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The video recorder and player features are basically fine, but to be honest the mechanism is quite noisy. When playing videos, there's a noticeable whir in the background. Before I had this unit, I owned the Toshiba V705B which gave fair picture performance, but was quite a lot quieter. I appreciate the mechanism has changed to deal with the technology (fast rewind, etc), but if you're a real audio buff you might get irritated by the level of background noise.

As videos go, this isn't the sleekest nor the most exciting on the market, but it does what it says on the box. Nicam stereo, one-minute-rewind, indexing and auto-tracking mean the most useful basics are all there. Recording is relatively easy once you can be bothered reading the instructions. Pictures and sound are fine, but let's face it, video's days against DVD's are numbered. As a basic player, I have no complaints - the best thing is that combined with my Toshiba DVD and TV, the remote supplied with the TV works all three boxes. Now that is an advantage!

Just the name alone Toshiba assures you that this is a quality product and that is what you get. The picture quality is clear and sharp as is the sound. And as for the 1 min rewind time (wow. how fast). Well worth the money. If you not after anything flashy this is the boy to get. It has my thumbs up.