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Toshiba RDXV48 - 160Gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder & VHS Combi With Freeview

Toshiba RDXV48 - 160Gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder & VHS Combi With Freeview

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Brand: Toshiba
Category: CE

Buy New: £184.95



New (3) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from £147.99

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 reviews
Sales Rank: 177

Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16.7
Dimensions (in): 22.4 x 19.1 x 8.1

MPN: RDXV48DT
Model: RDXV48DT
EAN: 5017151619918
ASIN: B00138FAEE

Release Date: May 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Features:
  • DVD/-R/-RW/RAM/+R/+RW & VHS
  • Pause Live TV
  • Simultaneous Record & Play
  • DivX, MP3, JPEG Playback
  • 8 Day EPG
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
This model combines VHS, DVD & a 160GB Hard Disk Drive Recoding & Playback! All this with a Analogue & Digital Tuner Too!

Customer Reviews:   Read 7 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars Mediocre   November 23, 2008
Good points:

- It helped me convert all of my tapes eventually
- Good value for money

Bad points

- When you dub from HDD to DVD it always adds an "EMPTY TITLE" which you cannot delete
- Struggles to dub some VHS tapes. I think it is when you have removed the tab (as I did on my home videos so I did not record over them) AND stops dubbing if the quality is not good enough (not all of my VHS tapes were hence wanting to convert them to DVD)
- Quite a large unit


4 out of 5 stars overall great value, but...   November 12, 2008
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

It does all that it promises.

I know nothing of Sky + or whatever, so can't compare its recording function for ease-of-use. I've found it all easy to use so far. It's very quick and simple to set it to record to HDD a program by just choosing it from the daily listings on the Freeview menu.

However, as I think someone has pointed out on a forum here, I'm very surprised there's no way to record (to any format, VHS, HDD or DVD) one channel and watch a different channel at the same time. Yes, while recording TV you can watch an already-recorded medium (on VHS, HDD or DVD), but nothing live. This is especially odd as this machine boasts two TV tuners, one digital, one analogue. So what's the point if you can't use both simultaneously? (Of course while the machine's recording from a TV channel you can primitively switch your TV onto it's own (non-video) channel, but in the case of our old TV that's not good quality... And why should I have to find this poor solution with such a nice new video machine?)

My 2nd slight disappointment is I'm sure not unique to this brand or model, but I guess it's a similar story with any modern DVD recorders. One reason we wanted a VCR player and DVD recorder combi was to transfer a few of our much-loved well-played old video tapes onto DVD. Is this "pirating"?? Perhaps, but so be it; purely for our own personal use, before the (irreplaceable) video tapes finally snap. But even trying to dub from some VHS tapes the machine pipes up "copyright material - though shalt not copy". I dunno, these new-fangled machines are too smart for their own good sometimes...

These gripes aside, this is a super video recorder for a great price, and no qualms at all about choosing it.



5 out of 5 stars So good - I bought another one!   November 11, 2008
 7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Toshiba RDXV48 - 160Gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder & VHS Combi With FreeviewAfter reading the reviews I bought one and its a fantastic piece of kit especially when you consider its below 200.00. Its really easy to use and contrary to another reviewer the remote functions without any issue even when far from the machine. Its very easy to set up - in fact it does everything for you and you can get rid of all the recorders, boxes and cables under your television and just have the one box. I really can't think of any bad points - although the instruction manual takes a bit of reading however its hardly worth bothering as the on screen instructions are so easy to follow and it appears to enhance all my TV programmes in fact its so good i'm going to buy another one!


5 out of 5 stars Goodbye to tapes   November 3, 2008
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Over the years I have accumulated seriously large quantities of video tapes from conventional VHS to mini dv's, these are distributed all around the house in cupboards, on shelves ...everywhere!. This piece of kit does exactly what it says on the box. I can transfer/edit to DVD reducing my piles of tapes to a much more manageable number of DVD's. The controls are simple and instructions are well produced and easy to understand. Overall a really first class buy and it arrived bang on time.


5 out of 5 stars Worth Every Penny   October 24, 2008
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This does exactly what it says on the box! A sophisticated little machine which I bought to supplement our Phillips set-top box and it works perfectly. Our area goes digital next June. Not as daunting to use/understand as some would have you believe and it has many innovative and welcome features that make using it and its operation a pleasure. Only slight niggle is that it is quite noisy (even when switched off and with a timer program waiting to spring into action). Only time it is silent is when completely shut down and not in timer mode. You get used to it though and for this price this is a very minor inconvenience.

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