Toshiba RS-TX60 DVD Recorder/Tivo

Progressive Scan, 160GB - MPN: RSTX60

Description: The RS-TX60 will change the way you experience home entertainment. Imagine having a DVD recorder/player combined with a massive hard drive that holds up to 160 hours' worth of shows, plus TiVo's intuitive, easy-to-use program guide. By bringing together all of these amazing ... read more

The RS-TX60 will change the way you experience home entertainment. Imagine having a DVD recorder/player combined with a massive hard drive that holds up to 160 hours' worth of shows, plus TiVo's intuitive, easy-to-use program guide. By bringing together all of these amazing conveniences in a single machine, Toshiba delivers everything you need to take total control of your TV viewing, and so much more!Offering cool A/V networking capabilities, Home Media enables the RS-TX60 to become part of your wired or wireless home computer network (a USB network adapter is required). Stream MP3 music files and digital photos from your computer's hard drive and enjoy them on your TV or home theater system. Stuck across town (or across the country)? Home Media lets you easily schedule your TiVo recordings to the RS-TX60 from any location with access to the Internet. Even connect another TiVo Series2 DVR elsewhere in your home for program-sharing between the two units. minimize

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ssibner from FL

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This unit has been a godsend. The ease of TIVO wit ...

Strengths:

Hard drive size, ease of use, can save recorded shows to either VCR or DVD, will record to hard drive while using DVD drive.

Weaknesses:

DVD drive can be a little noisy at times, but is not a problem since the unit is behind glass in the entertainment unit. You do not hear it unless you are actually standing there next to it.

Posted Jun 14, 2005 - This unit has been a godsend. The ease of TIVO with a built in DVD burner that has yet to make a coaster or fail to play anything I have thrown at it, including DVD's burned on my computer. Transferring recorded shows to DVD is a snap, and quick (except 2X DVD-RW with best quality). The unit looks great, both its assembly and the picture it produces. I can watch a DVD while it records a show to its hard drive, which at 160 GB has plenty of room to record all my favorites at BEST quality without worrying about not having space to record (I always choose the Keep Until I Delete option). I would highly recommend this unit to anyone looking for a versatile unit that is extremely easy to use.

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Nozzledog

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Great Idea, Poor Recordings

Strengths:

Ease Of Use

Weaknesses:

Limited recording options.

Posted Jan 31, 2006 - I bought this unit hoping that I would be able to save my favorite shows to DVD. Unfortunately, the recording quality is so poor, you would be better off using a VCR. The only format worth viewing is their BEST format, wich will only allow you to save about 45hrs on the HDD or 1hr onto a DVD. If your movie is even 1min longer, you have to split the movie onto 2 discs. The RS-TX60 will not let you edit out any portion of the recording nor let you put in any user chapter breaks. If you have saved a movie on the HDD in BEST format, you cannot change to a lower format to fit the movie to the DVD disc (not that you would want to use a lower format). If you set the DVR to record at a lower quality, you will also have to watch live TV at the lower quality as well because you're never really watching live TV, your really watching what the DVR recorded a 1/2 second ago. The rest of the TIVO system is great, the ability to watch a DVD or pre-recorded show while the unit is recording something else is nice. You can even watch TV or pre-recorded shows while recording to DVD. If you only subscibe to basic TIVO it takes about 1hr to record a full DVD. If you subscibe to the TIVO service, they upgrade your software to allow 24min recordings. I have had a few times that the TIVO guide was wrong on the times that a show aired, and it recorded something else, and the "Season Pass" will sometimes be tricked into not recording an episode if the new showing has the same title as one previously recorded, but generally I like the TIVO service. MY recomendation, is to by a TIVO box if you want those features, and get a seperate DVD recorder.

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mjmayotte from MN

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RS-TX60

Strengths:

Multifunctional unit - TIVO, DVD, DVD-R(W), JPEG viewer, etc.

Weaknesses:

Does not have 5.1 sound.

Posted Oct 14, 2005 - Very easy to use unit and remote. Set-up was a breeze. The DVD and DVD-R works well. I wish it had 5.1 surround so I could only have 1 DVD, but for the price, it is great.

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