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Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

20 reviews

Nov, 2024

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usability (6)
image quality (6)
size (1)

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reliability (7)
price (2)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 20 reviews of Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box. The average rating for this product is 2.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the size. The image quality is also appreciated. Many are critical about the price and reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 80/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by : Nathan Taylor (goodgearguide.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD

Full HDTV support ; HDMI, component and RGB output ; huge hard disk

It ain't pretty

As long as you're not too worried about how it looks, the HDD-J35 is an awesome PVR, with outstanding HDTV support.

Jul, 2005

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Expert review by : Nathan Taylor (goodgearguide.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35

It's not a pretty device, looking rather like the twin of a VHS player my parents bought in the late 80s--and having an on-screen display that looks l...

Full HDTV support; HDMI, component and RGB output; huge hard disk

It ain't pretty

As long as you're not too worried about how it looks, the HDD-J35 is an awesome PVR, with outstanding HDTV support.

Jul, 2005

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Expert review by : Randolph Ramsay (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

Toshiba's put in the latest tech with their new HD set top box, including a 160GB hard drive and HDMI output.

Oct, 2010

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Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

It seems obvious to me but not to most who have commented in this forum that INIt stands for the INITIALISATION process as the program loads. If you care to look carefully the last letter is a small t & not a capital E as the format of the LED cannot...

Excellent performance & reliabilty with my machine

Little, provided no-one tries to tamper with the complex programming inherent in such a machine

Sep, 2009

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Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

$1600 and dosent work !!!

NIL

EVERYTHING

Sep, 2009

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Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

Paid $1 599 for the unit 2.5 yrs ago and it's on its fourth return to base at the moment.....Toshiba have been great all along...but now they are offering me $600{I don't think this is enough} for the unit instead of fixing it yet again....???!!!

When it's working it's unreal...easy to use...great functions.

In the time we've owned it the unit has spent at least 12 mths either not working or at the repair shop....the con ...the unit is not reliable

Nov, 2008

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Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

Trevor i just read your comments , how far out of warranty was your unit?

Nov, 2008

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Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

Newfarmer wrote - Now it won;t go past INIE at all.

Great unit until now

Didnt get extended warranty

Nov, 2008

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Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

I have been using my HDD-J35 regularly now for three years and it has not needed to be touched since installation. It has worked flawlessly apart from about 3 or 4 freezes and only very occasional short-lived pixellation. Recording is easy and flawless...

Great picture and sound. Very reliable when set up properly and left alone.

Very little. Could do with a bookmark to save the place in a program.

Oct, 2008

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Consumer review (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba HDD-J35 HD set top box

Don't buy one of these units - totally unreliable. Repair not always successful and takes atleast a week as the service centre is in Sydney.

Toshiba service is polite and relatively efficient - they pick up and return the unit via couriers for repairs. So far no charge for the repairs.

The unit has been repaired atleast 6 times in 2 years.When it works its great, but the problem is that the picture freezes or pixelates with alarming regularity

Sep, 2008

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