 Fantastic VHS/DVD Recorder |
| Review Date: June 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Michael K. Wheeler, Lakewood, OH USA |
| I have used this recorder over the last three months to copy all my home VHS tapes to DVD. Previous reviews of other Toshiba VHS/DVD recorders complained about problems with made DVD's before a live consultation in other diplomacy. Also complaints of intricate manual directions and intricate remote reins. I have found this new recorder to be simple to use. The manual is to some extent intricate but simple to follow once you try a few recordings. The remote control was simple to use. There is one HDMI output cable for both DVD and VHS replay. The feature of the replay in standard play speed is excellent for my recorded DVD's. The feature of store bought DVD's was excellant. The upconvert to 1080 is a excellent feature. The price was fantastic. Bravo to Toshiba. |
A excellent feature and affordable combo unit from Toshiba
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| Review Date: May 26, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Fishing Fool, On a yacht near Fiji Islands |
I bought this as a gift so I wasn't able to test out all of the facial advent but I did get to test out the basic ones. First of all the recording feature is very excellent from the DVD recorder. In XP mode there is no variation in feature linking the actual broadcast vs the recording. It looks like peas in a pod.
The image feature of DVD playback is also excellent. I did not test this unit with a HDTV so I don't know what the upscaling is like but assume it is at least as excellent as competing models. The VCR could also record.
The unit's exterior design is elegant and simple and doesn't look cheap. It's not as tall as it looks in the pictures. The front bottom half is a door that flips down to reveal more buttons. The door has a shiny clear end. This unit is very simple to operate out of the box, it doesn't require much tuning to do basic functions. The remote is nice too with lots of functions.
The only thing that you should know before you buy this unit is the fact it DOES NOT have a built-in tuner so keep that in mind. You will need to connect a break tuner, cable box, VCR etc. to record OTA broadcasts. Since it has no tuner, you cannot simply hook an mast straight into this unit to record broadcasts. |
Brilliant Buy For VHS to DVD Conversion
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| Review Date: September 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: jce1975, Houston, TX United States |
Over the past 5 years, I have been looking into solutions for converting about 60 VHS tapes to DVD. All of these VHS tapes contain video footage of my family when I was 20 years younger and I have been worrying about how long these tapes would last. After some research, I chose that I needed an simple way to exchange these videos even though I would be giving up some extra facial advent. My only goal at this time... get these videos digitized.
After reading the reviews of the Toshiba DVR620 DVD/VHS Recorder, Black, I was a small uncertain if this was the right product, but made the buy anyway. Since the buy 1 month ago, I have converted 59 of the 60 VHS tapes to DVD. The Toshiba has worked like a champion! The one tape that failed to exchange to DVD was due to the film in fact coming off one side of the cassette. I will have to open it up and tape it back on and then try again.
As for some of the complaints I have read, I also reckon that having an eject button for the VHS tape on the machine would be nice. I will be extra strict not to lose the remote otherwise the machine will probably become useless and any tape left inside the machine will be stuck.
By and large, I couldn't be more pleased with its routine. |
Toshiba DVR620KU - Best For Converting VHS Tapes to DVD
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| Review Date: March 22, 2010 |
| Reviewer: E. Dearmon, Colorado Springs, CO USA |
I bought this unit Exactingly FOR CONVERTING my huge tape pool to DVD. I previously bought a Sony but it bunged effective, after converting only about 40 tapes. So I bought this Toshiba unit to replace it. This Toshiba has worked Fantastic, and so far I have converted over 200 VHS tapes to DVD, with absolutely no problems. 2-Hr VHS tapes in SP mode will fit perfectly on a DVD+R blank disc by recording in DVD SP mode.
One word of warning: the Mode Select button is directly below the VCR choice key, which is used a lot. If you press the Mode Select button accidentally, you may change the DVD recording speed easily without noticing. I must have done this, and learned after converting 5 tapes that they were Converted in EP mode (less feature) rather than SP that I wanted, but now I am more strict and irregularly purposely press that button to insure that I am still set for SP mode DVD recording. If less feature but more space is wanted, you could use the EP mode to record 2 - 2Hr tapes onto one DVD, but the DVD depiction & sound feature will be at lesser feature than the original VHS tape(s).
By and large, if converting VHS to DVD is all you are looking for, this unit will give up feature DVD copies, and is a more reliable unit than the Sony products. In fact, once you set the unit up with your preferences, you only have to press the DUBBING button to record each 2-hr VHS tape to a blank DVD. Remember to FINALIZE your DVD after recording, so that it will play on other units. You should also use DVD+R, not DVD-R, since Toshiba recommends and chains only the "+" format discs. Toshiba has brilliant tech help, and they in fact speak excellent English.
The space reduction of DVD vs. VHS is fantastic, and by converting ancient tapes to DVD, you are preserving them for the future, as VHS tapes have a trend to eventually decay beyond usable shape up.
I will never buy another Sony product. |
FANTASTIC
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| Review Date: September 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: C. Neff, |
| I Bought A RATHER Pricey VCR COMBO SOME TIME AGO AND WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK. I TOOK IT BACK TO BEST BUY. WAITED FOR A FEW MONTHS AND WHILE SEARCHING AND REVIEWING THEM; I FOUND THIS ONE. THE PRICE WAS Exact AND WHEN YOU GET IT HOME YOU WILL BE REMARKABLY SURPRISED AT ALL THE THINGS IT DOES AND HOW Simple IT IS TO Curriculum, COPY YOUR TAPES TO DVDS, ETC. WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS UNIT. YES I WOULD. |
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