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Question: Has anyone been able to play/view a VHS tape? Customers have written that they have not figured out how to view/play a VHS tape.  Our old VCR died recently and we are interested in purchasing this one.  We want the ability to dub and we still want to be able to watch some old VHS tapes (Copyrighted).  Can you watch a VHS tape on this machine (Toshiba DVR610)?
Document: So, the old VCR conks out, and you've got a lot of VHS tapes. You'd like to still be able to watch them, or possibly move them onto DVD when you get a chance. And you'd like to still be able to record TV shows (no Tivo, etc.). This Toshiba DVR610 sounds like a good match, right? That's what I thought.First off, don't expect to record a TV program of any length onto DVD.
I was very hesitant to purchase a VCR to DVD player, since it seems many of the units have various issues and problems. I wanted to basically burn old VCR tapes to DVD for their preservation. After about 12 conversions, I can safely say this item does an excellent job! About the only negative would be the directions are not written very clearly. Even that is not a big deal, since basically all you do is start the VCR in the play mode and press DVD, then dub.
Just received this Toshiba DVR610 1018p in the mail and was excited to try it out. We popped in the first videotape (a family tape of important memories), hit play, and it made a terrible noise. We ejected the tape, but the machine had eaten the tape. Disappointment. Next, we tried another tape (an older one) and it ate it also. We returned the unit immediately.
I bought this machine with the intent of transferring home vhs movies to dvd. I am not interested in fancy edits or titles or transitions. I simply want the videos copied straight to dvd. Although I was eventually able to get this unit to do what I wanted, and so far it actually does more than I expected, the frustration I suffered trying to get it figured out leads me to rate it at 2 stars.The first hour with this machine was spent trying to understand the instructions.
We purchased this from HAS-2B-CHEAP  through Amazon. When it came, we found the unit# to be the wrong one for what we needed. We needed one with a built-in tuner to be able to tape shows on different chanels from what we were watching at the time. Other than that it seemed to be a great recorder.HAS-2B CHEAP has been wonderful to deal with. I would love to know what other items they carry that we might be interested in purchasing from them.
That worked! I was able to see what was playing from the VHS tape and also successfully recorded a dvd, which I finalized, and then checked to make sure it plays back.I still cannot just watch a vhs tape. So I will continue to work on that and post an update if I figure it out.
Of course it wont record in HD so I have to unplug it to watch HD again, but  this is still no the DVDs fault. It does record HD DVR events but not in HD.The play back quality is good, better from the VCR tapes than original but not as good as on TV since I get HD.
Once i set this machine up and figured out how to dub a vhs tape to a DVD i was sooo satisfied. Its easy! Highly recommend.
I had a pile of VHS tapes that I was able to throw away after copying them with this brilliant product. Although I no longer keep VHS copies of anything, the player still works fabulously to simply play DVDs. I was a genius to have purchased this product.
I work with a lot of videos, and I can honestly say that the Toshiba DVR610 1080p is simple to understand and creates excellent results. Just like the EP,SLP, and LP speeds on a VCR, the choice of speeds (this one has 5) is one of my favorite functions. Depending on the quality of the picture I choose, and the DVD format I choose, the possibilities of creating a DVD the way I want are endless.
Answer: Yes, I just bought a Toshiba D-VR610 for my parents last week, and we watched a few VHS tapes without any problems.  I was also able to dub them to DVD-R just fine too.Initially I was having problems watching VHS, until I realized that this unit has TWO sets of outputs on the back.  Output #1 has a choice of high-quality video outputs like S-Video, Component video, etc., while output #2 has RCA jacks only.  At first I thought I could just use the high-quality component output for everything but I was wrong: output #2 works with both the VHS and DVD player, but output #1 only works with DVD.So if you want to use this unit to watch both DVD discs and VHS tapes, you have two options.  You can just stick with output #2 for everything (which is what I did for my parents' set).  This sacrifices some of the screen quality but it's simple to set up.  Or you can use both output #1 and output #2 and route them into two different inputs on your television set and/or home theatre receiver.  With that set-up, you'd just have to change the input channel on your TV depending on whether you want to watch VHS or DVD.  That way you get to use the high-quality of the DVDs when your TV is receiving from output #1, but also have the option of watching VHS if you switch the TV over to read from output #2.In summary: yes, you can watch VHS tapes, so long as you're using your basic RCA output cables (included) and have them plugged into output #2.  Again, the VCR won't play through the other output jacks like S-video, component video, etc.