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DVD Type: DVD Recorder
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)
Exterior Color: Black

Toshiba D-R550 Reviews

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5 stars		(12)
4 stars		(13)
3 stars		(5)
2 stars		(8)
1 star		(6)

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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. from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com 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! from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com 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). from Amazon.com 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. from Amazon.com

Released	over 2 years ago
DVD Type	DVD Recorder
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)
Exterior Color	Black
Front Panel	iLINK DV Input
MPN	D-R550
Outputs	S-Video x 1, Component x 1, HDMI x 1, Digital Audio Coaxial x 1, Digital Audio Optical x 1
Playable File Formats	MPEG4 DivX MP3 WMA JPEG
Progressive Scan	With Progressive Scan
Video Upconversion	720p (HDTV) 1080i (HDTV) 1080p (HDTV)

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