Toshiba D-R4 Multi-Drive DVD Recorder
A finicky cat indeed
Another voice in the chorus: This kitten is a VERY fussy eater. It didn't like my DVD-R blanks, and turned up its nose at the DVD-RAM blanks I bought for it. This would be infuriating in any recorder, but it's especially galling on one that purports to be omniverous to the point of calling itself \\"Multi-Drive,\\" which of course it isn't (one slot, one drive, one disk at a time). Since it's not a multi-drive, that designation implies that it's unusually versatile, compatible with multiple formats of blanks. That's not true either, though: It functions with three out of five major formats (can't use DVD+R or +RW), and of the formats it does accept, it apparently rejects most brands. The documentation is not helpful on this point, so unless you want to engage in a merry round of disk-buying trial and error to find a brand that works with this thing, I'd advise you to save the trouble and find a more accepting recorder. I returned this one. <br /> <br />(The operation and manual seemed remarkably complicated, but this was my first DVD recorder, so it may be par for the course. I didn't downgrade it for that.)