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Sharp, first Blu-Ray recorder with hard drive

Audio/Video / Sharp
Posted by zmcnulty on Nov 10, 2004 - 10:01 PM

Title says it all...except for how this is more than $3000 dollars.



Sharp Corporation will release the "BD-HD100" Blu-Ray recorder containing a hard drive o­n December 9th. It is listed as Open Price, and the estimated retail price is around 320,000 yen.

This is a High Definition recorder that contains Blu-Ray disc drive, DVD-R/RW drive, and 160GB hard drive. It supports the recording/playback of Blu-Ray discs as well as the recording/playback of DVD-R/RW discs. o­nly single layer Blu-Ray discs are supported, and both 23GB and 25GB media is supported. Supported tuners include terrestrial, BS, 110 CS digital, and terrestrial analog.

It features an i.Link port, and can "move" content from supported devices such as the "DV-HRD2/20/200" also from Sharp. Also, it is furnished with an HDMI port for video output. Sharp has of course suggested this be used as an "AQUOS High Definition Recorder" to go with their AQUOS line of LCD TVs.



Inspired by:
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20041111/sharp.htm [1]

Press Release:
http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/041111-a.html [2]

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  [1] http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20041111/sharp.htm
  [2] http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/041111-a.html