http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/ Engadget Comments for Toshiba's RD-A1 HD DVD recorder with 1TB disk http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
But they dont stream, do HD, record HD, burn HD or even have a hard disk. ]]>Jun 22nd 2006 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/$3000.00 device.

Of course if they are using this partnership with Toshiba on the semiconductor side to get their technology upgraded to handle the higher speed processing, that would be a welcome addition to the ABT product line but I fear that this is either a custom FPGA solution based on ABT IP (best case and not a bad solution) or it is the standard ABT solution which is limited to 540P (not good). ]]>Jun 22nd 2006 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Galley, Heck if they dropped it to 999.99, I'd be buying some for Xmas presents.]]>Jun 22nd 2006 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
With reviews (i have one over at my site going head to head HDA1 vs BDP1000) all over the place it would appear that right now especially for movies the whole bluray fiasco is just another overpriced sony ploy... they are twice - 3x the price of the hd-dvd counterpart and they are missing alot of features .... from the ability to make hybrid discs, to lacking upscale support for dvd... to even the fact that BLURAY DOESN'T SUPPORT HD on DVD-R's ... so you know what give me a break for sony's craptastic nextgen format... it's just like BETAMAX UMD AND SACD ... all failures all from sony and BLURAY IS ANOTHER ONE!]]>Jun 22nd 2006 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
By the way, sweet knee-pads on the chick in the picture.]]>Jun 22nd 2006 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
But it's very impressive looking. Nice lines.]]>Jun 22nd 2006 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
Stupid is fun.]]>Jun 22nd 2006 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
Plus, chicks in safety gear rules :)]]>Jun 22nd 2006 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
Chris you moron, DVD is not a high-definition format, what's this talk about Blu-Ray not supporting HD on DVD-Rs? Pure fanboy crap.

High failure rate my ass. We're not all stupid enough to believe that crap here. Both formats are fine, the players are fine, the technologies are emerging. Choose one or the other, because there's hardly a difference, but wait until the technology gets a real niche in the market before you drop thousands of dollars for a player or recorder you'll hardly use or need.]]>Jun 22nd 2006 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/

I think blueray will win...
it has to if every 3rd household has a ps3]]>Jun 22nd 2006 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Nobody gonna buy either fomat en masse until there is one box that supports both formats AND its cheaper than what out now.

Why? Because both Blu ray and HD DVD are solutions looking for a problem.

]]>Jun 22nd 2006 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
Now if only I can remember what product it was...

]]>Jun 22nd 2006 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 22nd 2006 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 23rd 2006 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
You can't talk about technology we have yet to see, Blu-Ray players and HD DVD players are out NOW. They aren't perfect but they offer a very visible glimpse of what the formats offer.]]>Jun 23rd 2006 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 23rd 2006 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 23rd 2006 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jun 30th 2006 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jul 12th 2006 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jul 13th 2006 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Jul 20th 2006 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Oct 22nd 2006 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/The RD-A1 is not bad ether!]]>Nov 8th 2006 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Dec 14th 2006 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Feb 16th 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Mar 1st 2007 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/Mar 27th 2008 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/oh It burns it 2 along with everything even dual layer]]>Aug 11th 2007 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/oh It burns it 2 along with everything even dual layer]]>Aug 11th 2007 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
Rob]]>Dec 2nd 2007 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/22/toshibas-rd-a1-hd-dvd-recorder-with-1tb-disk/
What I have read on engadget is that the laser is the same... just that blu ray has more pits (0 & 1) so more data.

Also with the sales of ps3, the Blu Ray has more user base... and just like how DVD would never have got to where it is now withouth the help of PS2, BLU RAY will do the same with ps3 so i say....

BLU RAY ALL THE WAY
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