Toshiba DVR620 DVD Recorder

big mistake June 04, 2013

POSTED BY: lisa1234 , Philadelphia, PA
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"I just bought a new Toshiba DVR620KU just to play old family videos VHR and ONLY plays black / white. I call the Toshiba support and they couldn't help, the "lady" there said, go back and exchange for another???? really, she also believes the Toshiba is bad??? Very disappointed with the player and with Toshiba!!!"

JUNK May 25, 2013

POSTED BY: FED UP , akron, oh
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"NOISY. S VIDEO DOESNT WORK. HDMI FAULT DISPLAY WHEN TRYING TO RECORD DVD OR VCR"

Very Cheap May 06, 2013

POSTED BY: jb , killeen, tx
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"Cursor pops all over screen and takes out words"

ONLY CAN RECORD ONE CHANNEL April 22, 2013

POSTED BY: jardelina , Winnipeg, Canada
Overall rating: 3.0 out of 5

"Buyer Beware: I bought this DVD/VCR Recorder to record different TV programs on different channels during the daytime while i was at work, but only came up with L1/L2 on the channel. What happened to this system? Previous DVD recorder could tape any channel. Very DISSAPOINTING! If anyone knows how to record different channels, your advice would be appreciated."

Useless VCR April 17, 2013

POSTED BY: Bayquake , Phoenix, AZ
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"No problems on the DVD side and the upconvert looks really good. But the VCR has been chewing tapes after 1 year (just in time for the warranty to expire). The ONLY reason I bought this unit was to convert home videos and nearly all of them are ruined."

BBBIG DDDISAPPOINTMENT March 20, 2013

POSTED BY: MIA , CA
Overall rating: 2.0 out of 5

"THE IDEA OF OWNING/USING THIS MACHINE IS OVER RATED. SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DUB VHS TO DVD. RECORD TO EITHER SIDE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A + . THE EDITING FEATURES ON THE DVD SIDE ALSO SEEMED PLAUSIBLE. THIS POORLY CONSTRUCTED MACHINE LASTED APPROX. 10 MONTHS BEFORE THE VHS SIDE "COLLAPSED" AND WOULDN'T ACCEPT TAPES. TO TOP IT OFF, THE MACHINE WOULD STAY ON FOR 10 SECS. W/THE EJECT SYMBOL DISPLAYED ON THE TV (ALTHOUGH NO TAPE WAS IN MACHINE!) AND TURN OFF. THIS RESULTED IN NOT BEING ABLE TO WATCH OR RECORD ANYTHING - EVEN ON THE DVD SIDE, BECAUSE THE CHEAPLY MADE PIECE OF JUNK WOULDN'T STAY ON FOR MORE THAN 10 SECS!!! WAS ABLE TO CONVERT ABOUT 2 DOZ VHS TO DVD AS WELL AS RECORD SOME SHOWS/MOVIES DURING ITS BRIEF LIFE. VERY DISAPPOINTING NOWADAYS TO PAY FOR ELECTRONICS AND THE QUALITY IS ABOUT 1/3 OF THE PRODUCT QUALITY FROM A FEW YEARS AGO. MANUFCTRS JUST WANT THE FAST BUCK CONSUMERS SHELL OUT W/O ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE MERCHANDISE OR CONSUMER SATISFACTION!!! EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE BUILT NOWADAYS WITH A 12-15 MONTH SHELF LIFE - JUST OUT OF REACH OF THE WARRANTY.!!! !!!! !!!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!"

Horrible March 10, 2013

POSTED BY: emeug
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"Was able to transfer about 8 or 9 VHS tapes to DVD and the VCR broke. This is a piece of junk."

Did the job well! March 01, 2013

POSTED BY: Danny , Ottawa, Ontario
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5

"Bought this machine for dubbing family VCR tapes to DVDs. Follow 9 step instructions from manual page 50-51 to setup the dubbing procedure. Anyway, I just let it run until it done. Check recorded DVD as good as the VCR tape. Don’t know why other users have issues. May perhaps pressed the wrong button at step 7. It happened when I first use it, the REC button just next to the REC MODE button!!"

DVR620 DISAPPOINTING!! February 18, 2013

POSTED BY: CG , Hanover Ontariio
Overall rating: 2.0 out of 5

"We bought the DVR620 specifically to transfer home VCR's to DVD's. We have followed the instructions to the "T' and it simply does not work. This product is not user friendly to the average person. It does play VCR's and DVD's without a problem but will not do what it is advertised to do. Can anyone tell us where we might be going wrong and if so, please post step by step instructions or tell me where to go to find them. This has been a very frustrating and expensive purchase."

poorly built February 07, 2013

POSTED BY: JJJ , Ft Worth, TX
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"Bought the unit to have a second VHS unit at the house. I had played 3 hours of tape when the unit failed, eating tape after tape. My decade old metal VHS machine is still running fine. Missed the deadline on returning to the store and have had to ship to CA. When it arrives I will be able to order a replacement unit which will take another week or so to arrive back here. Definitely unhappy. The whole unit seems fragile beyond belief. Did not even reach the point of trying to record anything."

Won't do VHS to DVD for family videos January 06, 2013

POSTED BY: K , San Diego, CA
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"We have tried everything and even brought in other tech savy people to help - could not get this unit to transfer our family VHS tapes to DVD video...so dissapointing. Well it does play DVDs or VHSs but that's not what we bought it for...."

finalize your disks December 12, 2012

POSTED BY: Me , NJ
Overall rating: 3.0 out of 5

"To everyone who said that the disks don't play on other dvd players. You probably have to finalize the disk before you put it in another device. You can put the disk back in the player and find the option in the menu somewhere. Once it is finalized then it will play in other players."

Toshiba 620 review November 26, 2012

POSTED BY: Tim , South Pasadena, CA
Overall rating: 2.0 out of 5

"I have tried multiple DVD's as it kept coming up with error message that it can't record. I eventually bought some Staples DVD+R's and have had the best luck with them working. It still comes up with error writing message but not as often. If you keep going back and trying to record over and over, eventually it records but sometimes it takes awhile. I was hoping that this machine would work better but it does the job -- just takes a lot of time. I did try to talk to text support and they just referred me back to online stuff which didn't help at all with the error message. I would not recommend this VHS => DVD unless it is the only one you can find."

Worthless October 31, 2012

POSTED BY: tech user , Sacramento, CA
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"The dvd recorder is okay as long as you don't want to play the dvd on anything else. I tried every device in my house (regular dvd player, 3 different portable dvd players, a laptop and a desktop computer....no good. So I took a couple disks that were recorded on this machine (that play fine on this machine) to a large electronics store and tried everything they had, including different computers, no luck. Best beware."

Worst DVD Recoreder Ever! October 04, 2012

POSTED BY: Discruntled Customer
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"For every additional gizmo, the picture and sound quality suffers. So why is input coax and output RCA? You need a converter to go from RCA back to coax and then you have to pump up the TV volume until it distorts just to hear it. If you use pre-recorded tapes or DVD's, the quality is fine, but if you record a DVD on this machine, the playback is lousy. Also, when recording a DVD that has been previously recorded on another recorder, you have to reformat the DVD, but if you record on this machine and then record on a Panasonic, there are no compatibility issues. I have never experienced such nonsense before. Panasonic is so much better! Toshiba should learn about K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid)."

Do not buy July 26, 2012

POSTED BY: oshkosh , Wisconsin
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"I was sold a DVR620 and should have been sold the DVR670. They will not trade or refund. The 620 does not have a TV player, so it will not set up for timed recordings."

Not good for VHS recording July 14, 2012

POSTED BY: Tzigg , Anheim,CA
Overall rating: 2.0 out of 5

"There are only two choices for recording VHS tapes, 2hr & 8hr"

DVR620 DVD Recorder March 05, 2012

POSTED BY: Archiver , Carrollton, TX
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5

"I've recorded well over 100 DVDs on my 620 in 15 months and cannot recall a DVD record failure on any brand. I would have given 5 stars as a DVD only recorder. The VCR dub to DVD is poorly conceived -you can't pause the DVD during recording, and the recording quality is poor if the tracking has problems."

Nice product has 2 downfalls January 20, 2012

POSTED BY: DVR620 User , Michigan
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5

"I love this product, it looks sharp, clean and easy to use. Problems lie in the S-video, it sends out but the [s video-in] port doesn't work at all, everything else does tho. Problem 2 is that the DVR cant be controlled threw HDMI like newer HDMI connected products, witch isn't a big shock but a little disappointing. Other than that its an Excellent piece of equipment. P.S. Also the Unit will not Dub protected VHS Tapes to DVD it sends an error message and stops.recording."

power unit failure September 13, 2011

POSTED BY: Roberto , Miami, FL
Overall rating: 1.0 out of 5

"At the moment you connect it to the power, lights begin to blink and it doesn't accept any commands (with the remote control or manually) it means that you can't use it. When I called Toshiba to give me a place where I can take it to be service, they told me that I need to mail it to their place (I have this machine for only 4 months). Their warranty is not good."

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