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Toshiba DVD Recorders
Toshiba has always been an DVD technology innovator. In fact, the DVD-Video format is based on an original Toshiba proposal. Lately, Toshiba has been leading the next-generation of blue-ray DVD technology development (the current players use red lasers) with a standard called HD-DVD, co-developed with NEC of Japan. However, Toshiba’s efforts are leading to a new standards war in the next generation of DVD devices, in opposition to Sony and others. HD-DVD, however, has gained a slight edge by having the DVD Forum to officially back the format in 2004. Features in Toshiba DVD Recorders Toshiba's DVD recorders rely on a combination of hard disk drives, DVD-RAM, and DVD-R. As such, these players offer industry-leading flexibility in recording capabilities. For day-to-day recordings, you can easily use the hard drive. Then, if you like, you can store your favorite recordings from the hard drive to a more permanent format, into DVD-RAM or DVD-R format. DVD-RAM technology is not compatible with most current DVD players. Therefore, the Toshiba recorders with DVD-RAM also feature DVD-R recording mode, which is compatible with most current players. The popular DVD-RAM format allows you to pause live picture and replay, while the recording continues in the background. Also, these are high-capacity disks, with double-sided discs containing 9.4 GB total storage space. To read more about available features in DVD recorders from Toshiba, see Toshiba DVD recorder reviews. Toshiba DVD Recorders - RD-X2 * Toshiba RD-X2* DVD-RAM, DVD-R* 80 GB Hard Drive* DVD-Video playback* Title/chapter/thumbnail creation* L-PCM/Dolby digital 1/Dolby digital 2/audio recording* Coaxial and TosLink for digital connectivity* Manual SP/LP/disc budget recording* 3000 title/999 chapter A-B disc library function
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