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Toshiba RD XS54

54 reviews

Nov, 2024

Positive
usability (34)
price (9)
design (6)
size (3)
image quality (2)

Negative
reliability (7)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 54 reviews of Toshiba RD XS54. The average rating for this product is 3.4/5, compared to an average rating of 3.7/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) for all reviews. People really like the image quality and design. There are some less positive views about the reliability. Reviews about the size and price are mixed.

usability, design, image quality

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) the Toshiba RD XS54 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 69/100 = Good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Toshiba RD XS54

alaTest has collected and analyzed 50 user reviews of Toshiba RD XS54 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.3/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the image quality. The design also gets good feedback, whereas the size and price get mixed reviews. Some have doubts about the reliability.

usability, design, image quality

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60% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Melissa Perenson (pcworld.com)

RD-XS54 DVD Recorder

The Toshiba RD-XS54 is the most expensive of the DVD and hard-drive video recorders in our January 2006 roundup, and not surprisingly it's also the most feature-packed: Among its features are a roomy 250GB hard drive, an HDMI output, and in-unit...

The RD-XS54's in-unit video editing was less appealing. The recorder offers no easy way to remove sections of video (such as advertising) from a recording, regardless of whether it's on the hard drive or on a DVD-RW disc. Whereas other players let you...

Dec, 2005

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Toshiba RD-XS54 (250 GB) DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder

HDMI, good Video quality, Net Navi feature

Only 1 video stream, 5 second delay when streaming video, can be annoying.

May, 2006

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Groundbreaking

The only reason to buy this DVD recorder is for the Net-Navi feature that all other electronics companies have overlooked. I purchased one for my school library to store educational programs on the hard drive and then play them back whenever. You ...

HDMI, good Video quality, Net Navi feature

Only 1 video stream, 5 second delay when streaming video, can be annoying.

May, 2006

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