Toshiba D-R5 Multi Drive DVD Recorder

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Features

Multi Drive Playback and Recording
HDMI Input
WMA & MP3 Playback
Front DV input
7.70 Lbs (WxLxH) 11.97" x 16.93" x 2.44"

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The Toshiba D-R5 Multi-Drive DVD Recorder allows users to record and playback their favorite videos in stunning MPEG-2 digital video on a DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-VR, or DVD-RW formatted discs. DivX Home Theater Certification allows playback of DivX, AVI and MPEG4 (.ASF) compressed files downloaded from the Internet from a personal computer and stored on a CD-R/RW. The D-R5's convenient HDMI output includes both digital audio and video signals in one cable for uncompressed single wire connection of home theater components to the television. HD JPEG will provide the ability to view Megapixel images in their enhanced resolution when using HDMI and an HDTV display device.

Amazon.com Product Description
DVD players are preferred over VCRs because of their ease of use and their quick access to content without fast-forwarding or rewinding. Still, many who have left VHS behind miss the ability to record their favorite content. With the Toshiba D-R5, you get all of the recording versatility of a high-end VCR and the convenience of a progressive-scan DVD player. It even delivers some of the best functions of a DVR.

Multi-Drive Playback and Recording
The D-R5 is designed to record and play back video using DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or DVD-RW recordable discs formats. The DVD-RAM disc, due to its flexibility when recording, offers the best value when using the time-shifting functions of this recorder, such as timer record, chase play and instant replay. DVD-R is a disc type to which content can only be written once, but it is also the most widely accepted format by other players, so it's ideal for recording and sharing home movies. The DVD-RW format generally fits between them in that it's more widely accepted by players than DVD-RAM though not as easily rewritten.

The D-R5 provides a range of recording options. It lists five recording modes with trade-offs between time capacity and video quality. It has an auto title/chapter/thumbnail creation feature, but you can create your own titles with the help of an on-screen keyboard. Front panel composite and S-video input ports make it easy to record straight from a variety of other video sources, such as a camcorder.

HDMI Compatible
High-Definition Multi-media Interface (HDMI) is an interface format that provides uncompressed digital audio and video directly to a digital television. It represents the current state of the art in high-definition video and sound because the information never has to be converted into an analog format. Another benefit of HDMI is that it puts all that information into one cable and one easy-to-use connector.

An added benefit of connecting the D-R5 to your television with HDMI is that the unit can "upscale" commercial DVDs, which are rendered at 480p resolution, to a digitally interpolated 720p resolution, which makes for a much sharper picture. Also, the unit's built-in MPEG decoder is able to display your JPEG files at higher resolution when connected HDMI display.

Lacking an HDMI connection, however, the D-R5 offers 10-bit digital-to-analog video conversion at 54 MHz and ColorStream Pro component video output for a clear image. This player is also DivX Home Theater Certified, which means it display popular Internet video formats that have been burned onto a CD, such as DivX, AVI, and MPEG4.

Audio
For home theater audio hookups, the unit provides optical Dolby Digital and dts surround sound output 24-bit analog conversion at 192kHz. The D-R5 also plays MP3 and WMA files recorded to compatible disc media.

Customer Reviews Read 14 more reviews...

Nope October 25, 2008
Claude E. Smoot (USA)

Skip this one. Less than 2 years old and the HDMI stopped working. It also claims DVD's are 'BAD' about 90% of the time when they play just fine in my older dvd/vcr combo machine. Video was nice when it worked. The person claimed that 'could finish dinner while waiting for the tray to open' is right - and you could add 'I could cook dinner while waiting for it to determine that my dvd is bad.'

Love the Middle Speed September 22, 2008
Ms Goodness (California, USA)

This is almost a perfect machine that has all the speeds I've needed in recording my own media. The only thing I don't like about this machine is that, even though I've bought it brand new, there's still some defect in the audio of some of the channels, like it's muted or no audio at all. However I am just using this machine just to copy my other recorded stuff and compressed them in one DVD. Somehow they have now stopped making machines like this kind that records in "middle speed" which can compress videos up to three hours in one DVD and still in good quality. I find that the LP speed reduces a lot of the picture quality when finalized in one DVD disc and the SP speed is only good for 2 hours in one DVD disc. Why record in 2 hours when you can compressed it in 3 hours in one DVD disc?

BIG MISTAKE March 1, 2008
Roger P. Buchanan (Maryland)

Bought this refurbed to get an inboard tuner...BIG MISTAKE on many fronts. Unit would not work with Maxell and a couple other brands of -rw's, then tried dvd-ram...did get a few -r recordings which won't play out on other equipment. more problems recognizing media...pretty useless already, and a lot of money invested in useless media. Talked to so-called customer support who informed me that refurbed units may be more finicky than new. So far this is a glorified (and incredibly slow-loading) player. A week after the 3 month refurb warranty ended the unit stopped sending output through any output (HDMI, Component, Composite, Svideo)... Customer service indicated they would probably help me out under the circumstances, then said too bad... I've been a big supporter of toshiba products in the past, but this poor product and their lack of support have taught me a valuable lesson....STAY AWAY FROM THESE PRODUCTS

It Broke February 21, 2008
Joshua Bell (New York City)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought this player/recorder 11 months ago, and now I have to get a new one because it no longer works. I got it because it was the cheapest recorder I could find, and I guess you get what you pay for. After a few months it wouldn't record new discs, but unfortunately for me that was after the 90-day warrantee on labor ran out. Now it occasionally refuses to play store-bought DVDs that work fine on other players, so I'm junking it.

As for functionality, the rewind is pretty annoying, because it doesn't come close to stopping where you release the button, even if you are in the slowest scan mode.

dvd recorder August 29, 2007
william r. phillips (arlington, tx United States)

The product arrived quickly and in excellent condition. The Toshiba has proven easy to use and in playback produces a good picture. I am very pleased with the product.

Product Specifications

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 12 x 16.9 x 2.4
MPN: D-R5
Model: D-R5
UPC: 022265412046
EAN: 0022265412046