Toshiba V 711

After reading rave reviews on the V711UK I bought one. After 14 months it would not retain the recording set times and lost it at apparently randomly times. It would then only be suitable for playing tapes. Shortly after this the recorder would shut down after again random times and then finally would not work at all. Even failing to eject tapes. Having been lucky with TVs and VCRs (Philips and Sony) in that they lasted for years would not now buy another Toshiba product. ...  Read the complete review

WHAT THE HELL DOES IT DO? I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE NEVER USED IT ACTUALLY. TRUTH BE TOLD I HAVE NEVER TOUCHED THIS THING OR READ OTHER OPINIONS ON IT. BUT I DO KNOW HOW TO USE IT AND THUS CAN REVIEW IT. MY OPINION IS THAT IT SUCKS. HONESTLY, THIS THING SUCKS. I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING SUCK MORE THAN THIS SUCKS. THIS IS THE EPITOME OF SUCK, THE PEAK OF SUCKAGE, THE VERY DEFINITION OF THE TERM 'SUCK'. 75 WORDS MAKE BABY JESUS CRY. ...  Read the complete review

For those of you who have read the article then this is the latest addition - for those who haven't read the article READ IT!! (then it will all make sense). I have just received another email from Toshiba (couldn't some other companies learn from their efficiency). The NexTViewLink is not applicable to the TV and VCR as they come with automatic tuning features which lets them sink-in to each other. In other words when you switch over to view the channel you have set to see your vcr staions on then you should get the tv channels NOT a blue screen like I did! That is indeed true, however what they fail to tell you is to see this at work you have to set ...  Read the complete review

It is hard for me to recommend a video recorder in the age of DVD but lets face it recordable DVD is not here yet and when it does arrive it will probably cost the earth so a good reliable video is a must have for the time being The Toshiba vt-711uk has all the features you will ever need (and then some) the most eye catching feature is satellite control and unlike a lot of other satellite control vcr’s the Toshiba can also control digital satellite as well as ondigital and cable, you simply have to tell the vcr what type of set top box you have and that’s it, then all you have to do is simply enter the videoplus code of any program and the vcr will ...  Read the complete review