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Sony Has Blu-ray Recorder Frenzy: Six New Models, with HDD Recording Too
Posted by Kit Eaton at 6:47 PM on September 3, 2008
Sony has had a little splurge of Blu-ray action, and come up with six new models of BDR-recorders/players that also sport hard drives which can record HD video. The T-series, BDZ-T55 and BDZ-T75 are the basic models, with 320GB hard drives, BD Live and memory-card ports and DLNA (on the T75). The L-series models BDZ-L55 and BDZ-L95 have 320GB and 500GB drives respectively, and a HDV 1080i/DV input, and 2 USB sockets for connecting digital cams to. The top-end X-series BDZ-X95 and BDZ-X100 models have 500GB and 1TB of drive room, Sony's Cross Media bar GUI and the new Digital Reality Creation - Multi Function version 3 chip. Full specs below.
All of the drives can play BD-RE v2.1, BD-R v1.1/1.2/1, all BD-Live content, DVD+RW/+R/+R DL/-RW/-R/-R DL, and CD-ROM formats which is handy, and all will output true 24p. The T55 and T75 will cost around US$1,000 and US$1,300, the L55 and L95 US$1,200 and US$1,550 while the X95 and X100 a huge US$1,840 and US$2,570 from September 27th onwards in Japan at first. [Sony Insider and Akihabaranews]
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Zargon
Posted 7:30 PM 3/9/08
Still going to go with the PS3 for all my Blu-Ray needs.
Zargon
Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen
Posted 7:55 PM 3/9/08
What happened to the beautiful design and style that Sony used to be famous for?
These things are just as ugly as their current models.
Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen
The.Goalkeeper
Posted 7:47 PM 3/9/08
Civic SIx?
The.Goalkeeper
TailsNZ
Posted 8:02 PM 3/9/08
Oooh I see from the specs sheet that the 1tb and 500gb models don't have WANTATCHIDABINGUBOTAN. *tisk tisk*
TailsNZ
Jon B.
Posted 9:34 PM 3/9/08
"Sony Has Blu-ray Recorder Frenzy: Six New Models, with HDD Recording Too"...
...and yet none of them have the quality Blu-Ray player of the PS3, that IS how is usually goes right?
Yawn...
Jon B.
jbang
Posted 9:22 PM 3/9/08
I don't think the average consumer is ready for the BD. I mean... how many people (who don't read this site) would be able to bring sense to "DVD+RW/+R/+R DL/-RW/-R/-R DL" - the current format of choice.
And then...BD-RE v2.1, BD-R v1.1/1.2/1 with ethernet and enhanced upgradability. It all just stinks of confusion. Until everything is 1080p, and dirt cheap from any and all manufacturers, a whole bunch of consumers will be sitting on the lowest possible iteration of these products - 720i, BD profile 1.1 with a bodgy aspect ration.
Or do I just lack faith in the average consumer - i've seen enough large plasmas setup with DVD players on default showing squished anamorphic footage or stretched 4:3 footage.
jbang
auroragb
Posted 9:56 PM 3/9/08
MEMORIKADOSUROTTO = Memory card slot
WANTATCHIDABINGUBOTAN = One touch dubbing button
SONIRUMURINKU = Sony Room Link
HANDIKAMUDEJITARUKAMERA = Handycam / Digital Camera
auroragb
Optimus-Prime
Posted 10:20 PM 3/9/08
Too bad the price of BD-r still makes this prohibitively expensive.
Optimus-Prime
robpruitt
Posted 10:38 PM 3/9/08
@Optimus-Prime: Agreed, right now by the time you pick up a burner, software and a handful of disks you could practically buy the complete 20 or so movie Blu-ray collection already out there. I'm sure that will change fairly soon.
robpruitt
dc-united
Posted 11:12 PM 3/9/08
Exactly what I need - once the prices drop a bit.
I need to be able to make HD recordings of things on the tube - sports, mostly, and this is the kind of box that works.
To those going on about the PS3, does it give you good HD recordings? (Don't answer, I'm kidding.)
In the DVD world I went with separate units for DVD player and recorder just to get better quality in each. I expect I'll have to do the same here.
dc-united
1.21Gigawatts
Posted 11:08 PM 3/9/08
I must be the only one that was more interested in the actual models, than the blu-ray models. Like many others have said, Sony tried shoving their format way too early and costly.
1.21Gigawatts
banmojo
Posted 11:34 PM 3/9/08
too early for me to jump in yet. my PS3 is an awesome media server however.
banmojo
MacBandit
Posted 11:30 PM 3/9/08
@Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen:
I like them.
MacBandit
reddingofish
Posted 1:09 AM 4/9/08
Sorry I meant PS3 2000.
reddingofish
reddingofish
Posted 1:09 AM 4/9/08
Hope they put the same features in the PSP 2000. That's what I'm waitn' for.
reddingofish