Toshiba D-VR650

60 reviews

May, 2013

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) the Toshiba D-VR650 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 63/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review by: gerardr1 (cnet.com)

Slow & slower. 30-40 sec to see disk, 3-5 sec/channel.

My cable box has "remote commander". This unit will power on, but the 30-40 seconds to get running and recognize the disk always means that the "start recording" command fails to be recognized by the unit. I bought originally for VCR and clear-QAM, and...

The feature list; but never buy a Toshiba product without the ability to test it in the store (probably holds true for most electronic gear, but ...)

Slowness, slowness, slowness. Seemingly dead DVD drive after just 18 months (was recording, but now won't recognize any disk after it formats it)

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review by: RadioEngineer (shopzilla.com)

Buggy Buggy Buggy!

Copies home VHS videos to DVD easily w/ good quality.

All other features I wanted either didn’t work or not well.

Mar, 2008

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Consumer review by: Eebsmom (cnet.com)

Toshiba D-VR650 - DVD recorder/ VCR combo

I had the same problem the other users did with the "tv input error." Toshiba-no help.

Works well when it works

Customer support - no help

Nov, 2007

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Consumer review by: geoffleach (cnet.com)

Great features, poor execution

OK, I admit it. I was an early adopter, so I suppose I have only myself to blame for all of the returns. (BTW, Toshiba will issue a UPS label for the return if you insist.) That said, the recorder is now working pretty well, and, for the price, its a...

Price, features

Software poorly implemented

Sep, 2007

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Consumer review by: grafttt (cnet.com)

very over rated !

I don't know why the power cord is so short on this unit, I paid 280 USD and you would think you would get a power cord as long as most units, not on the D-VR650KU and the owner's manual is most disgusting.I am returning this item back to the store and...

none, could not use

dead out of the box

Jul, 2007

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Consumer review by: 24hawkeye19 (cnet.com)

Sorry but no sale

I got this model direct from Toshiba when I sent in an earlier Toshiba model to be repaired. The earlier one could not be repaired, so this model was sent as a replacement. When I hooked the 650 up, I could never get the machine to dub a tape to disk....

I could find none

One, but it's a biggie

Jun, 2007

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Amazon review summary for the Toshiba D-VR650

alaTest has collected and analyzed 52 user reviews of the Toshiba D-VR650 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

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33% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: Zebanya Rice (amazon.com)

Awful awful player

Whoever designed this machine was a TOTAL IDIOT. 1) It often takes five to ten seconds before pressing a button actually makes the player do something. 2) When it starts up it takes a good 30 to 60 seconds to where you can actually tell it what to...

Feb, 2010

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Consumer review by: K. Ryder (amazon.com)

JUNK

This DVD VHS Recorder is worthless. It performed haphazardly for the first year and will not perform at all now when it comes to recording. It will accept recording schedules and then either turn itself off long before the TV show occurs or just...

May, 2009

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Consumer review by: David Short (amazon.com)

It won't play recent Disney DVDs!

This player is incompatible with recent Disney DVD releases like Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio. I only found this out after trying and returning three different copies of Pinocchio! There is no guarantee that the coding will be adjusted for future...

Mar, 2009

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