Toshiba RD-XS54 DVD Recorder with 250 GB Hard Drive
Three Mistakes...
My husband purchased the Toshiba HDD/DVD XS54SU recently.  We are now on our third one.  No, it's not because we loved them so much that we wanted three of them.  Read on - I'll explain.  I studied the manual and learned how to operate the first unit.  It was complicated.  It took me forever to figure out how to set up a program to be recorded with the timer.  After a few days, the unit would shut off and would not come on with the standby button.  The only way I could turn the unit on was to unplug it and start over.  Of course, because it would shut itself off, nothing was being recorded either.  After many hours of thinking I must be doing something wrong, we decided to return it.  We got another one.  This time, the TV Guide wouldn't load and the unit again shut itself off and wouldn't come back on.  So we returned that one.   <br /> <br />Being the persistent and determined people we are, we decided to try the XS34.  Guess what?  Same problem.  I called Toshiba.  They, of course, said they hadn't heard of any such problems.  They said it might be a bad lot.   <br /> <br />Needless to say, the third unit is going back tomorrow.  I must say even if everything worked the way it's supposed to, I wouldn't want this.  Why would anyone want such a complicated device in their lives?