Recording to DVD offers huge advantages over tape, in picture and sound quality, durability, and convenience. Toshiba's D-R1 is like having a top-notch progressive-scan DVD player and a VCR-on-steroids in a single user-friendly component. Toshiba's Multi Drive design lets you choose the best disc for the job, whether it's rewriteable DVD-RW or DVD-RAM™, or write-once DVD-R. Using a standard blank DVD-R disc, you can record anywhere from one hour (highest quality) to six hours (VHS quality). For "time-shifting" your favorite shows, you'll love the features and flexibility of DVD-RAM (RAM stands for "Random Access Memory"). It's the only recordable format that keeps precise track of recorded and blank sections on each disc, so you can always jump directly to any spot and begin playing or recording right away. You can arrange recorded programs for playback in any order you choose. The "Time Slip" feature lets you watch the beginning of a recorded program while the show is finishing recording! It also allows you to record a program while watching another one that you've previously recorded. Try doing that with a VCR! Write-once DVD-R is the medium of choice for archiving home movies. Owners of digital camcorders can make a single-cable IEEE 1394 connection to the D-R1 and make crystal-clear DVD copies of videos for easy playback, or for sharing with friends and family (DVD-R is compatible with nearly all DVD players and computer DVD drives). No more worries about tapes failing, fading, or wearing out! When recording, the D-R1 automatically grabs the first video frame and displays it as a chapter mark. You can also choose to create your own chapter marks with custom screen captures or "thumbnails."

Features of the Toshiba D-R1 include:

Records to DVD-RAM, DVD-R & DVD-RW
Plays DVD-Video, DVD-RAM, DVD-R & DVD-RW, and Video CD
Plays CD, CD-R & CD-RW
Time Slip recording/playback
Digital Video Noise Reduction
Auto title/chapter/thumbnail creation
54MHz/10-bit video DAC
Selectable interlaced/progressive-scan video (playback only)
De-interlacer with 3-2 pulldown processing
Built-in 181-channel NTSC tuner
32-event/2-month program timer with VCR Plus+
Dolby® Digital 2.0 and PCM stereo audio recording modes
Optical and coaxial digital outputs for Dolby Digital/DTS®/PCM
3 sets of A/V inputs (composite and S-video), including 1 front-panel set
2 sets of A/V outputs (2 composite, 2 S-video, and 1 480i/480p component video)
IEEE 1394 DV input for use with a digital camcorder
RF input/output for antenna/cable signals
Remote control (multibrand for TVs)
192 kHz/24-bit audio D/A converter
16-7/8"W x 3-1/16"H x 14-1/4"D
Warranty: 1 year parts, 90 days labor
Designed for use with "Region 1" coded DVDs

Toshiba D-R1 Consumer Reviews (1 review)

Write a review of the Toshiba D-R1! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by T Houlton on 03-23-2008
Not a very good DVD recorder. The main problem is that finding compatible DVD's are impossible. What use is it if you can only look at it and not use it?
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