3rd Jan 2005

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    Toshiba DR-1: This is a sophisticated machine. DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM. As many connections as you will probably need. Brilliant pre-recorded playback. So what's the problem. Well, the first disk I tried to play on Christmas morning (Prisonser of Azkaban) failed to play. I switched it off and back on again and it eventually worked. The TV recorded on supplied DVD-RAM with no problems other than the 45 sec to a minute it takes to mount the disk. The first blank DVD-R (Datawrite Yello) wasn't recog ...

  • Tel95 Rank: Corporal 27th Nov 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Toshiba DR-1 is a great product.
    It is very comprehensive with a good manual but is relatively easy to use. You can load a DVD and press OTR and away you go.
    If you want to do more, however, you can pre-program (32 programs) directly or with Videoplus and you can vary the bit rate to get more on the DVD. It has PDC and Time Extend to cater for programme overruns. I particularly like the way it can be set to automatically set the quality to best fit the disc space available.
    Tuning it in i ...