Toshiba DR420

usability, price, image quality, reliability, design

size

86% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Good value; Good features; Reliable

No tuner; Poor image quality at lower speeds

easy to use

none.. does what it should.

easy to use

none.. does what it should

Had decent playback of pre-recorded stuff.

Has SEVERE limitations on what it can record from. Looks to me like Toshiba wants our home copies to be the poorest quality possible. Can't even record from S-video cable and DvD's made that are in widescreen will only playback in letterbox.

Not able to use the device, so I cannot say. (See cons)

No tuner or cable input.

It does everything it says it will do, including -- contrary to another review -- recording DVDs that ARE playable on other systems. Just have to FINALIZE! I'm particularly happy with playback quality compared to the DVD portion of my circa 2004...

A second set of audio outputs would have been nice. With my setup, I had to use passive "Y" splitters, one to the LG flatscreen and the other to the Sony receiver. But that' picky for something at this price point. Also, the finalizing process is...

It does everything it says it will do, including -- contrary to another review -- recording DVDs that ARE playable on other systems. Just have to FINALIZE! I'm particularly happy with playback quality compared to the DVD portion of my circa 2004...

A second set of audio outputs would have been nice. With my setup, I had to use passive "Y" splitters, one to the LG flatscreen and the other to the Sony receiver. But that' picky for something at this price point. Also, the finalizing process is...

This recorder plays everything I've thrown at it. It even plays Movies I have burned on my computer that gave my LG Home Theater system problems. Everything I've recorded, from cable TV, plays like a champ in my LG system. Like the instructions tell...

Does not have an HDMI in. All the disc recorded from HD shows, show up with the black spaces at the top and bottom and stretch the picture wide. Not recording in true HD

This recorder plays everything I've thrown at it. It even plays Movies I have burned on my computer that gave my LG Home Theater system problems. Everything I've recorded, from cable TV, plays like a champ in my LG system. Like the instructions tell...

Does not have an HDMI in. All the disc recorded from HD shows, show up with the black spaces at the top and bottom and stretch the picture wide. Not recording in true HD.

See my other review!

One note here, once you record a chapter (segment) to disk and erase the "TITLE" that space on the DVD is gone forever even before you finalize the DVD. This is not the case with a DVDRW!