Sony announced four digital Blu-ray disc recorders with HDDs. The line-up includes the BDZ-X90, BDZ-T70, BDZ-T50 and BDZ-L70.
The all new Sony Blu-ray disc recorders are able to record HD on the Blu-ray disc, 24p true cinema, high-speed Hi-vision dubbing and AVCHD support.
The top of the line is the Sony BDZ-X90 (photo above), it featurs a 500GB hard-drive.
The Sony BDZ-T50 has a 250GB HDD and one digital Hi-Vision tuner. The BDZ-T70 has a larger 320GB hard-drive and offers two digital tuners for parallel recording.
The Sony BDZ-L70 is optimized for AVCHD video cameras offering one-touch dubbing. The BDZ-L70 has a 320GB HDD.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Sony BDZ-X90, BDZ-T70, BDZ-T50 and BDZ-L70 Blu-ray HDD Recorder
Sony Announces Four New Blu-ray Recorders for Japan
The new recorders are the first from Sony to support dual-layer disc recording, although the company had released two single-layer Blu-ray recorders to the Japanese market in 2006.
The four new models will go on sale on November 8, with prices ranging from 140,000 to 180,000 Yen (roughly $1200 to $1700 US).
The four new models will go on sale on November 8, with prices ranging from 140,000 to 180,000 Yen (roughly $1200 to $1700 US).
Target Doubles Shelf Space for Blu-ray; HD DVD Levels Unchanged
Target Doubles Shelf Space for Blu-ray; HD DVD Levels Unchanged
Friday, June 1, 2007
Blu-ray Association
Blu-Ray is presently supported by its inventor, Sony, and Dell, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung and other IT equipment producers. But, as the format will have a big word to say in the movie industry, the movie studios supporting it are also important. So far, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Walt Disney declared their support for Blu-Ray. The format had also two of the major game companies announcing their support: Electronic Arts and Vivendi.
First Blu-Ray computer drive
On May 2, 2007 Pioneer announced its BDC-2202 blu-ray computer drive. It will be able to play back blu-ray movies, as well as BD-ROM/BD-R/BD-RE at up to 5X and can read BD-ROM (DL) and BD-R/-RE (DL) at up to 2X speed. It does not have the ability to write Blu-ray discs but does have the ability to record to DVD and CD media.
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