Just what I was looking for.
I was looking to archive my old Hi-8 video tapes and this did just that. A very short learning curve. Once on a power failure I was sure I had made a coaster, but no the unit recovered where it was on that DVD disk and went ahead and appended the rest of the video. A good no frill product.

as advertised
Very happy with my purchase. I bought one for myself and one for my father. This unit is easy to install and easy to operate. great value for the money. I could have bought one with more bells and whistles for a lot more money, but so far this is a great investment. great buy for someone who needs just the basic recorder/player.

e-waste special
I bought this four months ago, expecting something solid but not spectacular. All things considered, I'd have been better off setting my $120 on fire. At least then I wouldn't have to find some place to recycle this piece of trash.

My D-R410 now does a fine job of wasting a few minutes in each futile attempt at reading a variety of pre-recorded DVDs and CDs, as well as blank DVD-Rs. It is equally adept at failing with all of those formats.

While I realize my experience may be an exception, take this for what it's worth. Something that doesn't work out of the box may be a hassle to return, but when the fine Chinese craftsmanship holds up just long enough to pass the 90 day warranty period it's a complete waste.

Poor Video Quality
I wish this was a better unit; but the test of a DVD recorder is image quality, and this one is quite poor.

I recorded a ton of the 2008 Olympics on this Toshiba. I was greatly disappointed looking at the DVDs. I recorded from HD transmissions via my HD tuner output; something I've done before with other recorders, and I had much better results.

This is my 3rd DVD recorder in the last 5 years, and this one is the worst. It is worth a fee to get rid of this. I'm not plugging other brands; just a warning this model is cheap in all ways. Just maybe other Toshiba's aren't so bad; but I won't gamble that again.

The unit's best quality mode, "XP", records only 1 hour per disc. This mode looks pretty good, with only occasional image problems. However, there should not be ANY artifacts on a 1 hour mode disc, based on comparing other older DVD recorder's "best mode".

The 2 hour mode, "SP", is just awful. It looks like other recorders 4 or 6 hour mode. I see big, fat blocks, digital "sparkle" and cracking in the image, and other constantly annoying visual artifacts. Again my older recorders don't have this poor video quality in 2 hour mode.

If you aren't fussy about image quality and have a small TV you may not care, but future large/HD TVs will show these recordings as 3rd rate.
*** I would not recommend this to anyone.

Love this Recorder!
I had purchased two different DVD Recorders from Radio Shack. One lasted a little less than a year. The other lasted approximately six months. Both had intermittent problems for a few months before refusing to record any longer. I shopped around town and on the internet for many months before I found the Toshiba DR410 Recorder. Thanks to Amazon, I was able to read the reviews and decided it was what I had been looking for. I purchased mine for an amazing price! This Recorder is top notch in my book. It is a quality unit. It's sleek and good looking. It is very user friendly and versatile compared to my two other machines. It records beautifully! You really can't tell the difference in the picture quality between the 2 hour and the 8 hour settings. I am really happy with this Recorder! Can't you tell? Two thumbs up for Toshiba and Amazon!!