Toshiba RD-98DT 250GB Storage, Upscaling DVD Recorder Reviews

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“Pleasing appearance. qualityof picture.” Lawrence, Caterham View all 4 real customer reviews

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Performance	9.7
Reliability	9.7
Speed	9.7
Value for money (at time of purchase)	9.5
Overall rating	9.0

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Lawrence, Caterham , “Pensioner.”

Score 7.0/10

+ Pleasing appearance. Qualityof picture.

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An attractive, low-proÔ¨Åle unit, the Toshiba RD-98DT has a glossy black Ô¨Ånish in keeping with the brand's Regza LCD TVs. Features include both Freeview and analogue TV tuners; 250GB of HDD capacity; frontpanel AV inputs (including i.Link for DV camcorders); block-noise reduction; a 'Sat-Link' facility that allows recording to be triggered by compatible set-top boxes; and a HDMI port with upscaling up to 1080p. Chasing playback and complete series recording is also offered, as is the ability to play DivX, JPEG and MP3 discs. In other words, this is a well-stocked machine.Recording mo…

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reviewed 07 Oct 2008

Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB	250
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Integrated VCR	No
Some devices come with a video cassette player built-in.
Blu Ray Playback	No
A ‘Yes’ indicates that this device is able to play Blu Ray discs, which is the standard format for high definition (HD) video.
Upscaling	Yes
Upscaling DVD players use video processing techniques to improve the quality of a standard definition image from a DVD to a near high definition (HD) image.
Multi region	Yes
Some devices are able to play discs from any ‘region’:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd_region, while others are only able to play discs from their home region.
Blu Ray Recording	No
A yes means that this device is able to record data to a high-capacity Blu Ray disc.
Type	Table

HDMI Interface	1
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of Scart Interfaces	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Number of Discs	1
The number of discs that the player will hold inside its body ready to play.
DVD+R Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD+R format.
DVD-R Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD-R format.
DVD+RW Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD+RW format.
DVD-RW Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD-RW format.
DVD-RAM Playback	No
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD-RAM format.
HD-DVD Playback	No
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the HD DVD format.
DivX Playback	Yes
A yes means this device is able to play video compressed using the popular ‘DivX format.’:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divx
DVD+R Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD+R format.
DVD-R Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD-R format.
DVD+RW Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD+RW format.
DVD-RW Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD-RW format.
DVD-RAM Recording	No
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD-RAM format.
HD-DVD Recording	No
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the HD DVD format.
USB Port	No
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
DVB-S	No
Some TVs have DVB-S.
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.

Also known as: Toshiba RD98DT

Manufacturer's Description

Combining the convenience of DVD recording with the huge capacity of a hard drive, the RD98DT is perfectly suited to the digital age. The 250GB hard drive takes 424 hours of digital TV, while DVDs are upscaled to near-HD quality.