Toshiba CPBRO2005Eu What is recordable DVD?, Which format?, Hard Disk Drive, Timeslip, Easy Navi

Insight: DVD Recorders

A DVD Recorder is little short of the ultimate in digital entertainment versatility. TV, home video, family photos, music, movies wherever and whenever you want... with a DVD recorder the choice is yours.

Timeslip feature
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Start recording a				The recording
real-time broadcast				is completed
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You come home and watch
the recorded footage using
‘chase play’

Toshiba’s DVD recorders are multi- drive so you can choose the media (disc type) you want to record onto – integrated hard disk, or removable DVD-RAM, DVD-RW or DVD-R (depending on the model).

What is recordable DVD?

A DVD recorder allows you to record, edit and play back material with astonishing ease and absolutely no loss of quality. Before recordable DVD, if you wanted to record a programme or home movie, you

Which format?

There are several different recording formats. A DVD recorder records video and audio optically onto discs. Discs are available in different formats and can be either ‘re-writable’ (DVD- RAM, DVD-RW) or used only once (DVD-R). A DVD hard disk recorder offers the added benefit of a built-in hard disk drive (HDD), as well as a removable disc option.

Hard Disk Drive

The main advantages of DVD-RAM are the recording and editing versatility. With the Random Access Memory (RAM) format, all available space on a disc can be used, unwanted sections of programmes can be simply edited or deleted, and new recordings made without accidentally recording over something you wanted to keep.

DVD-RW

Timeslip

Now you can make the TV schedule fit in with your own schedule thanks to the brilliant Timeslip feature that gives you the option to ‘Chase’ or ‘Pause’ TV.

Chase TV means you can watch the start of a programme at any time, while it is being recorded. For instance, watch the start of the Grand Prix before waiting for the end of the race.

Hard Disk models also allow you to pause a live programme at the touch of a button, then continue from that point when you are ready. Meanwhile, you can keep an eye on the real-time broadcast with the

‘Picture in Picture’ feature which Picture in Picture feature opens a small picture box showing

the live programme.

Picture from the real-time TV broadcast

Picture being played back

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were expected to compromise on quality, with a tape of limited capacity and susceptible to long-term deterioration. Not to mention the hassle of searching for a blank cassette at the last moment, or the risk of recording over something you wanted to keep.

All that has changed. Recordable DVD offers durable discs of varying format and capacity capable of storing great quantities of digital information for your enjoyment.

A DVD recorder isn’t just about recording programmes from TV, or even digital images from camcorders and cameras. It also gives you complete control to edit

The most obvious benefits of a hard disk are the capacity* and simple editing/dubbing capabilities. You can use the HDD for everyday recordings, then edit and dub to disc if you want to keep them or pass them on to someone else.

*(up to 206 hours on the RD-XS64)

DVD-RAM

A DVD-RAM disc is ideal for recordings you want to edit and archive. The disc may be single or double-sided and is re-writable up to 100,000 times meaning the content can be erased and the disc can be

A DVD-RW disc is also re-writable, up to a maximum of 1,000 times. However, recording is linear, just like on a VHS tape, so although recordings can be deleted and replaced, they cannot be edited. This means that there is greater risk of over-recording and wasted space than with a DVD-RAM disc.

DVD-R

Like CD-R, a write-once DVD-R

disc can only be used to record once and the recording cannot be deleted. The main advantage is that they are cheap to buy and compatible with most DVD players, recorders or DVD drives, making them ideal

Easy Navi*

With so many features and functions on our Hard Disk Recorders, it would be natural to feel daunted at the prospect of finding your way around. However, our HDD recorders* feature a simplified Easy Navi menu option which gives you easy access to recordings and key features. Simply press the Easy Navi button on the

The menus are completely intuitive, aided by thumbnail visuals of programme content. The recorder even recognises when a camcorder is connected, automatically providing the appropriate on screen menu to download footage using the recorder’s remote control.

Satellite Box Control

Multiple recordings from satellite is just as easy. You simply select the appropriate channel in the programming window and be sure to leave the satellite box switched on. The recorder will automatically switch the satellite receiver to the appropriate channel for each recording.

the bits you want, then archive the final version on a permanent disc or give copies to friends.

reused with no risk of deterioration in quality. For added durability, some DVD-RAM discs are encased in a plastic caddy, protecting them from fingerprints and scratches.

for loans to friends and multiple copying (for example, a wedding or holiday video).

remote control while watching TV or playing recorded footage to display the navigation menu on the screen. From there it’s just one press of the button to access all the operations you need to playback, record or edit.

*(RD-XS24).

Edit menu DV recording window

Instant connection via DV input

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