Sharp is planning to release its first Blu-ray recorders for three years in Japan with three new models – and the company insists that it will switch to Blu-ray on all of its recorders there by 2011.
That goal is less aggressive than Sony, who has already ceased production of any more DVD recorder in the Japanese market.
Sharp’s BD-AV1 and BD-AV10 will be able to record terrestrial and satellite high-definition TV. There’s also an iLink for connecting a Sharp hard drive recorder, so the programmes can be moved from the hard drive to Blu-ray discs. But, without any other connections, users won’t be able to connect devices like an HD camcorder.
Two more expensive models with enhanced features include the BD-HDW15 and HDW20. They can connect an HDV camcorder, record using dual layer discs and both write-once and rewritable Blu-ray formats. The HDW15 also offers 500GBs of hard drive recording space while the HDW20 has a massive 1TB – enough for over 127 hours of high-definition TV footage.
Unfortunately, there’s no plans to releases these recorders outside of Japan.
Via
PC World
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