Toshiba RD-XS32SU DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder
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- Number of Discs: 1
- Playable Disk Types: DVD Video VCD DVD-RAM DVD-R DVD-RW CD (Audio) CD-R CD-RW DVD-VR
- Playable File Formats: MPEG2 MP3 WMA
- DVD Type: DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder
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Great picture quality, wierd interface, BAD service
Pros
Great picture quality, fast recording.
Cons
wierd interface, BAD Toshiba service
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
Try something else.
The picture is great, the hard drive works well, and it records immediately. I finally got the hang of the remote, and once you do, it works OK.
Editing your content is something else. You have to create chapters, then export them to a title. Then you erase your old title. Moving a chapter break was hard. It was cumbersome, but OK once I got the hang of it.
When a title would hang around on the hard drive a while, it would tend do resist being editable and transferable to a DVD. In other words, you could watch it, but couldn't save it. I finally got around it by erasing the existing chapter marks and dubbing it to the dvd. Worked most of the time.
One other issue: Despite the manual, I couldn't get it to copy or dub to dvd at a reduced pixel density, so if I recorded at high quality, I could only get about 45 minutes on a dvd; tough for a movie, but even a one hour edited documentary took the whole dvd.
At about 11 months (thank goodness I got the dealer warranty), it just went "ping", and went black - no power. Took it in for repair. Couldn't even contact Toshiba - look on their web site - where can you contact them? THREE MONTHS later, after repeated bitter complaints to the dealer, I got a credit for a new unit. No Toshibas on the shelf - hmmmmmmm, wonder why?
Would have kept it once I had a huge investment in learning how to run it, but if I would rather have a unit easier to operate. I notice there are a lot of refurbished units for sale, why is that? Hmmm.
Got a Sony RDR HX715, and now have to learn to record all over again. Sigh.
Editing your content is something else. You have to create chapters, then export them to a title. Then you erase your old title. Moving a chapter break was hard. It was cumbersome, but OK once I got the hang of it.
When a title would hang around on the hard drive a while, it would tend do resist being editable and transferable to a DVD. In other words, you could watch it, but couldn't save it. I finally got around it by erasing the existing chapter marks and dubbing it to the dvd. Worked most of the time.
One other issue: Despite the manual, I couldn't get it to copy or dub to dvd at a reduced pixel density, so if I recorded at high quality, I could only get about 45 minutes on a dvd; tough for a movie, but even a one hour edited documentary took the whole dvd.
At about 11 months (thank goodness I got the dealer warranty), it just went "ping", and went black - no power. Took it in for repair. Couldn't even contact Toshiba - look on their web site - where can you contact them? THREE MONTHS later, after repeated bitter complaints to the dealer, I got a credit for a new unit. No Toshibas on the shelf - hmmmmmmm, wonder why?
Would have kept it once I had a huge investment in learning how to run it, but if I would rather have a unit easier to operate. I notice there are a lot of refurbished units for sale, why is that? Hmmm.
Got a Sony RDR HX715, and now have to learn to record all over again. Sigh.
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