Toshiba annnounces new VARDIA HDD/DVD recorders

by Donald Melanson, posted Sep 29th 2006 at 1:04AM

Toshiba's introduced a pair of new VARDIA digital video recorders for the Japanese market today, the RD-E300 and RD-W300. Each box packs a fairly substantial 300GB hard drive, DVD burner, digital TV tuner, and HDMI output, with the RD-W300 throwing some VHS action into the mix -- cause nothing shows your rebellious side better than digital content stored on an analog medium. Toshiba's also seen fit to include not one but two remotes with each unit (a full-featured one and a simplified one), no doubt a well-intentioned move on Toshiba's part, but one that's also likely to cause a few bouts of dueling remotes. No word on pricing for either of 'em, but it looks like they should both be available in November.

[Via Akihabara News]

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Tags: digital video recorder, DigitalVideoRecorder, dvr, personal video recorder, PersonalVideoRecorder, pvr, rd-e300, rd-w300, toshiba, vardia, vhs

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distantbody @ Sep 29th 2006 1:49AM

Engadget Really likes HDDVD don't they ;)

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Bryan @ Sep 29th 2006 6:53AM

It's not HDDVD...It's HDD (hard drive), and DVD. There is quite a difference. I don�t know why these are not more available. I don�t want TIVO, but I would like a hard drive based High Definition recorder for OTA broadcasts. I know a media center PC can do it, but that is a large and cumbersome project (not to mention expensive).

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