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Toshiba D-R4 Multi-Drive DVD Recorder | 
| Brand: Toshiba
Category: CE
List Price: $219.99
Buy Refurbished: $119.00
You Save: $100.99 (46%)
Refurbished (2) from $119.00
Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 21347
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12
Dimensions (in): 20.6 x 17.7 x 6.2
MPN: D-R4
Model: D-R4
UPC: 022265411674
EAN: 0022265411674
ASIN: B0007UVYOY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | DVD-RAM, DVD-R, and DVD-RW recording with Time Slip feature so you can view a show from the start while it's still recording | | • | ColorStream Pro progressive scanning for flicker-free images on high-definition and HD-ready screens | | • | Auto title/chapter/thumbnail creation, time-base correction, digital noise reduction | | • | EASY NAVI menu portal provides quick and easy access to key features; front-panel AV input for camcorder, VCR, or other device | | • | Measures 17 x 2.3 x 11.8 inches (W x H x D) |
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Amazon.com Product Description
A happy meeting of high quality and high value, Toshiba's Multi-Write D-R4 is not just a full-featured progressive-scan DVD iplayer/i that handles your DVDs, CDs, MP3/WMA music discs, and JPEG-filled recordable discs. It's also a DVD irecorder/i capable of storing up to 6 hours of audio/video on a single-sided 4.7 GB recordable DVD--whether broadcast programming or copies of your home movies to share with loved ones.P The D-R4 offers the flexibility of recording on both DVD-RAM--perfect for instant chapter access and for multiple re-recordings--as well as DVD-R, the most widely compatible of the many DVD formats (great for sharing camcorder footage with loved ones). DVD-RW compatibility lets you erase and rewrite, though relatively few players and computer drives will play back DVD-RWs. DVD-RAM discs can be read, written, and erased more than 100,000 times.P When recording, the D-R4 captures the first video frame and displays it as the chapter mark. You can then designate chapter marks with custom screen captures or thumbnail images of your choice. The D-R4 also lets you generate and save custom playlists using any title and chapter. Each list of desired footage can be separately titled and edited (for removal of, say, commercials) and then seamlessly played back.P Time Slip lets you use your DVD recorder like a personal video recorder, or PVR. Because of DVD-RAM's fast transfer rate, you can view the recorded portion of an ongoing program from the beginning, while still recording the show in progress.P The D-R4 features a 181-channel cable-compatible tuner and 2-month, 36-event programming. And, in addition to recording new video content, the D-R4 lets you transfer and even enhance your favorite video recordings to durable, space-saving discs--a terrific way to archive, preserve, and access your movies and family videos. The unit's EASY NAVI menu simplifies operation by giving you direct access to key operations such as locating and playing back of recorded content.P For top-of-the-line playback, the D-R4 is equipped with a 10-bit/54 MHz video digital-to-analog converter capable of great color purity and detail. When connected to a high-definition or HD-ready television through its ColorStream Pro component-video outputs, the D-R4 delivers Toshiba's Digital Cinema Progressive picture. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.P The D-R4 also has Toshiba's Digital Cinema Progressive feature, which performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.P The deck's abundant connections include multiple composite- and S-video inputs and outputs, stereo analog (left/right) inputs and outputs, and an optical digital-audio output for use with a compatible digital surround receiver.P bWhat's in the Box/bbr DVD player/recorder, a remote control, remote batteries, a user's manual, a stereo analog audio/composite-video cable, and an RF coaxial video cable.
Product Description
Toshiba's Multi Drive D-R4 DVD Recorder offers recording and playback of DVD-RAM, DVD-RW or DVD-R media. The unit features the EASY NAVI portal, ColorStream Pro Component Video outputs and five different recording modes.Multi Drive D-R4 DVD recorder features Digital Cinema Progressive Scan output, Multimedia playback for JPEGs and MP3 titles, and a Zoom mode.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews...
 I miss my Toshiba August 20, 2008
makedah
I had two of these (I bought a second one from a 'display' sale at Best Buy). I burn lots of DVDs, so I managed to wear them both out. They were great to use. I could choose the background color, and I could set the timer for a specific length of time, (like 17 minutes) not just in 30-minute increments. I didn't like the fact that I couldn't choose my thumbnail image. (You just get to pick the moment that they grab the image in each recording - 3, 10, 35 seconds and so on)
 Best recorder i ever bought June 17, 2008
Mike S. (Johnstown, PA)
i bought mine roughly a year ago, from boscovs(please read entire thing, in order to avoid confusion). I had one before, an emerson which worked terribly. i would have stopped even trying but this was on sale so i gave it a try. Turns out i had the same problem and that was the discs wouldn't play anywhere but in the recorder. i didn't feel that returning would solve my problem. thus it would have a literal shelf-life. br / br /then a week ago i found an old show on that i could not find on dvd. so since vhs's are going i gave the recorder 1 last chance to redeem itself by recording my show. now since it has been a year, i lost the instruction manual, but everything was labeled clearly on the remote. so after i recorded the show, i made a minute of recorded junk with assorted stops. then i decided to play around with all the controls to get use to them. the strangest label was the best: Easy Navi. On there was an option. Finalize DVD and after hitting it i was able to make a custom menu and finally solved the problem. the disc played everwhere, standard dvd player, ps2, even a different dvd recorder. my old one only had basic controls. so now i can safely say: BEST RECORDER EVER. it is a cheap and reliable recorder. hope you found this helpful. br / br /and also, i read the review about Sony DVD-RW's not working. Sony DVD-R will work just fine. i'm not sure about -RW's because they never work for me and -R's are cheaper :).
Judgment: A practical and reliable product November 13, 2006
Amerit
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
br /How could I miss giving this dvd recorder the thumbs up that it deserves. Sorry, Toshiba! Even tho I had a problem prone laptop from you, this DR4 dvd recorder gets 5 stars. Have used it every week since I bought it to record our family outings from my camcorder. My family spread all over thanks you for the terrific quality of the dvds. Yes, I recommended it to others while it remains available.
Firmware Upgrade Fixes Problem with 16x Media October 6, 2006
E. Fong (Los Angeles, CA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've owned the D-R4 since January 2006 and have not experienced any problems when using 4x and 8x speed discs from Maxell and Taiyo-Yuden. I took a chance on the Maxell 16x discs, which were on sale recently at Office Depot, and did have a problem finalizing them. As pointed out by someone else, the D-R4 records to the 16x media fine but gives you an "ERR 14" when finalizing. When I called Toshiba customer service (1-800-319-6684) about this, the rep sent me a firmware upgrade that fixed the problem. br / br /I wish the D-R4 would load discs faster and I wish it could record back-to-back TV shows using the timer without missing the last two minutes of the first show (a quirk that is described in the manual), but overall I like this recorder very much. It does a great job archiving VCR and camcorder tapes. The 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-hour recording modes provide very good quality. Most of the problems mentioned in the reviews can be avoided by buying the recommended 4x and 8x media. Get the firmware upgrade to use 16x media.
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