Toshiba's VARDIA RD-A600 HD DVD recorder with 600GB disk

Check it Sony, Toshiba just unleashed a new VARDIA hybrid HD DVD / HDD recorder in Japan. The 600GB RD-A600 and 300GB RD-A300 feature a pair of digital hi-vision HD tuners, Firewire, and HDMI and can write to HD DVD-R and DVD-RAM/R/RW media in addition to their respective hard disks. In fact, the HDD is the only point of divergence between the models. They'll cost a tad more than $199: as much as ¥200,000 (about $1,643) for the RD-A600 model when these start shipping later in the year. Read-on for a few more pics including a shot of the backside ports.

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[JohnDoe303 @ Jun 12th 2007 5:09AM]

lol, all this HD-DVD news makes me sick.. Just give up already.

[distantbody @ Jun 12th 2007 5:46AM]

Am I the only one who thinks that Toshiba are trying to ape the 'bravia' name/logo/colour-scheme?

[hemmy @ Jun 12th 2007 7:03AM]

You're not the only one, thought the exact same thing.

[Saumitra Bhagwat @ Jun 12th 2007 7:18AM]

no ... that was the first thing that struck me!

[dudeInAmerica @ Jun 12th 2007 7:20AM]

It would be nice to get one here in the US.

[thexdude @ Jun 12th 2007 8:50AM]

Is it just me or are they missing component video outputs?

[gar3 @ Jun 12th 2007 12:40PM]

thexdude - The Japanese use what is called D-Terminal half the time inplace of actual component input. It's the same signal, just a different plug. I spy d-terminal inputs on these machines

[mario @ Jun 13th 2007 8:44AM]

Thanks for the info. Which ones are the D-Terminal? Are they the ones that look like VGA outputs?

[Roberta @ Jul 11th 2007 10:21AM]

Isn't it time for Sony to pack up their bloated tents and go home? For a company that hasn't made a good product in 20+ years, they sure are full of themselves!

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