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Toshiba RD-XS54 DVD Recorder with 250 GB Hard Drive | 
 enlarge | Brand: Toshiba
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 32116
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 20.1
Dimensions (in): 16.9 x 3.2 x 13.4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: RD-XS54
Model: RD-XS54
UPC: 022265411889
EAN: 0022265411889
ASIN: B000B658N2
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| Features:
| • | Up-converting DVD recorder with integrated DVR and 250 GB hard drive | | • | Holds 57 hours at best quality, 445 hours at lowest; TV Guide On Screen program guide | | • | Records to DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM; plays CD-R/RW, VCD, SVCD, MP3, WMA | | • | Connections: Composite (3 in, 3 out), S-Video (3 in, 3 out), component (1 out), HDMI (1 out), Firewire (1 in), RF (1 in, 1 out), optical digital audio (1 out) | | • | Network NAVI system connects to your home network via Ethernet port |
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Product Description
Reliability. Performance. Technology. Leadership. The Toshiba name means all this and more. Toshiba builds upon this heritage by delivering the industry's most innovative, high-quality solutions.PRODUCT FEATURES:High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) brings Home Theater to the next level by streaming multi-channel digital audio and digital video information together on one cable to digital televisions and monitors;Toshiba's Multi-Drive Recorders allows users to record and playback their favorite videos in stunning MPEG-2 digital video on DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or DVD-RW formatted discs;Video Up-conversion displays a pure digital signal at both 720p or 1080i, matching the resolution of the HDTV monitor and thus eliminates signal degrading A/D-D/A conversion;Preset bit rates and audio settings for 11 different recording options plus one user adjustable setting, including selections for LPCM audio recording;High-Speed Dubbing from HDD with DVD-RAM and DVD-R (16x Drive);Toshiba's Network NAVI system provides connection and control within a home network for: advanced editing, streaming content to a PC, e-mail timer and recordings and more;TV Guide On Screen IPG allows users to schedule programs to record using the easy to use TV Guide functionality;Time Slip Recording/Playback offers the user the ability to begin watching a recording that is already in progress, or 'pause' a live recording and then return to it later using DVD-RAM media or the Hard Disc Drive.
Amazon.com Product Description
Watch your favorite television programming on your own time with the powerful and easy-to-use Toshiba RD-XS54 DVD recorder with integrated digital video recorder (DVR) with a massive 250 GB hard drive. You'll also get amazing video results when playing DVDs, thanks to the RD-XS54's upconversion from 480p to 720p/1080i formats and its progressive 3:2 pulldown detection. It also comes with TV Guide On Screen program guide, which provides access to eight days of programming. It's easy to find the programs you want to record--just search by keyword or sort programs by category, then highlight the listing and simply press the record button. It will also control your cable box (via IR blasters) for simplified unattended recording. The RD-XS54 records to affordable DVD-R/RW discs as well as DVD-RAM discs, a very flexible format that enables you to re-record on the disc up to several thousand times. In addition to playing back those recordable formats, this DVD player is also compatible with playing DVD movie, CD audio, CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, VCD, and SVCD, as well as MP3 and WMA digital audio files. Recorded content remains easy to find with the help of a menu that will be automatically created when you record. It displays the date and channel you recorded, along with a thumbnail of your recording by capturing the first video frame of the recording. The date and channel can be change to any 64-character title and the thumbnails to any image within the recording. Chapters within the recording can also be created by either predetermined intervals, or by the user selecting specific points within the recording. With Toshiba's Network NAVI system, you can connect to your home network via a LAN 10/100 port (Ethernet), allowing for easy integration between your home entertainment center and your PC. The NAVI system enables you to: - Dub copy-free content from one RD-XS54 to another if both are connected to the same network
- Stream recorded content or even live programming to a PC
- Upload custom Menu backgrounds for creating DVD-R/RW discs
- Edit and add title information to recorded content from a PC
- Remotely schedule recordings via email
- Receive automatic software upgrades
- Use a PC scroll mouse to control the recorder for detailed video editing
With the HDMI connection, which supports uncompressed digital video up to HDTV level resolution, the RD-XS54 can up-convert standard DVD picture resolution to nearly HDTV-quality with output resolutions of 720p or 1080i. This makes a DVD player with an HDMI connection the perfect match for today's digital televisions. And because this conversion is performed in the player, the signal remains free from excessive digital-to-analog conversion artifacts. The RD-XS54 performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture. A 3D Y/C comb filter further enhances resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny, moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped T-shirt). It offers the following connection options: - Composite AV (RCA): 3 in (1 front, 2 rear); 3 out (1 front, 2 rear)
- S-Video: 3 in (1 front, 2 rear); 3 out (1 front, 2 rear)
- Component video: 1 out (Y/Pr/Pb)
- HDMI: 1 out
- RF: 1 in, 1 out
- Analog audio (RCA, L/R): 3 in (1 front, 2 rear); 3 out (1 front, 2 rear)
- Firewire: 1 in
- Ethernet: 1
- Digital optical audio out: 1
- Headphone: 1
Tech Talk
HDMI -- HDMI makes an uncompressed digital RGB connection from the source to the screen. By eliminating conversion to an analog signal, it delivers an unblemished image. The non-degraded signal reduces flicker and leads to a clearer picture. HDMI intelligently communicates the highest output resolution with the source device. The HDMI input is fully backward compatible with DVI sources but includes digital audio. HDMI uses HDCP copy protection. What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, remote control (with batteries), AV cable, printed operating instructions
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 great DVR July 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this over a year ago and it has proved to be one of the best purchases ever.
There May be Better February 21, 2007
First - Toshiba has stopped making this model. Anything you buy now is left over stock.
I have had mine for a year. I like it but am not happy. I am connected
to Comcast cable. They do not pass the TV Guide data thru their digital
Motorola box. The TV guide on the Toshiba is usless to me because I
can't get the data from the digital box.
Once in a while it locks up. You have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it back to working again. As I understand you can call Toshiba and complain about the lockup and they will mail you disk with a firmware upgrade that MIGHT fix the problem. 1-800-319-6684 I called and got mine sent yesterday. If you go to the setup menu and select the last option on the top right of the menu (has an icon of keys) look down at the bottom of this list and there is a software revision number. If its 1100 or above the firmware upgrade is of no use to you.
 Sounds terrific, doesn't work that way. November 19, 2006
I hate this machine with a deep and abiding passion. Has been back and forth to the factory authorized service center three times now and still doesn't do what it's supposed to.
Being a bit of a techno-geek, I thought I could figure it out with no problem. Right!!!! Set everything up using the instructions and then turned it off and let it set for 24 Hours so the TV Guide system could program itself. 24 hours later, it had identified about 20 channels, most of which I do not get, missed three local channels and loaded about 4 hours worth of schedule. Tried again. Same result. Called Customer Service, who walked me through exactly what I had already done the previous two times. 24 hours later, same exact "setup" as before. More phone calls. Same results. Sent to service center. They couldn't find anything wrong with it and sent it back. And so forth and so on. The hard drive has "corrupted" itself on an almost weekly basis. I just moved it into a spare bedroom and hooked it up to a TV to function as a very, very, very expensive DVD player.
If the damn things weren't so expensive, I would start buying them and giving them as gifts to people I really, really don't like.
Ok... so you can hear the fan November 4, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The fan is noticable, but the benefits of this machine far outway the slight noise you'll hear in the still quiet. 250 GB hard drive lets you record regularly on several programs and not have to worry about deleting right away. Free TV Guide downloaded within hours and I don't have to pay for TIVO monthly service. Plus... my girlfriend and I have countless hours of camcorder footage that we wanted to edit onto a DVD. The onscreen editing feature allows you to record the segments you want to the hard drive and then transfer easily to the DVD. It's everything I ever wanted in a DVR. I highly recommend it.
 Good machine - most here dont understand DVRS October 2, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'll try to get as much in as short a space as possible"
(1) All these DVRs use the same Gemstar TV Guide On Screen (TVGOS) system. Selecting a program is easy but setting it up is a very poor process with no backup capability. SAME ON ALL DVRS.
(2) This is a very feature heavy machine. AWESOME for power users. Not for the beginners or those who only understand TIVO. Get a crappy Sony that does little except record with the same quality and functions like an old VCR.
(3) Unless you have an extremely quiet room, you'll never hear the fan when the TV is on or if there is even a small amount of background noise, where there usually is. Never put ANY DVR in your bedroom that uses the TVGOS or else you'll hear the hard drive spinning as it updates itself at night. I don't mind it or would get a case with glass doors.
(4) This is by far the most feature rich DVR to come out. It does a slew of incredible things. The manual is over 120 pages for good reason. It works and I've done a lot with mine. It's a geeks paradise.
(5) If you are buying a DVR, make sure you do the research. This one has the ability to watch a program and put cue markers in. The Pioneers currently do NOT, which is rather remarkable. The Pioneer editing is OK but finished product to present to friends is not impressive, even though they are good quality recording machines. They are a different DVR.
EDIT - FIVE STAR REVIEW
It has its quirks but now that hard disk DVD recorders are out of production, we can all cry about perfection. This unit is far and away the most versatile recorder of all. Dumping video, editing, burning, you name it. It's not the easiest one to use, for sure, but it's not that difficult with a little time investment. The power of this little unit is amazing - you can even broadcast your video to PCs around your home network. Want to watch while you work but on your monitor in another room - it does it! Record a show by sending an email? Does that too. Has more features to record regular TV shows than any other unit and also does a fantastic job with recording and burning 16x9 properly. It's one of a kind and you're lucky to find one if you can. Easily worth the original retail price and then some.
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