Dubbing is not working for me As other reviewers have said, this is a great value for the money. However the #1 reason that I bought it was to dub old (personal) VHS tapes to DVD, and that just is not working at all! Separately, both the VCR and DVD recorder are working fine. I have been able to record to DVD from my Direct-TV TiVo. But whenever I try to dub from VCR to DVD-R I get an error: "Can't record. TV system of input video has changed." That looks like a cryptic translation from Japanese to English. The unit ac...
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/07/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (26 of 26) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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All that I need it to do I purchased the unit primarily to copy old VHS tapes to DVD format. The unit does all that I want it to do. I often hear that these combo units (with VHS and DVD) are troublesome, but I don't find this with the unit. I like of feature of adding chapters to the DVD recording at set intervals, so I can go back and write up an accompanying list of topic chapters. The only weakness is the time it takes for the signal from the remote to the unit. There is a slight delay if you are accustomed to punch...
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/05/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (23 of 23) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Works ok but controls are slow Got the unit to replace a similiar Samsung unit that didn't work too well. The Samsung unit was easier to use -- one touch control to dub from VCR to DVD which is my main reason I needed this unit. However the Samsung had trouble setting the VCR tracking which resulted in unacceptable results for DVD dubbing and for output to a TV.
The Toshiba worked fine. However the controls are really slow. If you use the buttons on the front panel I recommend pressing the button for at least...
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/11/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (17 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Didn't excpect a combo player to be this good I have owned this player for 3-4 months. Awesome little player! I wanted a combo players because I wanted to transfer videos of my kids videos that we have had an various tape formats. Some of which we don't have the camera for anymore. I was able to rent/borrow VHS adaptors that let you play your old tapes in this machine and transfer them to DVD. this is my main dvd player for my home theater, it's quit impressive for a combo player!!
The good:
SD DVD upconverting is very go...
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/28/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Another Burn I bought this product to convert my rather large collection of VHS tapes to DVD-R discs. With the Toshiba name and some good reviews, I thought I had made a smart purchase. I was wrong.
Sometimes, when dubbing, it continues to play the VHS tape but it stops recording without any on-screen notification! Sometimes I get the "Video input system changed" message that others have reported, but it usually happens that I watch 2-3 hours of tape only to find that the unit recorded a whoppin...
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/11/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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OK, but a little slow. This is my first unit with a DVD recorder & VCR all-in-one unit. Although my primary movie collection is all on DVD, I occasionally still watch video tapes and I still have very few VHS titles that are not on DVD that I'm still willing to keep. My old VHS tape player broke down earlier this year and I decided to get a DVD/VCR combo instead of getting another VHS player. After reading several reviews about DVD/VCR recorders (which have been mostly negative), I decided to take a chance on the newl...
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/24/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
97% (80 of 82) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Adequate but not stellar product... but look at the price... I bought this item to replace a regular DVD-VCR combo drive recently. After comparing various models side by side, I went with the Toshiba. This was a good choice on some levels, although I'm not completely happy with the unit either.
This unit doesn't have a tuner, which is what makes the price reasonable. You should not buy this unit unless you use a separate cable or satellite box to control your TV (I have DirecTV Tivo and it works perfectly with that). On the other hand, there'...
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 06/25/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
97% (78 of 80) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Works OK, Price competitive We've had it for a week and it works OK for our intended purpose, which is to dub VHS to DVD-R. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it played a Region 0 PAL output DVD and a Region 3 NTSC output DVD I own. The manual says it only plays Region 1 and "ALL" (never have seen an ALL) DVDs and it specifically says it won't play PAL DVDs. It appears to be Multiregion and NTSC/PAL output capable. That alone make it a cut above other units of the same price. I did notice that it played Spiderman 1 DVD...
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/04/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (28 of 31) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great Product! Just follow instructions. We have Directv with Tivo, and it was filling up fast. after about 30 mintues of hardware set up, I was recording things off the Tivo and into DVD! I tested it on the portable DVD player we have. Now I have more than enough cartoons for my daughter; american Idol, so you think you can dance, rockstar supernova, oprah shows for my wifey; and more space on the tivo for my shows!
Set up, hardware: Easy, as long as you have all the cables ready.
Set up, DVD / VCR: Easy, as long a...
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/13/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
81% (18 of 22) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Review purchase Everything was fine as far as the prompt delivery, etc., but the product leaves something to be desired (Toshiba DVD Recorder/VCR Combo. D-VR600, However I am keeping it because I don't have the energy to return it.
[Toshiba DVD Recorder (DVR600) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/28/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
3% (1 of 26) Users Found This Review Helpful |