Toshiba D-R5 Multi Drive DVD Recorder
D-R5 Toshiba
I always appreciate the people who take time to write reviews.  It helps me decide what to buy. <br /> <br />I purchased two of these units.  I've always recorded to VHS tapes.  This is my first DVD recorder.  Both units will record from TV cable.  The first unit (let's call it U1) records OK except when I schedule a recording from 17:30 to 17:59, then 18:00 to 18:59 and then one for 20:00 to 21:00 on the same day, the unit will record the first 2 just fine then start recording at 18:00 and keep recording until the disk is full.  Very annoying.  The other unit (call it U2) works fine.   <br /> <br />If you try to interrupt U1 during a recording session it will ignore you completely.  You have to pull the power plug to finally get it to stop.  U2 will politely ask if you want to interrupt the recording and then stop like a good machine should.   <br /> <br />What I found interesting is you can record TV shows to the unit and then select an item called \\"finalize\\" and this will create all the data structures for a true dvd.  Then this disk will play on any dvd. <br /> <br />Entering recording times and dates is somewhat awkward.  I think this could have been designed better. <br /> <br />If you have an older TV which does not have separate audio inputs then you  cannot play back the sound from this unit.  I happen to have old TV's so I connect the D-R5 to an old VHS recorder and output the audio and video thru it.