Toshiba DR18DT , , Upscaling DVD Recorder Reviews
27 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary
This DVD Recorder has no outstanding positive points. It scored poorly on ease of use.
“Clear picture, easy set up.”
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Score 5.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
+ Clear picture, easy set up.
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Guide doesn't allow you to switch to the programme you choose, it just tries to start recording.
If you have a DVD in the machine at startup, it tries to load the DVD even if you just want to watch telly, and you are locked out for a while while the DVD loads.
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13 of 14 people found this review helpful
purchased 12 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
Jane, Coniston
+ Easy to follow installation instructions.Not had any problems since it was set up.Extremely good value for money.Smart overall design.
- Reviewer left no comment
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10 of 11 people found this review helpful
purchased 16 Jan 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
+ Excellent picture and sound quality, very easy to set up.
- Cant seem to record one channel and watch another, I might be wrong about this, maybe I just havn't mastered it yet.
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8 of 9 people found this review helpful
purchased 23 Dec 2008
Score 8.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser , “no”
+ Reviewer left no comment
- epg layout not as good as panasonic nor aseasy to access and usenor can the ending time be altered to give an extra few minuets to the rcordingresulting in lost endinds when no signal is broadcast to delay the timer recording end
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4 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 14 Oct 2008
Score 4.0/10
jank, folkestone
+ looks nice and quite easy to use. up tp eight hours recording time.
- poor picture quality on playback on all recordings on every recording speed dispite perfect picture quality through the tv
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4 of 5 people found this review helpful
purchased 17 Mar 2009
Score 8.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
+ Ease of use
- over complicated instructions
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3 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 02 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
+ it's a bargain
- it was a bit hard to get use to at first, and the instructions booklet is slightly a little breif
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3 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 23 Mar 2009
Score 4.0/10
Jeremy, Cam, Dursley
+ Probably better sound and picture quality than our TV can support.
- The on screen menu is badly designed, I have not yet successfully recorded anything.
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2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 07 Apr 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
+ The dual tuner is great for both analogue and digital. Its relatively small compared to my last one which suits me.
- None.
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 06 Apr 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
+ very easy to set up
- Reviewer left no comment
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 08 Apr 2009
Score 4.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
+ Freeview with lots of channels
- Picture keeps breaking up and if you unplug from the mains, you have to retune the channels all over again which isn't easy
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 01 May 2009
Score 10.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
+ Easy to understand instructions with no problem to set up.Good value.
- None what so ever
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purchased 05 May 2009
Score 10.0/10
malcolm, york , “Technophobe”
+ easy use
- no bad points
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purchased 12 May 2009
Score 9.0/10
John, Ramsgate , “collector”
+ It works !! ( so far !! ) ..... previous two Philips dvd recorders had dreaded 'failure to record' messages.
- None
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purchased 18 May 2009
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Product Features
Integrated VCR
 
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No |
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Blu Ray Playback
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No |
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Upscaling
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Yes |
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Blu Ray Recording
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No |
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HDMI Interface
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1 |
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Number of Scart Interfaces
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2 |
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Number of Discs
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1 |
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DVD+R Playback
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Yes |
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DVD-R Playback
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Yes |
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DVD+RW Playback
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Yes |
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DVD-RW Playback
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Yes |
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DVD-RAM Playback
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Yes |
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HD-DVD Playback
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No |
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DivX Playback
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Yes |
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DVD+R Recording
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Yes |
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DVD-R Recording
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Yes |
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DVD+RW Recording
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Yes |
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DVD-RW Recording
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Yes |
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DVD-RAM Recording
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No |
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HD-DVD Recording
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No |
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DVB-S
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No |
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Colour
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Black |
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Release Date
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8 Jul 2008 |
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Manufacturer's Description
Pause live TV with this DVD recorder – or record for up to 8.5 hours. Equipped with a Freeview TV tuner, the DR18DT can upscale DVDs to 1080p quality. It plays almost any DVD disc format as well as CD, DiVX video files, MP3 music and JPEG photos – and you can even import footage from a camcorder.
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface is an all-digital audio/video interface capable of transmitting uncompressed streams. HDMI provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source and video monitor.
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