Toshiba DR-160 0GB Storage, , DVD Recorder Reviews

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+ This DVD recorder scores very high on speed. - It scores poorly on design. “Easy to use” Seymour, Dunstable View all 22 real customer reviews

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22 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
87% of people recommend it.

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Design	7.3
Ease of use	8.1
Image quality	7.7
Reliability	10.0
Sound quality	7.8
Speed	10.0
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.6
Overall rating	8.0

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Score 9.0/10

Seymour, Dunstable

+ Easy to use

- Some difficulty getting DVD's to play back on other Toshiba DVD players

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134 of 134 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Jul 2006

Score 8.0/10

Tony, Southport

+ Not too complicated for the basics, have not got into the advanced usage yet, have to wait for the grandchildren to come round !!!

- Formatting the discs, forgetting and then having to wait for them to load, this is my fault not the machine, so machine wise no bad points.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jan 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Design a bit dated

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jan 2007

Score 10.0/10

Bev, Surrey

+ Its very quiet when on and has a good varitey of recording options. Its very sleek.

- I haven't found any yet.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jan 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to understand menu system

- Only uses DVD-R & DVD-RW

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Apr 2007

Score 9.0/10

Phil, Norwich

+ good value for money

- the manual says it can only use 8x DVDs whereas most sold now are 16x.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Apr 2007

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ represents good value for money, easy to use

- quite large

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 May 2007

Score 5.0/10

Albert, Teddington

+ Good basic DVD recorder

- Limited output connections, & does not work with Toshiba Integrated Remote control.

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purchased 05 May 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Smple, easy to use

- Scart input doesnt work and required to use front inputs. This is vaguely mentioned in the instruction manual as a possible problem.

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purchased 09 Apr 2007

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Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB	0
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.
Blu Ray Recording	No
A yes means that this device is able to record data to a high-capacity Blu Ray disc.
HDMI Interface	0
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	1
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	No
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	No
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	No
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	No
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	No
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.
Release Date	1 Apr 2006
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.
Freeview	No
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
Progressive Scan	No