Toshiba Vardia RD-G503 & RD-E303 DVRs DVD Upscaling, Digital/Analogue Tuners

Toshiba are set to release two new Vardia digital video recorders to the
Japanese market, namely the Vardia RD-G503 and the Vardia RD-E303 DVRs,
which come with integrated analogue/digital tuners, offer DVD upscaling
to HD and each of which, interestingly, come with two remotes (as if we
didn't already had enough) - one for general use and another to access
full features.

The new Toshiba Vardia RD-G503 and Vardia RD-E303 DVRs come with 500GB
and 300GB capacity hard disks respectively, and come complete with
built-in DVD burner - allowing you to archive your favourite programme
recordings to optical disk - as well as the facility to record in MPEG-2
TS and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC formats with the Vardia RD-G503 offering not
just larger storage capacity but also a small display on one of the
remotes allowing for at-a-glance program information (though this
appears not to be in evidence in the product imagery we have come across).

Both Toshiba's Vardia RD-G503 and Vardia RD-E303 DVRs are set for
release in Japan next month and will purportedly retail for the
equivalent of $770 and $660 respectively.