Production delays forced Toshiba to postpone the sale of its first HD DVD recorder. The company had hoped to have the RD-A1 go on sale Friday. The launch date has been pushed back to July 27. The product is a key element of Toshiba’s battle against rival Sony to establish the standard for next-generation DVD technology.
Toshiba Latest News about Toshiba said Thursday it will postpone the sale of the first recorder for HD DVD high-definition video discs because of a production delay.
The new recorder, the RD-A1, had been slated to go on sale Friday, but the release will be pushed back to July 27, the Tokyo-based electronics maker said in a release.
The new machine combines an HD DVD burner with a one-terabyte hard disk and can record and store up to 130 hours of high-definition broadcasts.
