Sony Japan Announces Six New Blu-Ray/HD Recorders

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Sony has announced six stylish, yet functional high capacity Blu-Ray Burners/HDD Drives capable of recording in full HD (1920×1080 MPEG-2, 5.1channel sound amongst other recording options). The BDZ-X100 (1TB), BDZ-X95 (500GB), BDZ-L95 (500GB), BDZ-L55 (320GB), BDZ-T75 (320GB), and BDZ-T55 (320GB) were all revealed today by Sony Japan. The X-Series is for the hardcore, the L series for the photo/video enthusiast (it can read from several storage cards), and the T series is somewhere inbetween - sort've like a . It is not immediately known as to the fate of the international debut of these products, but we can assume that at least a few of these models will in some form. The BDZ-X100 and BDZ-X95 will include an HD digital tuner, the DRC-MF (v3) chip, DLNA capablity and the highest capacity hard drives included with a Sony Blu-Ray burner (at a heavy price). Here is a translated chart of the options found in each (click for more detail, and yes, we understand some of this may not make sense) :



There are several recording modes common to each device, and are as follows:

http://www.sonyinsider.com/2008/09/03/sony-japan-announces-six-new-blu-rayhd-recorders/

 

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Progress, I suppose. Just brings that year when I might buy one a bit closer.

 

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Sony Japan unveils latest Blu-ray recorders with CREAS upscaling - Engadget HD

Japan has only a few weeks to prepare for the latest Sony 6X Blu-ray recorders, ready to hit the streets in a wide array of sizes and features. All pack BD-Live support as well as the company's latest "CREAS" upscaling technology -- Resolution+ vs. CREAS, fight! -- promising 14-bit "HD Reality enhancement" and "Super Bit Mapping for video" with only high end X series models seen fit to include DRC-MFv3 image processing already seen in the latest BRAVIA LCDs, plus the ability to transcode and transfer video to PSP / phone / walkman. From the high end BDZ-X100 (1 TB, ¥280,000, $2,574 U.S., September 27, pictured) to the bottom BDZ-T55 (320GB, ¥110,000, $1,011 U.S., October 10) there's a DVR to fit your 15 h.264 HD channels in here somewhere. wondering about a U.S. release? Don't hold your breath.