| Toshiba RD970 - 250Gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder with Digital Freeview Tuner |  | Brand: Toshiba
Category: CE
Buy Used: £149.99
Used (2) Refurbished (1) from £149.99
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 38164
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.6
Dimensions (in): 16.5 x 12.4 x 2.3
MPN: RD97DTKTB
Model: RD97DTKTB
EAN: 5017151617808
ASIN: B000W49BJU
Release Date: September 17, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Rubbish! March 9, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Yesterday, my husband bought this DVD recorder to go with our new Toshiba TV and, on paper, it seemed a good buy. 250GB of hard drive space, a reasonable price. On taking it home and setting it up, it became obvious that all was not well. It is noisy with a really audible humming noise. Trying to press a channel number on the remote didn't seem to work, we then realised that it was because it was so slow to respond. The remote control is made of plastic and not even smooth plastic at that! The recorder really feels cheaply made and looks like it has been put together in some third world country. Needless to say, it's gone back to the shop this morning and we have bought a Panasonic instead! Interestingly, we thought that the Toshiba's humming noise might be due to the fact that it has a hard drive but our new Panasonic is quiet, so it's not the reason. We already have another Panasonic DVD Recorder and I am really impressed with Panasonic, it's really easy to use and, if you also have a Panasonic TV, you can use a feature exclusive to Panasonic: Direct TV Recording: if you are watching TV and you realise you really want to record what you have started watching, you press a button and the DVD recorder records automatically what you are watching.
poor product from a good brand January 20, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought this as I have a Toshiba HD TV. Very happy with the TV, this product is poor, poor menus, poor setup, poor HDMI connectivity. It actually worked better through SCART than HDMI. Even simply playing a DVD caused flickering on the top and pottom 4 to 5 pixels when using HDMI.
 Good value with good features January 10, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is my first dip into DVD Recorder/HDMI waters & did lots of research before buying this player,I have a Toshiba 37" LCD so that swayed me somewhat. I have had none of the problems written about by the other reviewers, It's been easy to to set up has performed without a hitch in every aspect,ok The build quality is'nt great but overall good value for money I also use a learning remote to control all the system so the original remote is not required.
Considering the price & all the features it has I think I got a good buy & not at all disapointed I therefore give it 5 stars.
 Crude design and build quality - a disappointing product January 2, 2008
38 out of 40 found this review helpful
I bought this to upgrade from a smaller, analogue Daewoo DVD recorder (I wanted more memory and a DVB tuner), so this is the comparison which informs this review. It seemed a bargain (I was offered it at a reduced price not from amazon). With the exception of the two features mentioned above, together with HDMI connection, a much quieter fan, and the shiny black fascia, this machine is simply inferior in almost every way.
The first disappointment is the look of it in operation. On-screen menus look and are crude. The machine is slow and unwieldy in operation throughout. The Electronic Programme Guide is clunky and equally crude looking, and the timer function is counter-intuitive in operation and unreliable (I've gone back to more regular use of my elderly Sharp VHS as a backup). Editing facilities are crude and unresponsive. With this, the remote control is particularly unhelpful - both poorly organised and poorly labelled (I can barely read it in artificial light - this could be a personal vision issue, but I've no such problems with any other remote I have - even the tiny remote for my clock radio!).
I have some problem with the ability to tune in to DVB stations, but this lack of sensitivity may be partly due to the poor reception in my building/area - although other tuners I have seem to cope well enough. This is always difficult to assess, but if you live in a simlarly reception challenged area, it might be worth knowing.
The infamous "timeslip" function is also pretty useless - a poor alternative to any well constructed PVR - but many other amazon reviews of similar products have addressed this one.
Particularly irritating - and avoidable - are the multiple aerial sockets (you have to use a SEPARATE EXTERNAL coaxial cable to use both the analogue and digital tuner, yet the onscreen setup menus assume both as a default).
I've posted this because I looked very carefully for reviews of this object before I bought, it but found nothing much, so I resorted to some residual faith in Toshiba as a brand. In spite of my past experiences with Toshiba being as positive as they were (or was I just lucky?) I don't have that kind of faith any more, I'm afraid. As ever, best to try before you buy, if you can. One look at the menus would have been enough!
Toshiba RD970 250 HDD & DVD recorder December 31, 2007
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
I have to admitt I didn't buy this piece of equipment through Amazon as it was a last minute purchase on Xmas Eve but felt I had to write this review as I have used them in the past. Got it home tried to set it up nothing just the Toshiba welcome screen end of story till after Xmas. Exchanged it for another on the 27/12 plugged it in and away we went and in a couple of minutes it was up and running. Tested all the facilities in the next three days, EPG was missing half the info on the channels, changing channels was slow and the handset was not precise some times you had to press the buttom twice especially the TOP MENU button which seemed to have a mind of it's own, the handset was also difficult to read 'off white on black'. The channel reception was not great at times but the HDD worked fine and also the record option onto DVD. There is no volume control on the handset and you can only watch the channel you are currently recording, very fustrating. So after three days I decided enough was enough and back it went in exchange for a Humax 9200T our second and a fine piece of equipment it is too but no DVD!
So until Toshiba get their act together I would give the RD970 a miss.
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