Want to record to HD-DVD? Hell yeah!
Time to move to Japan. The world’s first HD-DVD recorder is coming from Toshiba. At the recent CEATEC 2006 event, you can only found HD-DVD-related products at Toshiba’s booth. One of them is the RD-A1 HD-DVD media recorder. Dubbed as Vardia, this world’s first HD-DVD recorder has the ability to record HDTV program directly onto HD-DVD disc. Both single-layer and dual-layer HD-DVD-R discs are supported, as well as backward compatibility for DVD-RAM/R/RW media discs.
It comes with a whopping 1TB of HDD so if you run out of disc, you can keep it on the hard disk first. Video encoding is done in H.264 and VC-1 formats respectively.
Measures 457 x 408 x 159 mm and weighs 15.2 kg, Vardia RD-A1 HD-DVD Recorder is equipped with HDMI, iLink, 5.1-channel analog audio, coaxial digital, and optical digital output interfaces, along with S-image, three composite and analog audio, D1, and DV input terminals. Network connectivity in compliance with DLNA guidelines is also supported by this 398,800 Yen recorder (or around $3462). No word on an American Release at this time.
3 large pics after the jump
