Electronics Toshiba DR560 1080p Upconverting DVD Recorder with Built-in Tuner
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Rating: - Good DTV (HD?) tuner, works with Comcast, sets up easty, remote is so-so.
After reading all the reviews, and the forum, and actually using it for a week, I'm still not sure if this is truly a HD tuner or not (I must feel about HD the way some people feel about computers, how can this be this complicated to figure out?). I replaced a Humax HFA100 with it, and I can say the picture does not look as good as I recall the Humax picture looking (the Humax died so I can't do an A/B comparison). It does look good, but not great like I recall the Humax with a good over the air (OTA) signal.

I can say a few things about it (comparing my experiences to some of the reviews I'm guessing Toshiba made some improvements as I cannot explain what others have seen):

* It gets Comcast DTV via QAM just fine (as someone else pointed out, do the extended scan, which is non-intuitive I admit).

* It seems to pick up OTA signals better than my Humax did (I was having to constantly adjust my antenna with the Humax).

* Set up is easy. It walks you through it. I don't understand any of the complaints I saw with this regard.

* The remote is average (as remote for most products are). Fortunately the software for my Harmony knows all about it, so I only used the remote for about 10 minutes until I got my Harmony programmed.

I haven't tried any of the DVD or DVDR functionality yet. I'm also don't have any HDMI yet, so can't speak for that.

Overall I'm happy with it just to get the QAM tuning and the free digital channels on my basic cable. I use it for my 8'x4' screen (front projector) - analog signals just look like garbage at that size, the DTV channels from the Toshiba are clean enough to look good. The price was also right.

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Rating: - Not happy with Toshiba
I bought this unit on Nov 28 and I want to return it! It never worked properly. First day it got frozen and only unpluging it for 3 minutes solved the problem. Then, after doing the extended scan 2 times it grabbed the DTV channels, but after some hours the clock changed date and time and all the Channels were gone. I decided to call toshiba and they sent my a pre-paid label to ship it for repair, I just got the unit back 3 days ago and they said tuner was replaced, software check and ready to go. Yesterday again I lost all the DTV channels from the memory, I called toshiba again and the representative said that the only thing they can do for me is trying to fix it again NO EXCHANGE, that was ridiculous, the unit was all the time anywhere but my home. Thanks God I can return the unit and get my money back to the store where I bought it from, paying the shipping. The only thing that I was not able to confirm is the 5.1 audio in my receiver, Comcast doesn't broadcast it and I didn't have a chance to connect an antenna. I bought it mostly for the DTV tuner but TVs are getting cheaper and I guess I can wait and save time and health not dealing with Toshiba again. Maybe the do only good laptops

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Rating: - Garbage
Just after 2 months it broke. Starting making a clicking sound
within the player, and now it doesn't play any discs.
And too late for an exchange!
Look elsewhere.........

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Rating: - Good product, great price
I bought this (and a 19" LCD) to replace my old analog TV and VCR that I use in my camper. Set up was easy since I'm only using an OTA antenna, and I was ready to go in about five minutes. Don't let the dire warnings about the manual intimidate you; the menus are intuitive and easy to follow. I only consult the manual for information on more complicated things.
There is one caveat; the tuner doesn't seam to be as strong as the one in the TV. Even using the same antenna, the signal strength is weaker on the DR-560. What's even weirder is that even though my local PBS station (9.1) has a stronger signal than the local FOX station (20.1), I get nothing but a blue screen there while the FOX station comes in great (???). Of course if you're on cable, this won't be a factor.
And, yes, the remote is hard to read, but you get used to it.
One more thing, I ordered a $2 HDMI cable with this that came from a vendor other than Amazon. Even though I ordered "expedited 1-3 day shipping" it still hasn't shipped yet and it's been four days now (ahem...). It's still cheaper than the rip off prices you pay at the Big Box stores, but come on already, slap a label on that thing and get it out the door!!
Overall I'm satisfied with this product. We'll see how long it lasts.

***UPDATE***
The $2 HDMI cable I ordered arrived today (Jan. 2). I ordered it on a Sunday night, and taking into account New Years Day, it only took four business days to get here. So now I'm happy again!