Toshiba SD-V295 Tunerless DVD VCR Combo Player

i bought two of these. one as a gift. both have worked great for about a year. it is clear the unit does not have a tuner. the greatest thing about it is it plays divX files. burn a set of divX files to a dvd and insert it. you get a menu of all the files, select one and it will play, turn off the machine and when it restarts it will go right back to where it left off. this means you can put as many as seven divX movies on a single dvd, and play them as you like. for me the weakest thing is the black face on the remote which makes it awful to see in even semi-darkness. the remote is not 5 seconds slow on either of the two purchased. and the reason i came back here is to price another one for another friend who saw mine and wants one of their own.

I was very happy to receive the video/DVD player

Although the item was extremely well packed it simply would not play VHS tapes. I believe the drive motor was not engaging. I will be returning the item. The item was returned and SOME of my money refunded. They kept nearly $30 for a so=called restocking fee which is TOTAL BS! I shouldn't have to pay to return a DEFECTIVE ITEM THAT DID NOT WORK EVEN ONE TIME!! Remember that before you buy from this vendor!!!!

It arrived within 48 hours. It was extremely well packaged . Arrived in excellent condition. The machine works perfectly and the only minor problem is that the remote can't switch between DVD and VHS but I can do it manually on the machine. Minor point and overall very satisfied

The unit arrived in just a few days. It was very well bubble wrapped. The remote arrived separately two days later. It included a blank tape and RCA cables to connect to the TV. Perfectly clear picture for both the VCR and the DVD. Very good value for the money.

I haven't had this very long, so I can't comment on it's reliability, just it's function. It works fine as far as recording and playback of VHS tape, and the DVD is good. I esp. like the DVD feature that remembers where you left off viewing a DVD. When you power the unit up, it starts right where you stopped the DVD. Great for those 3 and 4 hour movies it takes 2 (or 3) days to watch. The function indicators for DVD or VCR are tiny little boxes on the unit, and are both the same color. I wish they would have just made them different colored lights, or 1 led for VCR and 2 for DVD or some such...of course you can tell which function you're on if the TV is on, but if you just want to eject a disk or tape, you have to be right in front of the player to see which function you've got. The remote control is the big problem with this otherwise nice deal. It's only 6" long and 2" wide, and the buttons are tiny, and the print by the buttons is microscopic. And you can see the labels for the DVD functions OK (barely), but for the VHS functions, they used a dark mustard colored print that is awful to try and see. You need to keep a flashlight handy, which (along with the tiny buttons) kind of takes away that "braille" method of getting used to your remote. Luckily, I had a larger remote from another Toshiba DVD player I own. It's cream colored (as opposed to black, like the new one) and has big, easy to read labels, but I still have to use the new one for the VCR. So why the tiny remote for this job-ee-do? I don't know. Also, on the remote, they put the REW and FWD buttons right in between the SKIP FWD and BACK buttons, so you try to go for the rewind or forward on a DVD, and end up skipping froward or back a whole scene! Very painful! And also, they put the SLOW button up and right, away from the other play buttons, NEXT TO THE OPEN/CLOSE button, so there's more potential fun. Remember, it's tuner-less, so you can't hook it up with your coaxial cable, it has to hook up directly to a cable or satellite box. You need one of those 3 lead cables, with two audio and one video, which, by the way the cheapskates don't provide with the unit, so don't forget to get one. Well, otherwise, it works well, is inexpensive, and is pretty.

Very pleased! I am now able to play old VHS tapes. The DVD player works too.

Looks great and is working well.

Très bonne qualité du produit avec respect des délais de livraison.

Works great. Very pleased with all the functions on the remote it is well worth the money