A question about the Toshiba RD-XS34

[jamieslaptop]

Hi, im thinking about buying one of these units and I have a question......

My current philips dvdr75 passes rgb through from its scart 2 to scart 1 when it is in standby no trouble. Just wondering if someone could confirm that the Toshiba RD-XS34 will do the same when it is in standby, also with this machine record widescreen flags correctly as my current philips one does this perfect. Thanks in advance, and a quick response would be appreciated as i am thinking about buying tommorow!!!

 

[JayCee]

Hi, im thinking about buying one of these units and I have a question......

My current philips dvdr75 passes rgb through from its scart 2 to scart 1 when it is in standby no trouble. Just wondering if someone could confirm that the Toshiba RD-XS34 will do the same when it is in standby, also with this machine record widescreen flags correctly as my current philips one does this perfect. Thanks in advance, and a quick response would be appreciated as i am thinking about buying tommorow!!!

Yes on both counts.

 

[jamieslaptop]

cool thats good then, is it just like you have the machine in stanby and it will pass rgb through or do you have to press a button or anything? finally a weird question which you may not know the answer....

can it pass rgb through it whilst recording off its internal tuner as this is kinda a must have for the amount of money i will be paying. Thanks in advance again, Jamie.

 

[JayCee]

cool thats good then, is it just like you have the machine in stanby and it will pass rgb through or do you have to press a button or anything?

It has a "Sat Mon" button on the remote which you press.

can it pass rgb through it whilst recording off its internal tuner

Yes, as above.

 

[jamieslaptop]

hmmm thanks for your prompt replies sorry for being a pain!! This could be a bit of a problem then.. i would be connecting my sky up to the recorders av2 and the av1 out of the recorder to the tv so its vital for that like loopthrough to always be active, what could be annoying though is having to press the sat mon button everytime i want to watch the sky. Do you have to press sat mon everytime the recorder is put into standby or does it always pass it through? Sorry for all the questions!

 

[JayCee]

does it always pass it through?

It does.

 

[jamieslaptop]

thanks again .. right thats good then so thats my problem sorted! dont suppose you have any issues with 16:9 from the sky when its passing through from av2 to av1 and not in sat moni mode do you? i seem to recall reading about such a problem but cant remember whether it was down to his cables etc.

 

[JayCee]

dont suppose you have any issues with 16:9 from the sky when its passing through from av2 to av1 and not in sat moni mode do you? i seem to recall reading about such a problem but cant remember whether it was down to his cables etc.

Never had any switching problems with my Sky output set to widescreen looped through my Tosh to my 28in Philips WS...does what it says on the tin.

 

[jamieslaptop]

thats brill, uv cleared up a lot of questions i had about the toshiba dvd recorder. Off down to comet tommorow to buy one then! Thanks again,