Toshiba MW20FP1 20-Inch TV/DVD/VCR Combo

This was the best college dorm room purchase that I made. I know it might be a bit outdated now, but I still love it. I think the built in VCR is key. No one has a VCR anymore but I can still watch old tapes.. plus it works really well.

I've had this for 2 years so far. It plays VHS tapes okay and the DVDs look great. The tape recorder works well too, and there is even a feature to copy a DVD to VHS - providing the DVD is not copy protected, which nearly all of them are!

DO NOT THROW AWAY THE BOOK! Some of the features you'd never figure out unless you used the book to tell you how it's done.

It has neat features like timer on and off features, but these reset to zero (0) if the electricity goes off.

If anything, I wished they made one of these with a Hard Drive and a DVD-Recorder! Now *that* would be awsome!

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Subject: all of it works!, part 2

It has now been 4 years, and this unit still performs flawlessly! I use it as my alarm clock to wake me up in the morning to one of the local news stations, to snooze off to sleep to TV to at night, record my favorite programs onto VHS, and watch a DVD on.

This unit is fantastic! I do not understand why other people are having such a tough time with it.

Technology is leaving it behind, though. Now I'd like to get something with a recordable DVD drive, maybe a built in hard drive to use like a Tivo unit, and an LCD screen. But that's all just Butter (not necessary, just tastes good), so I'll probably hang on to this unit for another couple of years.

I love this tv as it looks great, works great and can be used as a regular tv, dvd player or vcr player. Very professional and sophisticated utility..

I upgraded from a 13" TV/VCR combo to this 3 way combo and have been very impressed after 3 months of occasional use. The best features of this unit are the excellent picture and sound quality & the simplicity of having everything together (no wires to mess with). The downside is that the remote control is rather crowded and takes quite some time to be comfortable with. Also, this is a heavy unit & awkward to move. I was somewhat wary of the overall quality of this Toshiba before purchase (based on others' reviews) and nervous that the DVD player would be too delicate. Having been very careful, I have not yet had a problem. So Far, VERY GOOD Overall. Certainly better picture quality that an LCD screen. I

I returned the MW20FP1 Toshiba TV/VCR/DVD combo because it does not allow you to watch one channel while recording on another. This is because it only has one tuner and when that tuner is occupied recording a program you cannot change the channel.

On the positive side, the picture was very good and the DVD and VHS play were intuitive.