Toshiba D-R1 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/Player

Toshiba D-R1 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/Player

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The Toshiba D-R1 is not only a full-featured progressive-scan DVD player that handles DVDs, CDs, MP3 discs, and JPEG-filled recordable discs; it's also a DVD recorder equipped with VCR Plus+ for advance programming. The recorder can store up to eight hours of audio/video--whether broadcast programming or copies of your home movies to share with loved ones--on a 9.4 GB double-sided DVD-RAM disc and four hours on a write-once DVD-R or recordable DVD-RW.

The D-R1 offers the flexibility of recording on both DVD-RAM--perfect for instant chapter access and for multiple rerecordings--as well as DVD-R, the most widely compatible of the many DVD formats (great for sharing camcorder footage with loved ones). DVD-RW compatibility lets you erase and rewrite, though relatively few players and computer drives will play back DVD-RWs. DVD-RAM discs can be read, written, and erased more than 100,000 times.

When recording, the D-R1 captures the first video frame and displays it as the chapter mark. You can then designate chapter marks with custom screen captures or thumbnail images of your choice. The D-R1 also lets you generate and save custom playlists using any title and chapter. Each list of desired footage can be separately titled and edited (for removal of, say, commercials) and then seamlessly played back.

Time Slip lets you use this DVD recorder like a personal video recorder, or PVR. Because of DVD-RAM's fast transfer rate, you can view the recorded portion of an ongoing program from the beginning, while still recording the show in progress.

The D-R1 features a 181-channel cable-compatible tuner and two-month, 32-event programming. Input your own program data or take advantage of built-in Gemstar VCR Plus+ technology for simplified programming. Battery backup retains programming data during power outages, and XDS auto clock set ensures that the recorder will never blink 12:00. In addition to recording new video content, the D-R1 lets you transfer and even enhance favorite video recordings to durable, space-saving discs--a terrific way to archive, preserve, and access your movies and family videos. A convenient front-panel IEEE-1394 input is perfect for direct digital transfers of miniDV camcorder footage.

For superlative playback, the D-R1 is equipped with a 10-bit/54 MHz video digital-to-analog converter capable of great color purity and detail. When connected to a high-definition or HD-ready television through its ColorStream Pro component-video outputs, the D-R1 delivers Toshiba's Digital Cinema Progressive picture. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, providing higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

The D-R1 also performs 3:2 pulldown. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture. The deck's abundant connections include multiple composite- and S-video inputs and outputs, stereo analog (left/right) inputs and outputs (with a choice, on the audio input, of uncompressed PCM or Dolby Digital 2.0 encoding to conserve disc space), and a pair of digital-audio outputs (one coaxial, one optical) for use with a compatible digital surround receiver.

EAM (Enhanced Audio Mode) offers three audio-enhancements: "normal" mode equalizes regular digital-audio signals; "3-D" provides virtual surround sound through Spatializer N-2-2 circuitry; and "Dialogue" enhances the center-channel frequencies when you're playing Dolby Digital-encoded discs via the D-R1's analog audio outputs.

What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, and a RF coaxial video cable.

Product Description:
The Super Multi-Drive Recorder allows users to record and playback their favorite videos in stunning MPEG-2 digital video on either a DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or DVD-RW formatted discs. It features two preset and user adjustable video quality options; simultaneous play and record with DVD-RAM media; ColorStream Pro Progressive Scan Component Video Outputs, compatible with today's finest analog and digital televisions for delivery of stunningly colorful images; easy off-air recording with advanced timer programming functions. Time slip recording/playback offers the user the ability to begin watching a recording that is already in progress, or 'pause' a live recording and then return to it later using RAM media. The recorder also features two Line Inputs, front A/V and IEEE1394DV Input, and RF Input/Output for dubbing content from multiple sources. DVD-R/CD-R/CD-RW compatible playback ensures discs made with a personal computer can be played back in the home theater system too. All Returns and Exchanges are through Toshiba Only

Toshiba D-R1 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/Player

Average customer rating:

Disappointment.

Great DVD-Recorder, if you're patient.

Expensive but useless

Giant disappointment

Love this thing!

Toshiba D-R1 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/Player

Manufacturer: Toshiba
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

DVD-RAM, DVD-R, and DVD-RW recording with Time Slip feature so you can view a show from the start while it's still recording

Digital Cinema Progressive Scan for flicker-free images on high-definition and HD-ready screens

Auto title/chapter/thumbnail creation, VCR Plus+ timer recording

Linear PCM or Dolby Digital (2-channel) audio recording

Front-panel audio/video and IEEE-1394 DV input for camcorder, VCR, or other device

ASIN: B0000AVBHF

Amazon.com Product Description

The Toshiba D-R1 is not only a full-featured progressive-scan DVD player that handles DVDs, CDs, MP3 discs, and JPEG-filled recordable discs; it's also a DVD recorder equipped with VCR Plus+ for advance programming. The recorder can store up to eight hours of audio/video--whether broadcast programming or copies of your home movies to share with loved ones--on a 9.4 GB double-sided DVD-RAM disc and four hours on a write-once DVD-R or recordable DVD-RW.

What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, and a RF coaxial video cable.

Product Description

The Super Multi-Drive Recorder allows users to record and playback their favorite videos in stunning MPEG-2 digital video on either a DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or DVD-RW formatted discs. It features two preset and user adjustable video quality options; simultaneous play and record with DVD-RAM media; ColorStream Pro Progressive Scan Component Video Outputs, compatible with today's finest analog and digital televisions for delivery of stunningly colorful images; easy off-air recording with advanced timer programming functions. Time slip recording/playback offers the user the ability to begin watching a recording that is already in progress, or 'pause' a live recording and then return to it later using RAM media. The recorder also features two Line Inputs, front A/V and IEEE1394DV Input, and RF Input/Output for dubbing content from multiple sources. DVD-R/CD-R/CD-RW compatible playback ensures discs made with a personal computer can be played back in the home theater system too.

Customer Reviews:

Disappointment........2004-04-05

It takes for ever to start up and recognize the discs. Sometimes it just `hangs' - it just seems to be doing something but doesn't respond to any of the controls, after about 5 minutes it returns to life... very annoying to say the least.

Sometimes the D-R1s `finalization' process makes discs unreadable. This just kills me. I spend hours copying my home video to DVD-R, think I'm all done, I can watch it fine before the finalization process, but after I add a title and finalize it toasts the disc (supposedly high quality - Memorex). Nothing will read these discs, not even the unit itself. I've lost hours of my time this way.

One of the main reasons I bought this unit is because it has an IEEE1394DV input. Sadly, like many other features on this thing, this sucks. The quality of recordings made via the IEEE1394 is WORSE than those using the standard video input. It seems to pause, or hesitate, every now and again, which makes the audio sound terrible. My DV camera is a high quality Sony. I don't see this problem when I copy DV to my PC using an IEEE1394DV cable. So I guess this is the fault of D-R1.

Great DVD-Recorder, if you're patient........2004-04-05

This DVD-Recorder happens to work very well. I know a few people have reviewed it and said that if they can get it to work, it works for a few minutes and then stops, but there is something they are not doing right...waiting.

You simply can not use this DVD-Recorder just like you would a VCR, where you can turn it on, and then immediately start recording something. I'll tell you how I figured that out. One time I set it to record a show that started at 9:00pm, so I put in a DVD-R and turned the power off. Well at exactly 8:50pm the unit turned on (at first I thought I did something wrong, but I didn't) and you could see the Zeros for the counter on the front of the unit (00:00.00). Then at exactly 9:00pm they started to count up to indicate that it was recording. Bottom line is that the Toshiba DR-1 needs about 10 minutes to warm up before it records something, otherwise...if you record right away...then you will get the problems that people have talked about. Once I learned to be patient and turn the unit on in advance (like if I am going to copy a VHS tape to DVD) I never had a problem with it again.

Oh and by the way, I have used VERY cheap DVD-R's like "Princo", "Ritek", "Optodisc", & "Dup-EZ" (mostly Princo) and they all work fine. Only thing is you should really go with what the manufacturer recommends for DVD-Ram, that being: Panasonic LM-AB120U (for 4.7gb single sided), and Panasonic LM-AD240U (for 9.4gb double sided).

There is one thing I am not crazy about, but I think that it happens to be this way with any DVD-Recorder. You can't do any editing (like cutting out commercials) if you use DVD-R, or DVD-RW (DVD-Ram only). You also can't edit if you are dubbing, like if you are recording from a VHS tape that has commercials in it and you want to pause them out while you make the DVD. It just doesn't work for some reason. But if you are recording a show on TV through the DVD-Recorders tuner, then "pause" will work just fine. I wish you could edit a little better, but I have learned to deal with it.

Lastly the "Timeslip" feature is just amazing (this too only works with DVD-Ram Discs). Let's just put it this way, if you are recording a show that is on from 3:00pm to 4:00pm and you get home early at 3:30pm, you can watch the very DVD-Ram disc that is currently recording from its 3:00pm start time and it will still finish the recording until 4:00pm. If that was a VCR you would either have to watch from 3:30 to 4:00, then at 4:00 rewind and watch the first half hour, or you would just have to wait and watch it all at 4:00. With DVD-Ram technology, you can watch the same disc that is currently recording.

That is amazing, and if you just leave a DVD-Ram disc in the unit while you are watching TV, you can pause live TV and rewind it and even fast forward it up to the point where you initially paused it. Then you can finish watching the program whenever you want.

So just have a little patience and you will love this DVD-Recorder from Toshiba. I think it's the greatest.

Expensive but useless.......2004-02-19

1. RF out does not work. Had to connect TV to S-video.
2. It would record for a while, then fail and render the blank DVD unusable.
3. If you leave the machine recording on a blank, when it reaches the end, instead of stopping, it renders the DVD unusable.
4. Machine crashed numerous times, necessitating pulling the plug out and putting it back in to get it back.
5. Finally got a short show recorded and finalized. It would not play on a Pioneer Elite DVD player, although DVD-R's created with a panasonic DVD recorder worked fine on the Pioneer.
6. I wish these DVD makers would add a PS/2 keyboard jack on the front, as their remotes are painfully impractical at inputting text.

I'm very disappointed. Box is headed back to the vendor tomorrow.

Giant disappointment.......2004-01-27

Bought this unit with great expectations, but..
1. Bought expensive Memorex DVD-R's. First insertion recorder refused to recognize the disk.
2. Bought more expensive Fujifilm DVD-R's. Discs recognized by player but.. after <1min recording time the recorder shuts down and says recording failed, DVD might be dirty. Created three expensive coasters.
3. Tried another Memorex. It worked but picture stutters badly.
4. Supplied DVD-RAM. Works, but again picture stutters.
Unit was returned within 5 days.

Love this thing!.......2004-01-18

Searched all around looking for a DVR and was lucky I came across this one! I am impressed with all its features and since I have many home mini-dv tapes, with clips of school made commercials, and videotapes of memorable events from TV, it was great to organize all of these moments (1-5 minutes long) on DVD. The best thing is the MENU feature at the beginning of each DVD. You can watch this clip, and then another clip, in any order you want. You can even change the color of the backgrounds to suit your tastes. At the last Christmas party, guests would choose what clip they wanted to see by perusing the menu. I had 21 clips (4-5 minutes each), and it was neat how people would look through the menu and then decide what they wanted to see. Besides, the thumbnails (depending on which frame you want to use) entice the viewer to the clip. This is far better than fast forwarding on videotape, and not really knowing what is next, or how far on the videotape the clip is. Not only that, I can label these titles or chapters, so reference is very easy. As a teacher, it is easy to showcase (educational) clips that only last 2 or 3 minutes long and have it all logged on one DVD. I tried it in the classroom and it was so easy...just to click the menu and there your clip showed. Of course, you have to organize it at first, but after that, it is a cinch. A DVD to last for YEARS!
What I really did not like that much was the manual. I found it a bit confusing (maybe it was me and my learning this new DVD format), but after a couple of hours of toying with the DVR...I found myself very comfortable with it. You also have to program all your labeling through the remote, which is ok. It is almost like text messaging, but once you get used to it, it isn't that bad. Love this product and recommend it to anyone who wants to organize all their homevideos on DVD.
I am still learning new features as I go along, but as of right now, I am very happy!

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