Toshiba Black DVD Recorder With Built-In Digital Tuner - DR570

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We have really enjoyed this machine; however, yesterday both of our machines would not power up. The electricity was there, the internal fuses were ok, have not troubleshot further as yet. Very strange. We are on UPS.

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bought 1st dvd recorder in 03. bought this toshiba dr570because if offered HDMI input via antenna. It performed beyond my wildest expectations. I bought another on for my other home.

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I cannot believe all the complains I see here. I have my DR570 for 14 months now and all I can say are praises for it. It is the only one in the market that would output to HDMI not only DVD playback but also from composite analog or component video. The tuner is great too as you can either hook it up to an antenna for over the air ATSC reception and get HD reception, or hook it up to your basic cable and because it has a built in ClearQAM decoder it will also give you the local channels in HD. My DR570 is hooked up to my cable so I could record local channels in HD on DVD-RW disks which i could recycle over and over again. My only complain is about the specifications for the DR570 that is listed on this website. A lot are wrong (e.g. Multi-angle Display: No??? - oh yes it is available!!!) and a lot of good stuff on this unit has been omitted. I hope Toshiba could correct this. But with the unit itself, I am a happy camper. I am planning to buy another one so that I could record two shows at a time.

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I have 3 of these units in use for over a year. While unnecessarily complex to use, they have worked satisfactorily. Until today. Woke up this morning, 1/1/12, to find all 3 machines are dead. Clock window displays only dashes and the machines will not power up, eject discs inside, nothing! Tried unplugging and replugging from the wall; no change! All 3 at once; this cannot be coincidence!! Anyone else have this happen?

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the unit stops recording and gives E-6 and there is no way to find out what that is. The user guide should have a list of errors and what they mean.

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everything great

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overall this product performs reasonably well. resulting dvd that is recorded is average in quality. remote difficult to read due to poor silkscreening color on the names. auto clock feature must be turned off as well as the auto daylight savings time feature. auto clock based on ANALOG PBS station to be available, in the U.S we are now DIGITIAL and feature will not work and will mess up any attempts to use timer recording. digitial turner however is very good. in LA over the air stations are numerous and could be used without cable if necessary.

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I had a Sony recorder which stopped working after three years. This recorder so far is easy to use and does exactly what it was intended to do. I set the timer for certain TV show I record everyday and have not had one problem. Also with the digital tuner I can record one show while watching another one with the cable box.

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The istruction manual is crammed with details and instructions that don't help. All discs recorded need to be finalized. Instructions tell you how to set up auto finalze for disc full or end of preset timer recording. End of timer does not auto finalize. Discs can not be duplicated on my computer. That s not mentioned anywhere in the literature or manual. You must use RCA or fancier connections to output to a TV and can not do any setup operations with out a TV. As in other reviews on this site, RF coax in and out is pass through only, no connecton to the rest of the recorder with out a converter. It's been a nightmare getting just the basic service from it.

Comments about Toshiba Black DVD Recorder With Built-In Digital Tuner:

The istruction manual is crammed with details and instructions that don't help. All discs recorded need to be "finalized". Instructions tell you how to set up auto finalze for disc full or end of preset timer recording. End of timer does not auto finalize. Discs can not be duplicated on my computer. That s not mentioned anywhere in the literature or manual. You must use RCA or fancier connections to output to a TV and can not do any setup operations with out a TV. As in other reviews on this site, RF coax in and out is pass through only, no connecton to the rest of the recorder with out a converter. It's been a nightmare getting just the basic service from it.