Toshiba DVD/VHS Recorder (DVR620) No Tuner (Discontinued 2009 Model)

The delivery took longer than I would have liked; however, it did arrive within the time window. I purchased this item for one reason ONLY: to convert old VHS tapes to DVD. I have no knowledge of other uses of the machine. I previously paid almost the price of the Toshiba DVR620 to have 15 VHS tapes “professionally” copied, plus I had to wait for over a month for my tapes/dvds to be returned. My TV monitor is connected to the Toshiba by HDMI, so no time spent sorting and connecting RCA cables. Thanks to reviewer “G.B. Packert” I hardly looked at the owner’s manual yet I was set up and copying DVDs within 30 minutes. I have now copied dozens of tapes with no problems. The only downside is that transfer from VHS to DVD is done in “real time”. This is not a big problem since I get to watch my old tapes while I copy them to DVD and there are some I have not seen in years (decades), so it’s not too tiresome to wait and watch during the transfer. Some reviewers commented that the remote was required to eject the tape/dvds – this is not the case. There is a hinged front cover that will open to reveal most all functions that are found on the remote. I leave the front cover down all the time on mine. Because “BG Packert” did not completely idiot proof his/her steps I have clarified/modified and added to those steps in order to make the VHS to DVD process a little clearer (at least for a non-techie like me). My changes are spelled out below (and I liberally quote directly from BGP’s review throughout my comments). 1. Because old videotapes may not track well when they have been unused for several years, fast forward to the end of the tape and rewind the tape before copying it. The recorder may refuse to copy a tape if it does not track well. 2. Eject the videotape. Apparently Toshiba DVRs (both the 610 and 620) can balk if the videotape is inserted before the DVD. 3. Push the DVD button and insert the blank DVD. Allow blank DVD to load. a. By-the-way “Verbatim DVD-R” disc’s work fine for making copy to DVD. 4. Press Record Mode (not Record) button (on the remote) and set the speed (typically use: “SP”). The monitor will go blank after selection is made; or, if you press “Enter” on the remote. 5. Press the “Setup” button (on the remote) and select “General Settings” then “Recording” (on the monitor). 6. From the “Recording” menu (on the monitor): select “Dubbing Mode”; a. Then Select: “VCR > DVD”. 7. To get out of the “Recording” menu, press “Set-Up” button again. (Monitor goes to blank blue screen.) 8. Press the VCR button and insert the videotape. 9. On the remote, press “Play” and then “Pause” (not Stop) at the point slightly before you wish to start copying. Press the “Dubbing” button to begin the process. 10. When you want to stop dubbing, press “Stop” on the remote. (Allow “Writing to disk” process to finish. You can then insert another videotape to dub onto the same DVD, until the DVD is full.) If you replace the VHS tape: press “Dubbing” to begin copying again on the same DVD. 11. To add titles onto the DVD disk: Using the “Top Menu” button (on the remote) select the part (Chapter) of the new DVD you wish to title then press “Enter”. a. Then (using the monitor) select Edit to create your Title. (Refer to pp 76-77 in the Owners Guide for how to use the remote to create titles.) b. After naming the Title press “Enter” and then select “yes” c. Press “Return” button on remote, 2-3 times until blue screen appears. (Allow “Writing to disk” process to finish.) 12. “Finalize” the DVD (after adding titles): Press the “Setup” button (on the remote), then select “DVD Menu” and then “Finalize” on the monitor. (Finalizing may take a few minutes). This step is not required but failure to follow it may result in your new DVD being unable to play on another machine. Also using a DVD-RW disc may allow you change titles after it’s finalized. When finished with the “12 Steps” you are good to go… unless, you want/need additional copies. If so, you will need a program to copy DVD to DVD (unless you want to re-copy your VHS tape again). To do copies: I bought “easy CD & DVD burning” by Roxio. While available from Amazon I did not buy from Amazon, because I needed it immediately. The program is simple and easy to use for a novice, such as myself. Overall I was very pleased with Roxio’s “easy CD & DVD” except for one thing: If you want to copy a single “title/chapter” that you’ve created (and not the entire DVD) Roxio will copy without sound (!). You will get a message that “AC3 codec” is not supported. Roxio’s tech support will tell you to buy “Creator Nxt 3”; but reviews on Amazon (for that product) convinced me not to waste the money. Actually, if you intend to copy the entire new DVD (not just selected titles/chapters) “easy CD & DVD” works perfectly. In my case, when I only wanted one “chapter/title” (with sound) and not the entire DVD I recopied just that portion of the VHS tape (again) to DVD. No problem, just took more time. I also found that it takes approximately 3 hours to play, convert, title and copy each standard SP (2 hours recording) VHS tape. My old VHS tapes were already well labeled with subject and time markers. If your tapes are not already labeled you will need additional time to locate the places at which you want add your title/chapters (step 11 above). Alternatively, you can let the machine set chapter marks at a specified time interval (5, 10 minutes, etc.). SUMMARY: For what I bought this for (converting VHS tape to DVD) the Toshiba DVR620 DVD/VHS Recorder works perfectly.

My only interest in a product like this was to copy a large collection of homemade and store-bought VHS tapes to DVD. I read all of the reviews and researched all of the brands and models available on Amazon that met the following criteria: 1) An easy dubbing process - as close to "one button touch" as possible. 2) Composite (RCA style) Video and Audio output for monitoring. 3) Automatic tracking, with manual tracking control available. 4) Good customer review rating. Here are the products I ended up comparing: $98 Magnavox ZV427MG9 DVD Recorder/VCR Combo, HDMI 1080p Up-Conversion, No Tuner (Manufacturer Refurbished) $178 Magnavox ZV457MG9 Dual Deck DVD/VCR Recorder with Tuner $145 Toshiba DVR620 DVD/VHS Recorder, Black $214 Toshiba DVR670/DVR670KU DVD/VHS Recorder with Built in Tuner, Black $250 Panasonic DMR-EZ48VK 1080p Upconverting VHS DVD Recorder with Built In Tuner I didn't need a built-in tuner, and since that was only difference between the two Magnavox models listed above, I was able to eliminate the more expensive one from my list. Same goes for the two Toshibas models. The Panasonic was nearly twice the price as the other two brands, didn't seem to offer any additional useful features, and had the lowest review rating, so I eliminated it next. After reading all of the reviews for the last two on my list, I ended up going with the Toshiba DVR620 over the Magnavox ZV427MG9 for the following reasons: 1) Several people mentioned that the labeling on the Magnavox remote was nearly impossible to read. 2) There were 3 complaints about tracking problems on the Magnavox. For the Toshiba there were 2 complaints, but 1 person said they were actually impressed with its auto-tracking across a wide variety of tape brands and ages. 3) The Magnavox was refurbished, and I would rather have something newly manufactured. 4) Aesthetically I found the Toshiba a little more appealing. So far I have had the Toshiba DVR620 about a week, and have transferred many home movies as well as store-bought tapes. (Note: Many store-bought tapes employ copy-protection in which case the unit will display an error saying that the tape can't be copied, however I've tried over 20 so far and am happy to report that 2/3rds of them are not copy-protected.) I am very pleased with the performance and quality of the unit. It took a little bit of manual reading to get familiar with the VHS-DVD dubbing process and to make sure I had all settings set optimally. But once I went through the steps a couple of times I was able to put the manual away. The process is about as close to "one button touch" as possible. Simply insert a blank disc (I've been using Kodak brand DVD-Rs) and the video tape, pause the tape at the point you want it to start, select the disc recording length (you can choose between 1, 2, 4, 6, or 8 hours), hit the dubbing button, and away it goes. The remote is lightweight, well labeled, and easy to use. The placement of a couple of the buttons are a bit non-intuitive, but that's just nit-picking. Do beware that the remote is *vital* to all operations as the only button of any kind on the unit itself is for disc open/close. You cannot play/stop/rew/ff anything, nor can you eject a tape without the remote. It has a some handy features such the ability to auto-create disc titles, auto-insert chapter markers, auto-finalize the disc if it fills to capacity, and auto-stop dubbing if it detects a 3-minute span of no video content. I fully expected to waste a few discs in the beginning as I learned how to use the unit, but I'm happy to report that I've burned over 30 discs now and have not created one coaster! The discs play fine on all of the different players I have - the Toshiba unit itself, my PC, and a standalone Panasonic Blu-Ray/DVD player. My only complaint about the unit is that there is no easy way to tell what recording mode was used for the VHS tape, so for home movies, you don't know if you are dealing with 2, 4, 6, or 8 hours of material. The only way to find out is to fast forward the tape from beginning to end and see what the tape counter says. Unfortunately this isn't completely reliable as sometimes the counter doesn't "catch" and just sits idle even though the tape is moving. (I seem to recall this often being a problem with VCRs of old, and may have more to do with the tape itself and/or its contents that is has to do with the VCR.) I can't speak to any of the other major purposes of the unit such as timer-based recording of an external source such as a cable box, or its HDMI interface and other I/O capabilities, but as a standalone unit for dubbing VHS to DVD-R, I think it's a great product and I would highly recommend it!

I'm using this to archive old VHS tapes at work to DVD-R discs. So far, it's performed pretty well. Of the 300 or so VHS tapes I've converted, only 2 discs threw back errors that they couldn't be recorded. One of the error actually locked the machine up and it had to be power cycled. Still for 300+ discs, not too shabby. I've had to clean the heads on this once so far. Most of these tapes I'm converted are from the early to mid-90s and have been sitting in terrible storage conditions. It's not too much of a surprise that the tapes are filthy and degrading to the point of mucking up the heads on the VCR mechanism. A quick cleaning with a wet-based cleaning tape, and everything was okay. The process of dubbing it is simple: 1. Use remote to enter settings menu to desired max recording time of DVD (higher the time the lower the quality) 2. Insert blank DVD-R into tray (DVD-Rs are auto formatted). 3. Insert VHS 4. Press Dubbing button on remote 5. After a bit of time of the unit detecting no video on the tape, the unit auto-stops the dubbing and the VHS tape. This is actually a great feature. A Sony DVDirect VRD-MC3 and MC5, for example, will continue to record until the disc is full even if there is no signal from the video source 6. Enter the Setup menu via the remote and then access the disc menu to finalize the DVD. You can also edit the DVD menu and DVD title options before finalizing (which I don't bother with). You do need to use the remote to enter in any setting menu. You need the remote to finalize at disc. There are buttons behind the front panel to control the VCR portion, adjust tracking and initiate the dubbing process. You can also eject the DVD from the front of the unit. However, the fact there are no button controls to access the important menus, means you better not lose the remote! Overall, initial disc setup for a blank DVD-R is very fast when compared to something like a Sony DVDirect VRD-MC3, VRD-MC5 or VRD-MC6 (all of which I also use daily). The slow part of the whole process is the finalization of a DVD. The unit lags behind any of the DVDirect models I have by about 50% more time required. Oh, I connect the unit to an LCD TV via the HDMI port and everything works fine.

Toshiba-DVR620-DVD-Recorder I have had the Toshiba-DVR620NU-DVD-Recorder for over 4 years (Amazon). I use it to transfer recorded DVR programs (from Dish) either to a VCR tape or a DVD also from a VCR tape to a DVD. It works fine. I assume that you have connected it up so that programs go thru the recorder and to your TV. I buy my DVD's in bulk at Amazon (Verbatim 4.7 GB Recordable Disc DVD-R 100-Disc Spindle 95102) and sleeves in bulk at Amazon (Americopy 100 Paper CD Sleeves with Window & Flap). You can also buy new VCR tapes at Amazon (Maxell 214150 T120GX/8PK VHS Cassette Standard Grade T-120). I have recorded hundreds of DVD's as shown below. First you must set the Clock. See Pg 26 for instructions. To Timer Record: 1. I use SLP mode (lowest quality - but good enough) so a standard VCR tape is 6 hrs and a standard DVD 8 plus hours. See Pg 34 for other recording modes. 2. Find the program on your DVR and fast forward thru it to note elapsed time. Play it until it begins. PAUSE. 3. Insert blank DVD disc and wait to load (shows on screen) or blank VCR tape. 4. Press SETUP. Then down arrow to TIMER PROGRAMMING, and ENTER. 5. NEW PROGRAM appears - ENTER. Right arrow (and use up/down arrow) to show start. and end times (add 3 min for 1 hr program to be sure to get the end). Continue to REC TO. 6. Select DVD for DVR to DVD or Down arrow and select VCR for DVR to VCR. 7. Right arrow to mode and select SLP. 8. Press TIMER SET and on the DVR remote press PLAY. The program should start on the TV and the Recorder should show the two recording red lights and counter moving. If the recorder shuts down and you get only one red light and no counter movement, then you goofed (probably chose VCR instead of DVD or vice versa). Go to OTHER PROBLEMS below. One Touch Recording: 1. If you want, you can record while you are watching a program and either pause or stop it whenever you want. 2. Place either a VCR tape or a DVD into the recorder. If DVD, let it load. 3. Press REC MODE. If DVD, all are available - If VCR then either SLR or SP. 4. Start program and press the red REC button. You should see a red light on the recorder and the counter going. You can PAUSE to eliminate commercials and then press PAUSE to continue. 5. When finished, press the STOP button. To Transfer from VCR tape to DVD: (in Instruction booklet called DUBBING : pg 50-left side 51) 1. Insert VCR tape and then blank DVD. Wait for it to load. 2. Press REC MODE button and choose SLP. 2. Press SETUP, and choose GENERAL SETTING & ENTER, and down arrow to RECORDING & ENTER. 3. Down arrow to DUBBING Mode & ENTER. Now choose VCR to DVD & ENTER. Press SETUP to exit. 4. Press orange VCR button & PLAY and PAUSE at beginning of VCR recording. 5. Press DUBBING button. The VCR tape should start on TV and Recorder should show the two recording red lights. You can Skip step 7 because you did this in step 2. Step 7 does work if you are careful. I note the VCR recording time and turn on the TV at that time to see if recording correctly - I then STOP the process when the program is finished. If you don't do this, then the Dubbing may continue until the DVD is full (8+ hrs). If you are dubbing something shorter than 6 hrs, then you will want to use higher quality REC MODE ( up to 60 min. - XP, 61-119 - SP, etc) OTHER PROBLEMS: If you press the wrong key in above (like timer set instead of dubbing or vice versa), or if your DVD disc is defective, or something else goes wrong, the Recorder will stop and may jam. The recorder turns off, counter inoperative, one red light on recorder box. Normally you can stop recording by pressing the STOP button. On the TV screen it will ask you if you want to end the recording. Choose YES. Then press SET UP and go to TIMER RECORDING and delete the old program and try again. If however when you press SETUP and nothing happens and/or you are unable to eject your tape or DVD, then the recorder is jammed. The solution is as follows: 1. Unplug the electricity to your DVD/VCR recorder. 2. Wait at least 10 minutes. 3. Plug the Recorder in again. Now it is reset and you should be able to eject the tape or DVD after turning the recorder on. Set Clock (pg 26). 4. Try recording again - but if you get the dreaded single red light and the unit closes down, then press TIMER SET button again quickly. This usually will get it back to normal. You may have to go back and delete the old program, but a new timer program should now work. Finally, do not forget to finalize all DVD's that you are done with - see Pg 32.

EDITED...Less than 3 months old (still under warranty, but too late to return to Amazon), the VCR stopped working...TERRIBLE skipping. At first, I thought it was the tape. After trying several, I put them in another VCR, and they played just fine. Of course, Toshiba has no tech support to call...you have to go online. I went to their support at Toshiba/Acclaim and clicked on "chat." I found out that Toshiba HAS NO REPAIR POLICY. Products under warranty have to be returned to them (at customer's expense) for replacement. As this model is no longer available, they can't replace it. They offered a coupon for the price of the unit plus shipping. Yeah, right, like I'd EVER want another Toshiba product. I ended up connecting an old VCR to this Toshiba unit, played the tapes in it, and used the DVR to create my DVDs. What a joke, but at least, I'm getting my desired DVDs. STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING TOSHIBA!!!!!!! I purchased this VCR/DVR to dub old family VHS tapes. After dubbing the first video (using a -R DVD), it played perfectly in the Toshiba DVR620. However, it wouldn't play in my other DVD player or in my PC. I tried calling the Customer Support number that came on an insert with the DVR. After pushing the number for technical support, a recording came on telling me to go online to their website. I couldn't find an answer to my problem online, so I called another number that I found on their website. After going through the "press one for xxx, press two for yyy....." I got ahold of a female with a foreign accent. She asked me if my problem was warranty related, I told her "no," it was a technical problem. She then told me that Toshiba has no phone technical support, and I needed to refer to Toshiba's website. By this time, I was highly irritated and was going to send the unit back to Amazon. After cooling down, I thought I'd try a couple of other things. Others on the internet who had experienced the same problem pointed out the the DVD had to be manually finalized before it could be played in other devices. I inserted the DVD back into the DRV, and went through the setup option to finalize the DVD. Once again, no luck. I then thought I would try a +R disk. I dubbed the video, but before finalizing it, I reviewed the entire group of setup options. Under "Recording," there was an option for "Recording Compatibility." It was the last option under "Recording," so I cursored down to it and hit enter. It was set at "No" so I changed it to "Yes" and finalized the DVD. Voila, it played in my other DVD player and my PC. Because this was a +R disk, I wasn't sure if success could be attributed to the disk type or the compatibility setting. So next I dubbed another tape using a -R DVD. Again, it played in my other player and my PC. Looking through the owner's manual, the section in "Setup" regarding "Recording" doesn't even mention the "Recording Compatibility" option. I'm wondering what the hell is going on with Toshiba...placing a Customer Support phone number in with the product and then eliminating that support, referring customers to a lousy website that doesn't even address entered issues, and enclosing an owner's manual that doesn't accurately reflect the product's options. My advice, don't buy Toshiba stock. Because I finally figured out how to dub a DVD that can be played in other devices, I am happy with the product (as long as it doesn't break before I get all my tapes converted). I took one star away because of the TERRIBLE customer support from Toshiba. Shame on them!!!

Bought this to dub VHS tapes to DVD (DVD-R). I have Windows 7. This product worked perfectly right out of the box and really was a cinch to hookup to my computer, basically a small box the size of a deck of cards, 3 RCA cables connecting my VCR to the box (red, yellow & white on each end), then another wire to connect the box to my computer (USB port). The box also accepts other S-video hookup from the source, not just the 3 wires. Followed the Quick SetUp instructions for installing the software --- no brainer --- and within 5 minutes was ready to dub. The rest is intuitive and just a few mouse clicks, start the tape going and you're off and running. A little screen shows the movie playing with sound and has some setting controls (which I didn't mess with). Comes with a bigger manual (pdf) for fancier operations but didn't need any of that. I encountered only 1 snag: when I went to register the product, I got a message saying there was no internet connection. So I opened up the internet on my computer, retried and no prob. Also, you may encounter what appears to be a couple of problems but they really aren't. First, as my first tape was playing, on the bottom of the screen, there appeared to be a line of static, like my VCR wasn't tracking properly. I adjusted the tracking on my VCR as it was playing to make the line disappear --- which it almost did, but I overdid it and distorted the image completely. I aborted the dubbing and burned the DVD (click of a button), and when I watched the DVD there was no line at all. The second apparent problem --- and this is REALLY important --- is that if you're watching the movie as it's dubbing, the voice and video are out of sync. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM -- it will be resolved after the DVD is finalized. I honestly don't know why people have a problem with this product. It really is easy to install and use. Also, when it comes to the quality of the results, what do you expect when you're dubbing 20+ year old tapes that are probably being played on an obsolete VCR? Watch the tape by itself up close and you'll see. Garbage in, garbage out. It won't look as good on your TV as it does on the little image playing on your computer because the resolution of the little image is simply so much tighter, so don't use that as your standard. I would DEFINITELY recommend this product. BE SURE TO GET ON HONESTECH'S WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD ANY UPDATES.

I need a recorder to do several things. I want to dub old VHS tapes of the family and edit out the parts that the person doing the taping screwed up. I want to record movies or shows from my Dish DVR and edit out commercials and finally I want to record movies from my Dish DVR that are commercial free. This is the 3rd recorder I have owned in about 4 years. The quality of all recorders are suspect. My first one was a Go.Video VR3845 which was exceptional. It did all that a person could want. However after about 2 years the DVD drive unit went bad. It cannot be repaired since Go.Video is out of business and there seem to be no parts that I can find to fix it. My next recorder was a JVC DR-MV100B. I thought this one would be great, but in trying to record to a disc from a TiVo or Dish DVR, you cannot pause the recording to edit out commercials. For recording a movie with no commericals such as one recorded from TCM or Fox, it is great. The Go.Video recorder would allow you to edit commercials using the pause button. In less than a year the DVD drive unit in the JVC went bad. While it was with JVC being replaced, I purchased the Toshiba DVR620 Recorder. The great thing about the Toshiba is that you can pause to edit out commercials when recording a disc from a program that you have TiVoed. However, on the negative side, if you dubbing a disc from a VHS tape, you can't pause the recording to edit out unwanted items on the tape i.e. commercials or other screw ups that you don't want on the disc. This is really strange because with the Go.Video recorder AND the JVC recorder, when dubbing, you can pause to edit. With the JVC recorder, while dubbing and you press the pause button, you can fast forward, rewind or advance frame by frame either backwards or forward the VHS tape to get to the next spot where you want to resume recording. This is great for old tapes that I have of football games that currently have commericals during the game. With the JVC I can now record the game on disc commercial free. YOU CANNOT DO THIS WITH THE TOSHIBA DVR620. So now when dubbing I use the JVC recorder. When I want to edit out commercials on something I have TiVoed, I use the Toshiba. Why couldn't they put it all in one package like Go.Video did? The other negative thing about Toshiba is trying to put titles on the recordings. It seems that tying to put a title on a disc is like text messaging. For those of you who use text messaging, it might be easy. For people like me who don't text, it is really a pain and very time consumming. Both Go.Video and JVC use a common screen that displays the alphabet. You choose a letter and proceed. With the Toshiba, you use your number keys to choose a letter, then have to arrow forward one space and choose the next letter. Totally unacceptable and time consuming. The last thing is the manual. It seems that all product manuals are created by the engineers that build the product. What needs to happen is that manuals should be written by a consumer who knows nothing about the product. Then it would be understandable. However, it is just not Toshiba that has a poorly written manual. For the ability of Toshiba to record and allow the editing of commericals, I give it 5 stars. For the inability of being able to pause when dubbing from a VHS tape, I give it zero starts. If it could do both, it would be a 4 or 4 1/2 star unit.

I've owned this model for nearly 3 years (bought through Amazon Jan 2014), and its still going strong. It records direct from TV/Cable beautifully and dependably. And I use it frequently. It also records FROM VHS to DVD. You just need to insert the tape in the tape slot and a blank recordable dvd (not Blu-ray though) in the DVD tray. Then push the remote's "Dubbing" button (not the separate "Record" button, which is used only for recording direct from tv or cable. The quality of the new dvd is generally no better than the quality of the tape being copied, and I find there is some deterioration of dvd quality if the dvd is set to record two hours or more. Best to record in one hour segments on multiple dvd's if you want the very best quality dvd playback. (You can test this by recording the same vhs to dvd, by first setting the dvd recorder to one hour; then record with the two hour setting. You may find little difference). Once the "dub" button on the remote is pushed, the vhs tape can not be fast-forwarded, unless you first stop the recording process. You can of course re-start recording when you reach the desired place on the tape--the dvd will simply show multiple recordings which can be played in succession. The remote is standard size, and has good range (at least ten feet), unlike many of the new "compact" remotes which I find often have a weaker signal. This model has been discontinued, but is still for sale on Amazon and other sites. The bad news is the price is now nearly $250; I paid $179. So if youre thinking of converting vhs tapes to dvd's I wouldn't postpone buying this recorder, or one by another manufacturer (I see one by a company named Funai for a lot less). Caution: Be sure you DON'T buy a recorder that goes FROM dvd TO vhs, as these used to be fairly common and are of no value in copying tapes TO dvd. Ports On the Rear: This unit also has a HDMI Out port on the rear. I'm not sure how much this really matters since the unit can neither record nor play Blu-Ray discs, but it does also give you options for use of RCA connections (the traditional red white and yellow cables) , digital video (5 plugs connections), and S-Video. There are also RCA IN plugs on the front of the unit, under the flip-down panel--I think these may be mainly from recording from external drives, handheld video cameras etc--I've never used it so you'll need to check the manual first. There is a also a DV IN connection on the front. There are limited editing functions available before a dvd is finalized, and of course you can set automatic chapters every 5 minutes or so if you wish. You can also give the dvd a title, again before finalizing. (Once you finalize a dvd, no further changes of any kind can be generally be made). The full manual is on line at Toshiba's website. Except for not having Blu-ray recording or playback, this unit seems about as full-featured as you'll find. Thus the hefty price of the unit.

I tried various other devices for years without success. This one is simple to use and does exactly what you want. Unlike other options, this one gives you a chance to get as good quality as the original video in terms of resolution. I've saved the many old videos that I had only on videocassette by recording them to DVD. Excellent!

Just received it last week. I am transferring old home videos to DVD. With this machine it is so easy to do and I can watch regular TV at the same time. The quality of the copies is very good. My only complaint is that I paid too much for it. Over $1300.00 dollars and when I looked it up again on Amazon, it was almost $200.00 cheaper!

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I am very happy with this purchase. The VHS and DVD player both work good and there is an HDMI connection on the unit which works wonderful with my TV and receiver. I can run HDMI to my TV and then my fibre optic cable from my TV to my receiver. The music quality is perfect. I am getting full output from my Denon receiver.

Good. Works OK after 1 year.