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Summary: HOPELESS
Review: Set-up Instructions are hopeless and nearly impossible to understand and implement for Satellite Reception and use
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Summary: Not Bad, But Not Great
Review: The first thing I noticed about the Toshiba W727 was that it doesn't have a power led. You have to pay attention to slight changes to the clock display to see if it's on or off. This is a minor point but it shows that Toshiba is cutting corners and makes you wonder what else they are cutting. This unit has the fastest rewind I've ever seen but it sounds like a jet at take-off when it goes. The auto tracking works okay and I'm glad that you can manually adjust tracking if you want. As far as the picture quality goes I think it's as good as any I've seen. Overall, I guess that I expected "Top notch" everything and got "just okay" everything.
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Summary: Really cool
Review: the second i got this Vcr i knew i would love it. It records programs beautiflly and has a lot of ports. My favorite feature is commercial skip because commercials are so annyoing. i think it is a really good VCR and would suggest anyone that needed a Vcr should it.
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Summary: Poor resolution; poor controls
Review: The vcr uses "auto tracking" for every tape that you insert... even ones recorded on this VCR?!?! The picture is pretty grainy... even when playing recordings made with this vcr?!?!Not much information is given in the LED display. If you are playing a tape, you can't see the time. You can't tell if the power is on, as there is no indicator, the LED just gets slightly brighter. 'Precision' fast forwarding can't be done. The "flash rewind" is handy when you want to rewind a movie, but trying to move a tape along 5 minutes or a half hour is like parallel parking a harrier jet. It constatnly overshoots your intended tape position. For about the same price, you can get the Sony SLV N77. It is a much better vcr.
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Summary: Poor resolution; poor controls
Review: The vcr uses "auto tracking" for every tape that you insert... even ones recorded on this VCR?!?! The picture is pretty grainy... even when playing recordings made with this vcr?!?! Not much information is given in the LED display. If you are playing a tape, you can't see the time. You can't tell if the power is on, as there is no indicator, the LED just gets slightly brighter. 'Precision' fast forwarding can't be done. The "flash rewind" is handy when you want to rewind a movie, but trying to move a tape along 5 minutes or a half hour is like parallel parking a harrier jet. It constatnly overshoots your intended tape position. For about the same price, you can get the Sony SLV N77. It is a much better vcr.
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Summary: Toshiba W727 has been great!
Review: This is the second Toshiba W727 we have purchased at Amazon. We have never been disappointed on any Amazon purchase; all items have been excellent! My wife is a movie/TV buff. She could be a network program critic in a flash. We have 6 VCR's, 5 cable boxes, and they are going practically all the time. Our older Toshiba M751 finally bit the dust after about 7 years of constant use. It was the main VCR that we use in our family room to view programs recorded on all the other VCR's ( 3 Sony, 2 Toshiba, and 1 JVC), so it REALLY got lots of use/abuse. We will see how this one holds up after f-fwd thru commercials, back-ups, etc. If it is anything like the M751, we will be very pleased. The other Toshiba W727 has been great so far, so we are confident the new one will also be as good. We needed C3 cable box control, and this is one that works. You will enjoy! If by chance you are not, Amazon stands behind every sale.
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Summary: better than average for the price
Review: This VCR is better than most despite some oddities that really annoy me personally. I have missed the beginning of so many music videos because by the time I find the remote and get both buttons pushed, it's too late. The machine lacks a "record" button on the console. No remote --- no record. That is just plain stupid. I read the CR reviews and bought both of the top rated VCR's. The Sony is indeed second-choice to this one. But I am not happy with the SLP recording quality for regular broadcast, especially for still and slow motion. (It is better than the Sony) However the SLP is pretty good with digital cable movies and live broadcasts. The remote takes some getting used to, and the rewind to zero feature does not work unless you first display the counter on the screen. That makes little if any sense and is one of many silly quirks you have to memorize to use the machine.
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Summary: Great machine - confusing directions
Review: This VCR is top rated by Consumer Reports and lives up to it's billing. It performs very well and the price was excellent! I'd love to give it 5 stars however, as noted in another review, the directions are anything but easy to understand. In the end it was worth the effort, but it took me hours of trial and error to understand some of the programming features. Great machine, but be ready to "study" the directions.
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Summary: Great machine - confusing directions
Review: This VCR is top rated by Consumer Reports and lives up to it's billing. It performs very well and the price was excellent! I'd love to give it 5 stars however, as noted in another review, the directions are anything but easy to understand. In the end it was worth the effort, but it took me hours of trial and error to understand some of the programming features. Great machine, but be ready to "study" the directions.
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Summary: over 100 button
Review: to electronics fan from venice ca.
I dont know what adviser you talked to, but all you have to do for channels over 100 is first push the over 100 button,then the next two digits-example 127- push over 100 button,then 2, then 7
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