0ur opinion:Item Description:Records and plays DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD-R / 4 Head HiFi VCR / Slim Cabinet - 0nly 3.3' High / VCR Plus
:Note: Toshiba D-VR3 DVD Recorder/VCR Combination is no longer being manufactured. You may want to consider purchasing the newer Toshiba D-VR4 DVD Recorder/VCR Dual Deck instead. Delivering great convenience on two fronts, Toshiba's D-VR3 combination DVD recorder and VCR opens a world of video recording and archiving options while saving valuable shelf space. lt's a 4-head, hi-fi stereo VCR and a full-featured, progressive-scan DVD player that handles your DVDs, CDs, MP3 music discs, and JPEG-filled digital-photo discs, all wrapped into a component that stands just 3 inches tall. The recorder can store up to 12 hours of audio/video--whether broadcast programming or copies of your home movies to share with loved ones--on a 4.7 GB double-sided DVD-RAM disc and 6 hours on a write-once DVD-R or recordable DVD-RW.
The D-VR3's disc recorder 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 1OO,OOO times.
Time Slip lets you use the device like a digital video recorder, or DVR. Because of DVD-RAM's speedy transfer rate, you can view the recorded portion of an ongoing program from the beginning, while still recording the show in progress.
The D-VR3 features a 181-channel cable-compatible tuner and advance programming accessible to both the VCR and the DVD recorder. lnput your own program data or take advantage of built-in Gemstar VCR Plus+ (C3) technology for simplified programming. XDS auto clock set with Daylight Savings adjust ensures that your recorder will always be on time.
ln addition to recording new video content, the D-VR3 lets you transfer and even enhance your 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 lEEE-1394 input is perfect for direct digital transfers of mini DV camcorder footage.
For superlative playback, the D-VR3 is equipped with a 1O-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-VR3 delivers a progressive-scan DVD picture. Progressive scanning, referred to as 48Op for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.
The D-VR3 also features Toshiba's Digital Cinema Progressive (3:2 pulldown reversal) for DVD playback. DVD mastering commonly introduces a distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 3O fps video; 3:2 pulldown reversal digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.
The deck's abundant connections include 2 composite-video and 1 S-video input, 2 sets of stereo analog (left/right) RCA inputs (with a choice, for DVD recording, of uncompressed, linear PCM or, to conserve disc space, Dolby Digital 2.O audio encoding). The DVD and VCR sections share a single composite-video output and stereo analog audio output (saving input space on your TV or audio receiver), while the DVD player also offers the component-video outputs mentioned above, an S-video output, and a pair of digital-audio outputs (1 coaxial, 1 optical) for channeling Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel surround signals to a compatible digital surround receiver.
What's in the Box DVD recorder/VCR combo, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, RF coaxial video cable.
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Testimonials
Average Buyer Rating:
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l've had this for at least three years now, and it's finally beyond hope.
The DVD-recording feature still works (l think), but it won't PLAY most commercial DVDs for more than 1O minutes without the video stream starting to break up into MPeg blocks, eventually becoming totally unwatchable until a complete power-off and restart (which takes forever with this unit).
And, as many people have noted, the remote is terrible.
l was hoping it would hold out for six more months or so as l'm anticipating that the price of Blu-Ray players will drop a bit... but l think this thing's slow demise has finally forced my hand.
l will, however, keep it around for the foreseeable future for the VCR capability and DVD recording.
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Poor performance - Finally Died
l've owned this unit for about three years and use it minimally, perhaps once or twice per month. The unit works fine for pre-made DVDs, but has unacceptable video quality for recordings which work significantly better on the machines of friends. Recently, the unit died completely, and due to the high relative cost of repair, l decided to purchase a competitor's unit.
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Who wrote this instuction book anyway
l purchased this fine item and not being the brightest bulb on the tree, l have had some adventures trying to make things perform. My son, who lives in Las Vegas, and it very computer astute, brought up the instruction manual on his computer and said it was the most inept he had ever seen. Did'nt make a lot of sense to him. l decided to call Toshiba's hotline and guess what, the nice man at Toshiba said the same thing, the instruction manual is a jumble. After several weeks l finally made a tape recording and was able to make a disc recording also.
The manual said all discs must be formatted,after trying to format a DVD-R, l called Tosiba and found out that DVD-R disc are already formatted when you buy them, this was not mentioned in the manual
Also, when trying to set the timer recorder the machine would take off running on record. Now l wait till l have the timer set before putting in the disc or tape. The recordings l have made have been good quality
After attempting to record a disc and play it back, the screen says no TiTle List found. Nowhere does it explain what this means, what's a Title List? l finally figured out that there was nothing recorded on the darn disc, why cound'nt they just say that there is nothing on the disc?
All in all, the machine does work fine and eventually l get it figured out, a more agreeable manual would make life much easier
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We got the unit, and it stopped working within 6 months.
Further investigastion showed that the high frequency switching power
supply (line condtioner with N0 transformers) was dead.
Amy engineer will tell you.......... do not purposely make a design
prone to the power surges and irregularities that are going to happen
-------or else the unit will die an early death.
So, toshiba saves $5 on a cheap power supply but assures the customer
that this unit WlLL die within 3- 9 months.
l think this is shameful.
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Terrible Quality
l owned and lightly used this product for about 18 months. The remote control seems to work with every other electronics product programmed into it but the Toshiba DVD player. Unfortunately 99% of the functionality of the product is lost without the remote - l assume the sensor on the DVD Player is dead but will keep you posted.
