Toshiba DR-2 DVD Recorder/Player with Simultaneous Play and Record
The Disc Error Machine
The Toshiba D-R2 would have been more appropriately named the Toshiba R2-D2 because it's just as quirky as the robot of Star Wars fame.  While the interface isn't the most user-friendly, it shouldn't take very long for the average user to become familiar with it, though it did take a while to learn how to edit a title.  While recorded picture quality is adequate, the main problem with this machine is its uncanny ability to record entirely through a disc without detecting &quot;disc errors&quot; and then during the finalizing process (DVD-R) discs, you commonly get the message &quot;DISC MAY NEED CLEANING OR IS DAMAGED PHYSICALLY&quot;.<BR>As I've been using DVD recorders for almost two years, I didn't think that brand new DVD-R discs required cleaning, but I cleaned a couple anyway.  No cigar.  After trying to record approximately 40 DVD-R discs FOR VIDEO on this machine, from both Fuji and Ri-Data, I've had to throw away almost 45% of the discs.  If you like to spend much money on discs, this is the machine for you. It's highly doubtful that I was unfortunate enough to purchase two bad batches of discs, from two different companies no less.  Rather than contacting Toshiba, I threw the D-R2 into the trash with the latest disc it couldn't finalize successfully. To provide company for the Toshiba D-R2, I also tossed the Philips DVDR-75 recorder, another nearly worthless machine that has caused many people much grief.  Does anyone know of any DVD recorders manufactured to be relatively grief-free?