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Toshiba DVR620 DVD Recorder/VCR Combo Player with 1080p Upconversion

$655.58
(3.6) 3.6 stars out of 10 reviews 10 reviews
$655.58
$655.58
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Toshiba DVR620 DVD Recorder/VCR Combo Player with 1080p Upconversion

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3.6 out of 5stars
(10 reviews)

Most helpful positive review

5.00 out of 5 stars review
Verified Purchaser
02/09/2014
DVD recorder fills the bill
I owned a Magnavox DVD/VCR recorder before buying this new one made by Toshiba. I am very happy with the new one so far. It is very easy to copy VHS tapes onto DVD's. It takes just one push of the dubbing butting and it goes. Mind you these are tapes that either I or someone else recorded movies on VHS tapes. To my knowledge you cannot copy a copy protected commercially made VHS tape. At least I haven't found a way to do that yet. I wish I could. I have a bunch of old Walt Disney movies on VHS and as most people know the picture is not as good with tape and the quality of the picture gets degraded with age. It would be a lot cheaper for me to copy these movies for my private library rather than to go buy DVD's or purchase each on instant streaming. All blank DVD's seem to work just fine in this one too where as the Magnavox didn't always work with DVD's that were not Magnavox brand. Also had to be certain type for each brand. Don't seem to be having that problem at all with my new Toshiba.
seaviewkat

Most helpful negative review

1.00 out of 5 stars review
Verified Purchaser
12/20/2012
Have aready taken it back for a refund
To record a tv station you had to have the tv on the cannel you want recorded and had the tv on during recording. For dubbing it was the same thing, you had to have the tv on AV and couldn't watch tv when recording. I called support and they where no help.I couldn't believe this was true and kept reading and changing thinks. In a small section it said you had to have another VCR to hook up to to record differant channels. I had a Panasonic DVD rercorder before this. I checked with Panasonic to get it fixed and it would be $170. I'm going to check local repair shops to see about getting it fixed. It's over 6 years old but doze everything the Toshiba can't. I could dubb and watch regular tv. I could program any tv channel 1-99. That was the one thing I didn't like you could only rerord up to channel 99.
Johnnytee46
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    05/06/2014
    Great for DVD's, Video tapes, & CD's - plays ALL!
    I haven't tried to record anything yet, but am loving this recorder combo. I'm a retired elementary teacher. I have a plentiful collection of commercial videos of so many of the Disney fairy tales, and other stories, plus many Baby Einstein DVD's for my grand children. I thought I'd have to buy DVD's of the Videos I'd accumulated, but they play fine. According to the Combo's information/instructions, I can also record them on DVD. I haven't tried that yet, however. The surprise was being able to play our many CD's on it through our hook up (via HDMI cable) to our Smart TV. They sound GREAT! I don't have a Walmart Rewards card, but the store rep. in electronics took care of ordering for me, using my credit card as payment. That was the only part that took a little time to complete. I ordered it through our local Walmart store, and picked it up there when it arrived. Delivery was only 24 hours. That was a happy surprise.
    GrammaSuzy
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    03/01/2014
    Works well for recording from VCR or DVR
    I have only had this a week or two and haven't used it much, but so far I'm very happy with my tests. Despite the complicated manual, using it is very easy. Just press "record ready" (to set the length/quality) and then press "record" to start. I've only used it on the 2-hour setting, but so far the video quality of the recorded DVD is near identical to the original, even when playing the DVD on a separate BluRay player. If you use the machine to dub from VHS to DVD, you cannot pause, but, if you use another VCR or your DVR connected to the various external inputs, you CAN "pause" while skipping commercials or even switching inputs. You can edit out (or "hide") chapters after an internal VCR-DVD dub if you are using a DVD/RW. I was also able to record successfully using +R/-R discs. Once you finalize a DVD/RW you could then use your computer to copy that to DVD/+R/-R. I found the video sharpness of the built in VCR isn't quite as good as my older VCR (which I use instead) but that is my only minor complaint so far. I suppose it would also have been nice if it had a HDMI input for the DVR output. Not sure about copy protected tapes. I had no trouble copying a store bought Lord of The Rings VHS tape.
    thedubbingguy
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    02/09/2014
    DVD recorder fills the bill
    I owned a Magnavox DVD/VCR recorder before buying this new one made by Toshiba. I am very happy with the new one so far. It is very easy to copy VHS tapes onto DVD's. It takes just one push of the dubbing butting and it goes. Mind you these are tapes that either I or someone else recorded movies on VHS tapes. To my knowledge you cannot copy a copy protected commercially made VHS tape. At least I haven't found a way to do that yet. I wish I could. I have a bunch of old Walt Disney movies on VHS and as most people know the picture is not as good with tape and the quality of the picture gets degraded with age. It would be a lot cheaper for me to copy these movies for my private library rather than to go buy DVD's or purchase each on instant streaming. All blank DVD's seem to work just fine in this one too where as the Magnavox didn't always work with DVD's that were not Magnavox brand. Also had to be certain type for each brand. Don't seem to be having that problem at all with my new Toshiba.
    seaviewkat
  • 1.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    11/15/2013
    Not user-friendly
    I was disappointed that I had to return this DVR. It was exactly what I wanted because of the features, however it was not compatible with my flat screen TV no matter what I tried. I used the colored cables that came with the DVR but I could not access all the menu options so I connected an HDM1 cable which did not work either. The manual was very complicated to follow especially because when I followed the instructions, what was written should happen just didn't happen and I spent four days trying to figure everything out. Nothing worked so I packed it up and sent it back. Perhaps it did not work because I receive the signal through cable rather than a dish and I have high definition digital TV. Usually I am very good at hooking up any technology that I've had in the past but this one was a total mystery to me. At one point I managed to play a disk and a tape but at no time was I successful in recording anything from on air TV programs.
    Tianoa
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    11/15/2013
    Easy To Use
    This is a simple machine to use once you read the manual and get everything figured out. I am still having some issues with noise on some VHS tapes and the tracking but may be something I did. I like how fast the DVD recording starts. It states 5 second delay but it's really maybe 2 seconds on my unit. Awesome for recording DVDs. No thumbnail feature but this was great for the price. It's definitely not as good as the Panasonic I owned but for the price it's great! Buy the extended warrantee!
    JanetSez
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    11/15/2013
    Does the Job
    Bought this a couple of weeks ago and so far it works great. This was purchased to replace an older Toshiba VCR/DVD Recorder that had begun to no longer record DVDs. Our previous Toshiba had worked excellently for many years, so I decided to purchase another Toshiba. This new combo took a little bit of time to hook up. The back setup of the new one is different from my previous recorder, so I wasn't able to just unhook it & plug all the cords into the new one since the setup is a little different. After a few times of changing some cords around, I was finally able to get it going successfully. There have been no issues and I've already used it to record DVDs as well as play DVDs. I'm still learning where all the buttons are on the remote, but I'm happy with the purchase.
    gator86
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    11/05/2013
    DVD/VCR Combo, recorder.
    I really llike my new combo set. It was very easy for me to set up cause i owned one very close to it before. Had the other one for 10 yrs and just stopped working. So had to get another. I record off TV, tape video to DVDs and easy to finalize your recored DVD.
    MsKaraokeSinger
  • 1.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    12/20/2012
    Have aready taken it back for a refund
    To record a tv station you had to have the tv on the cannel you want recorded and had the tv on during recording. For dubbing it was the same thing, you had to have the tv on AV and couldn't watch tv when recording. I called support and they where no help.I couldn't believe this was true and kept reading and changing thinks. In a small section it said you had to have another VCR to hook up to to record differant channels. I had a Panasonic DVD rercorder before this. I checked with Panasonic to get it fixed and it would be $170. I'm going to check local repair shops to see about getting it fixed. It's over 6 years old but doze everything the Toshiba can't. I could dubb and watch regular tv. I could program any tv channel 1-99. That was the one thing I didn't like you could only rerord up to channel 99.
    Johnnytee46
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    12/20/2012
    I now have all of my VHS home movies from the 1990's transferred all to DVD now, thanks to this unit. It is what I have been looking for now for several years, but the price has been out of my budget. I bought this unit at a price I could afford, thanks to Walmart. I saw this unit in the past at Best Buy, but it was $80 more. So I decided I would wait, and I am glad I did. This unit works great!! The only grip I have (and not just this product) is these units today are really complex on what they can do. I wish the manufacturers would make an instructional DVD on how to use the products of today. Watching how-tos is a much better way for customers to get a more hands on experience beside just reading it from a book. Overall I am very happy with this unit, and would reccommend it to anyone. It has an affordable price tag too.
    TheStudio
  • 1.00 out of 5 stars review
    Verified Purchaser
    10/30/2012
    This Toshiba (DVR620) was terrible.
    This unit did not function and I had to send it back. When I called Toshiba to try to determine what was wrong, I got handed off at least five times from one rude (and clueless) support person to another. I will say that I had three excellent Toshiba DVRs that all work perfectly, but this combined unit (DVR/VCR) was a major disappointment. I really want to rate this a 0, not even a 1.
    Disappointed02