Toshiba To Launch New HD DVD Recorder, The Vardia RD A301, Next Month
Toshiba has announced the launch of the new Vardia RD-A301 HD DVD Recorder which will be released in Japan in mid-December, just in time for Christmas. The cool thing about this model is that it can record high-def content to regular DVD's thanks to HD Rec technology which stores up to 2 hours of transcoded high definition video on a tradition 4.7 GB DVD-R disc. This represents extra money in your pocket from not having to buy expensive blank HD DVD's. It can also transcode MPEG2 high-def broadcasts to the more efficiently compressed MPEG4 format meaning you can store more content on your discs or on the recorder's 300GB built-in hard disk drive. One issue with the new Vardia is that recorded DVD's can only be played back on the same player, but then again how many people have multiple HD DVD players and recorders? It will retail in Japan for $100000 Yen or $875 US.
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Posted by Justin Davey at November 6, 2007 4:00 AM
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