Toshiba D-R1 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/Player Sale
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.
Description
- 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
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.
Toshiba D-R1 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/Player Customer Review
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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