Product Ratings
Overall (44 Reviews)
Amazon.com (21 Reviews)
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Specs & Features
Released
Exterior Color
Front Panel
Playable File Formats
DVD Type
Playable Disk Types
DVD Video
VCD
DVD-RAM
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD+R
DVD+RW
CD (Audio)
CD-R
CD-RW
Surround Sound
Dolby Digital (Digital out only)
DTS (Digital out only)
MPN
Outputs
S-Video x 1, Component x 1, HDMI x 1, Digital Audio Coaxial x 1, Digital Audio Optical x 1
Progressive Scan
Video Upconversion
720p (HDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
1080p (HDTV)
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What People Say
I am amazed at the quality of recordings off my cable .
There is no perceptable loss of quality at all, it look as good as the original at least in XP & SP modes.
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I bought my first D-R550 to replace a cheap DVD player .
I wanted an ASTC tuner , and I wanted to record like a VCR.
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I bought the D-R550 to record two shows daily.
It worked great for a week and then began to lose the preset channels as others have reported.
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NO TV CHANNELS! As every other brand of DVD recorder /tuner combo has multiple shortcomings, I was hoping this one was going to work (I am really sick of testing them).
I will call Toshiba and see if they have a fix for the problem yet, but I'm not optimistic.
Other cons: Can't delete one minor digital channel without losing all of same major #, can't scroll anolog and digital channels without changing tuners , no tv control on remote.
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I bought this product for my in-laws in December of 2007 so they could have something to record with and be ready for the digital signal age.
First the good: The set up is as easy as it gets, which is great for old people.
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I don't have HD cable yet, so I can't comment on the digital tuner, but everything else works great.
The upconverting of regular DVDs is astounding.
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Their tech support is lying that 1 in 10K units has this problem (see other review). From the limited number of reviews, the problem of losing channels is prolific (4 out of 7 reviews have this problem).
Toshiba, shame on you to put defective products for sale!
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I purchased one of these door stops in MAY!
I have payed for shipping to send it back to Toshiba under warranty .
The device would not remember its programming.
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My goal was to replace VHS recorders with a DVD Recorder . I needed the capability to record on one television and playback on any of 3 other televisions, so a Tivo-type recorder wouldn't work.
The Toshiba D-R550 has worked flawlessly.
I use DVD+RW disks and have had absolutely no problem watching recorded television programs, without finalizing the disks, on other DVD players (even a 4 year old Sony DVD player ).
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This recorder/tuner should have had more features than my old over-the-air receiver , my older dvd recorder, and my upconverting dvd player. I wanted a QAM tuner for my COMCAST basic cable because my over-the-air HDTV box isn't compatible with the COMCAST cable digital signals.
I have a Toshiba 46" HDTV with a HDCP connector which with the over-the-air HDTV receiver displays a beautiful picture at 1080i.
I tried the component cable output to my HDTV first and the quality of the picture was significantly less than I had experienced with my old HDTV reciver.
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