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Summary: This is a fabulous product
Review: When my new VCR decided to stop recording properly after a few months, I decided to try a DVR. I chose this product since I have limited space in my TV stand and because of the free Tivo basic service. Within a day or two, I was wondering why I hadn't gotten a Tivo sooner.
There are a lot of great features. The ability to pause and rewind live TV makes TV watching so much more convenient. I no longer have to worry about missing parts of a show. The DVR is easy to program, and I can watch something I've already recorded while it records something else. I was able to pick which channels I watch from my cable line-up, so the program guide won't display information on channels I don't like. The program guide is also a lot nicer than the one from my cable box since it shows what's on now as well as the upcoming shows on whatever channel I have highlighted. Since the DVD player is built in, I was able to go from needing three remotes to work my DVD player, TV, and cable box, to only needing one to control everything (although I do still need to use the cable remote to access my cable company's On Demand features).
There is some fan noise, but it's only about as loud as the fan on my computer. I only notice it when the tv is turned off.
I was disappointed to find that I had to subscribe to Tivo Plus in order to get the rebate offered by Tivo. I had not intended to even try the free trial version of Plus since I did not want to get sucked into paying a monthly fee. Of course now that I've tried Plus, I don't know if I want to do without it. The season pass feature is cool, but what I really love is Tivo Suggestions. As long as there is space to record, Tivo will automatically record programs it thinks I might like. With Tivo Plus, I'll never have to worry about having nothing to watch.
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Summary: BAD Recording Quality... Very NOISY... DO NOT BUY
Review: Where is the 'zero' star rating. 1 star is too much credit for this horrible put together. I was 100% disappointed.Very very horrible recording quality from cable even with the highest recording quality option. Also, this player has 80GB harddrive and it records only 20 hours with this highest quality of recording. Free Tivo is a plus, but most of my programs are recorded via timer, hence this is not of much use. The recorder is very noisy, and hums and runs all night for some strange reason, even when it is turned off. You can hear the grinding noise of the harddrive from 10 feet away. I'm not new to owning harddrive recorders. I owned a RCA DRC70005N with free guideplus (Just like TiVo and free) system and 40GB harddrive, which had 10 times better recording quality. Finally, the DVD drive is also really noisy. I've owned atleast 4 DVD players and changers, this one makes 10 times more noise playing a DVD compared to any other DVD player. It is very cheaply made product and doesn't do anything right except the Free TiVo function. I'll be returning my Toshiba SD-H400 this week. Please save your money and buy a RCA DRC7005 (I'll warn you that the RCA does have some annoying software bugs) or Panasonic DMR-E80H with DVD recorder and 80GB harddrive (I just ordered it at buy.com for less than $500. Also, this product has excellent review from Amazon.com reviews). DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT... Sincere advice from someone that knows about his audio video systems and owns $10K worth of excellent home theater products such as Denon DVD player, Onkyo receiver, Infinity interlude speakers and Panasonic HDTV. The Toshiba SD-H400 product belongs in the trash.
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