In a clear declaration of intent, Sony has discontinued the release of DVD recorders in Japan – with the company concentrating exclusively on high-definition Blu-ray recorders.
The announcement was made shortly after the introduction of four highly specified Blu-ray recorders, which can burn and record high-definition content using the latest MPEG-4 AVC format, to the Japanese market.
With a wide range of high-definition programming available in Japan via terrestrial and satellite broadcasts, there’s been an explosion in interest for HD time shifting and recording – even more than for play only HD discs.
However, this strategy isn’t expected to be followed outside of Japan.
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