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Summary: This is the worst dvd/vcr product that you could buy!
Review: I first bought this last week, and when I played DVD's it made a loud humming/buzzing sound. It was so loud that you could barely hear the audio. I returned it, and decided to try another one just in case I had gotten a defective one previously. Well, when I set up the next one it did the same exact thing. I don't recommend anyone buy this product! It is by far a terrible machine, so avoid it if you can!!
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Summary: Confusing and terrible.
Review: I first bought this machine because it was a Toshiba. It took my family 2 hours just to find out how to play the VCR and DVD. The remote is very complicated and confusing. There are many steps just and learning how to record a show on TV. It makes a lot of noise when it plays a video. The time is missing the second time. When you select SP or SLP its only showed on the screen for a very short time. You have to push the botton again and only know if it is SP or SLP. I would not recommand this model to anyone unless they have the time to read the manual for a whole week to fully understand this machine. Even if you did read it some of the functions would still not work properly. This machine is like a temparay test product.
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Summary: Piece of Junk
Review: I got this thing for Christmas. The DVD Player worked for about 3 months, then it started giving me error messages when trying to read the DVD's. It would work off and on. Then exactly a year later, it just quit working at all. This thing is a piece of garabage. I am now in the market for a DVD player again. I will never buy anything made by Toshiba. Not to mention the fact that my parents own a Toshiba TV and the sound quality is very poor. Toshiba sucks.
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Summary: Excellent Product!
Review: I have been using this unit for over 2 months and think it is great! I am not mechanical and was a bit worried about the set-up. Unbelievable to me, I had it set up and working in about 15 minutes! The manual installation instructions were very clear and easy to understand. Recording programs to the VCR is simple and I love that you can record a TV program to the VCR and simultaneously watch a DVD. The only negative is that the remote buttons are very small, but this seems to be the norm for most remotes these days in order to have so many buttons...I have read some negative reviews on this unit, but so far, I find them hard to beleive. This is a great unit at a terrific price!
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Summary: toshiba sdv-291 dvd/vcr combo (silver)
Review: i ordered it on 2/22/04 it arrived on 2/27/04 i will give amazon an a+ in quick shipping and then i hook the player to my toshiba tv the vcr work but the dvd portion won't work the dvd tray won't come open and was making a alot of noise so I called toshiba personally and explain the problem they said the have alot of problems with this brand they told me ship it back to them costing me 20.90 in shipping from seattle to tennesse and they will send me a brand model at no cost to me the model will be a 390 toshiba dvd/vcr combo i hope to receive this from toshiba next week .I thought toshiba is a good brand if the company does good then i will stick with them .thank you?
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Summary: DVD door did not open at all
Review: I ordered one about 2 weeks back. Price was very attractive got it 108 - 20 (rebate) = 88 from amazon. Opened the player from the box and connected it. The DVD door would not open at all. The finish and material quality is also very poor. Returned it for a full refund from Amazon. Generally Toshiba is good but this is my second bad experience with Toshiba product. First being a defective brand new laptop. My friends have problems with their 27 " Toshiba TVs too. Toshiba once even replaced the TV for free of charge....But I think they are not focussing on quality these days.
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Summary: Not Friendly
Review: I ordered this combo because I wanted the commercial skip feature. Although I am quite computer and electronics savvy I found the controls to be impossible to use, not at all intuitive or user friendly. There are 46 buttons on the remote with obscure and complicated functions. Sitting with the instruction book in my lap, I attempted several times over a period of a week to program the VCR timer to record a program and was unable to accomplish the task.
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Summary: TWO broken ones
Review: i ordered this player. the first one came. the dvd tray did not and would not open. I returned it. A second one came. the same thing happened. seems like an unreliable unit they are trying to get rid of.
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Summary: AOK !!
Review: I read all the negative reviews on this but also read similar negatives for other $100 DVD/VCR combo's. I ordered this because of the price and brand name. You can't beat the price! I saved the reciept and box expecting to return it but was pleasantly surprised. It works fine!! I have no complaints.
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Summary: Repeat problem
Review: I received, as a present the referenced DVD/VCR Combo. The set up was fine and picture quality was excellent. Six months after playing the unit ( movie watching only) my troubles began. About an hour into the DVD, the picture began to skip repeatedly and eventually the screen froze. I contacted Toshiba. They took the old machine back and gave me a new machine. Guess what, six months into the second machine, I'm experiencing the same proble. So long Toshiba!!
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