Toshiba SD-H400 Combination Progressive-Scan DVD Player and TiVo Digital Media Server
BAD Recording Quality... Very NOISY... DO NOT BUY
Where is the 'zero' star rating. 1 star is too much credit for this horrible put together. I was 100% disappointed.<br />Very very horrible recording quality from cable even with the highest recording quality option. Also, this player has 80GB harddrive and it records only 20 hours with this highest quality of recording. Free Tivo is a plus, but most of my programs are recorded via timer, hence this is not of much use. The recorder is very noisy, and hums and runs all night for some strange reason, even when it is turned off. You can hear the grinding noise of the harddrive from 10 feet away.<br />I'm not new to owning harddrive recorders. I owned a RCA DRC70005N with free guideplus (Just like TiVo and free) system and 40GB harddrive, which had 10 times better recording quality.<br />Finally, the DVD drive is also really noisy. I've owned atleast 4 DVD players and changers, this one makes 10 times more noise playing a DVD compared to any other DVD player. It is very cheaply made product and doesn't do anything right except the Free TiVo function.<br />I'll be returning my Toshiba SD-H400 this week. Please save your money and buy a RCA DRC7005 (I'll warn you that the RCA does have some annoying software bugs) or Panasonic DMR-E80H with DVD recorder and 80GB harddrive (I just ordered it at buy.com for less than $500. Also, this product has excellent review from Amazon.com reviews).<br />DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT... Sincere advice from someone that knows about his audio video systems and owns $10K worth of excellent home theater products such as Denon DVD player, Onkyo receiver, Infinity interlude speakers and Panasonic HDTV. The Toshiba SD-H400 product belongs in the trash.