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- Freeview- Built-in Freeview is the easiest way to enjoy digital for free, upto 50 channels
- HDMI- easy way to connect your DVD recorder to your HD TV, upscale to 1080p
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Enjoy digital TV and record your favourite shows to DVD. The DR20 is a digital ready DVD recorder with an integrated Freeview tuner for easy access to up to 50 digital channels and 24 radio stations without subscription. HDMI connectivity makes it easy to connect to your HD TV as well as upscaling standard definition DVDs to near high definition.
A wide range of DVD and CD formats are supported and you can also watch DivX movie downloads, view digital photos and listen to MP3s.
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Blu Ray, DVD & HDD
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76 of 78 people found the following review helpful
received Toshiba DR20 within a few days of ordering,speed of delivery and packaging up to amazon's high standards. Set up no problems with very clear freeview picture. Instruction book very comprehensive and needs reading very througly to get best from machine. Timer recording(epg) easy to programme. I prefer daily mode for everyday operation. Timing progs seem pretty accurate. I use DVD- discs to maintain aspect ratio as transmitted. My old machine did not need finalising of discs to play on other players as modern models do. Finalising can take some time to complete and then has to be un finalised to add further recordings. Machine is very quiet in operation. I am very satisfied with Toshiba DV20 and can recommend it.
61 of 63 people found the following review helpful
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If you just want to record programmes directly from live TV to a DVD disc, this could be the machine for you. The instruction manual could be better, but I nevertheless found the Toshiba DR20 to be easy to set up for basic use. Scanning Freeview channels and recording on to a DVD is straightforward.
My problem was persuading the Toshiba to recognise the existence of my Humax PVR, so that I could copy programmes from the hard drive of the PVR on to DVD. Putting this right involved juggling the menus of the TV, the PVR and the DVD recorder, with their three separate remote controls, and three menu systems. I was convinced that changing one of the settings on one of the machines would get everything working, but I could not tell which one was causing the problem.
In desperation, I spent half an hour on the phone to Toshiba technical support. At first the young man I spoke to told me that the Toshiba DR20 couldn't do what I wanted, though the manual explicitly said that it was possible. He then said that I would have to swap the SCART leads over at the back of the Toshiba every time I wanted to transfer a PVR recording to DVD. When I said that this was unlikely to be the best solution, he told me that there would be no point in contacting technical support again because nobody there would be able to "help" me further.
After a bit more juggling, I managed to make everything work as it should simply by changing a setting on the Toshiba's Input Select menu. I now have a DVD recorder that does exactly what I want, but it took several hours of frustration to make it happen, with no help at all from Toshiba.
Conclusion: good machine, though for anything more than basic use you might need a degree of perseverance (or more knowledge than I have!) to set it up.
UPDATE 26 November 2011: This machine worked well until it suddenly died in mid-recording, two weeks after its one-year guarantee ended. Toshiba suggested I try changing the fuse, otherwise it will be treated as a "chargeable repair", being out of warranty. I've changed the fuse, but the machine is still dead.
UPDATE 2 June 2012: I am still using my Toshiba (repaired privately, not by Toshiba). I really wanted to ditch my old PVR and get Virgin Tivo, but I hesitated over it for a long time because so much has been written about the inability to make DVDs in conjunction with a Tivo box. I took the plunge last week. I can now make DVDs on the Toshiba using Tivo as the source, either from a live programme, or from a previously-recorded programme, or now (new, courtesey of Tivo) from an "on demand" programme (i-Player or catch-up on other channels). I still can't watch channel A while making a DVD of something that's on channel B, but I never could do that anyway, so I'm not complaining. All very satisfactory.
My problem was persuading the Toshiba to recognise the existence of my Humax PVR, so that I could copy programmes from the hard drive of the PVR on to DVD. Putting this right involved juggling the menus of the TV, the PVR and the DVD recorder, with their three separate remote controls, and three menu systems. I was convinced that changing one of the settings on one of the machines would get everything working, but I could not tell which one was causing the problem.
In desperation, I spent half an hour on the phone to Toshiba technical support. At first the young man I spoke to told me that the Toshiba DR20 couldn't do what I wanted, though the manual explicitly said that it was possible. He then said that I would have to swap the SCART leads over at the back of the Toshiba every time I wanted to transfer a PVR recording to DVD. When I said that this was unlikely to be the best solution, he told me that there would be no point in contacting technical support again because nobody there would be able to "help" me further.
After a bit more juggling, I managed to make everything work as it should simply by changing a setting on the Toshiba's Input Select menu. I now have a DVD recorder that does exactly what I want, but it took several hours of frustration to make it happen, with no help at all from Toshiba.
Conclusion: good machine, though for anything more than basic use you might need a degree of perseverance (or more knowledge than I have!) to set it up.
UPDATE 26 November 2011: This machine worked well until it suddenly died in mid-recording, two weeks after its one-year guarantee ended. Toshiba suggested I try changing the fuse, otherwise it will be treated as a "chargeable repair", being out of warranty. I've changed the fuse, but the machine is still dead.
UPDATE 2 June 2012: I am still using my Toshiba (repaired privately, not by Toshiba). I really wanted to ditch my old PVR and get Virgin Tivo, but I hesitated over it for a long time because so much has been written about the inability to make DVDs in conjunction with a Tivo box. I took the plunge last week. I can now make DVDs on the Toshiba using Tivo as the source, either from a live programme, or from a previously-recorded programme, or now (new, courtesey of Tivo) from an "on demand" programme (i-Player or catch-up on other channels). I still can't watch channel A while making a DVD of something that's on channel B, but I never could do that anyway, so I'm not complaining. All very satisfactory.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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In my view this is a good product. It was easy to set up and the manual is helpful and easy to follow.
I have used this recorder quite a lot since it was delivered and am very pleased with it. I have a number of Toshiba products and have not been disappointed so far.
I have used this recorder quite a lot since it was delivered and am very pleased with it. I have a number of Toshiba products and have not been disappointed so far.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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great little dvd recorder very easy to set up and the remote is a very good size and works very quick overall very happy with my purchase
Published 21 days ago by royboy
not recording
I thought this was a DVD recorder!! I set to record an hour long program manually and it started to record. Read more
Published 6 months ago by mikeyg
Toshiba at it's worst!
Having first purchased this product back in April I was disappointed almost immediately. The minute you start to record it turns itself onto the channel it is recording. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Donna
Replacing Sony DVD recorder
My Sony DVD recorder had given up the ghost, could not be repaired and Sony don't make them any more but have turned to PVRs. Read more
Published 6 months ago by OleH
TOSHIBA DR20 DVD RECORDER
Good points:
Delivery from Amazon was superb, as usual.
The recorder was easy to set up, with good quality picture and sound. Read more
Delivery from Amazon was superb, as usual.
The recorder was easy to set up, with good quality picture and sound. Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. Cleaver
Struggling with electronics
If you don't mind reading and learning 60 odd pages of instructions this product is probably very good. I find that more and more electronic stuff gets more and more complicated. Read more
Published 9 months ago by MI5
Toshiba DR20 DVD Recorder
The DR20 performs OK. The only problem I had was that it didn't automatically search for TV channels when first switched on and I had to use the Setup button to start the... Read more
Published 13 months ago by G3LYP
Unreliable and finally broke
Very nice machine, sleek and very easy to operate. I've happly managed to make a couple of recordings without having to resort to the manual, so it can't be that hard to get on... Read more
Published 13 months ago by S. Barnett
rubbish
Bought this item only a few months ago and it has not performed at all well as it is unreliable. Whether you set the recording manually or use the guide settings you cannot rely... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Len
bad service
Purchased product in December,used twice to record and play back. Machine no longer functions.Amazon.co.uk informed. Read more
Published 15 months ago by neil d
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