Panasonic intros DMR-BR500, DMR-XW320 and DMR-XW120 HDD / Blu-ray recorders
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mr. E @ Feb 20th 2008 10:54PM
Japanese market only, I assume? Man, I wish the copy protection paranoia could ease up, just a little bit. It would be great to have a DVR with Blu-ray burning capability. I briefly owned a DVHS deck, and it was cool to be able to record and archive HD.
JVirg1 @ Feb 20th 2008 10:59PM
I would be drooling if it had at least Component inputs let alone HDMI. Not sure where they are going with this, but who would pay top dollar (which I am sure they are asking for this) to only be able to record from over the air? I mean well over half the country has no rooftop antenna and gets their locals from cable or Sat, and the majority of those getting it from antenna are needing one of the coupons to convert their old TV's. I think before anything like this takes off and makes people say Hmmmm, there has to be better than SVideo and two channel audio inputs. But I for one am not going to pay big money to be able to record American Idol onto a $25.00 Recordable Blu-Ray off my Antenna. Just my two cents.
mntwister @ Feb 21st 2008 1:19AM
I agree with you completely, if this had component inputs, it would be a strong consideration for me, depending on what they are getting for them.
mntwister @ Feb 21st 2008 1:21AM
added to my last post:
That's what has turned me off to dvd recorders, never had component inputs. I do have a Phillips dvd recorder, but having a s-jack as the highest quality input sucks. Could this have to do with anything from the studios?
JVirg1 @ Feb 21st 2008 7:54AM
@ mntwister
A standard DVD recorder does not need over S-video as they don't record anything over 480i anyway. So they are evenly matched. Of course you can pick one up these days for close to 50 bucks. A unit like this can record Full HD (audio and video), yet they offer no inputs to accomplish it. And yes it is the studios. They don't want us to be able to record from their services. Eventually I think they will try and discontinue component all together and to get HD (from Blu-Ray Units, Cable, Sat, etc...) you will have to use HDMI. Unless the people truly stand up and say NO, there will never be HDMI (or component) inputs.
Also the reason there will never be Digital ATSC RF Modulators to make it easy to send the signal from your HD box, to multiple HD TV's in your house.
Gremlin @ Feb 21st 2008 12:21AM
Will any of them have SDI in? If so, they'd work great with my PMW EX1...
chop @ Feb 21st 2008 3:14AM
yea i still dont see the point of releasing HDD/Blu-ray recorders that are capable of recording HD, but have NO INPUTS that support more than 480i (s-video seems to be the standard). if im paying upwards of 2g's for a standalone bluray recorder please give me at least one set of component inputs to record HD video.
if a slingbox solo can passthrough HD video, why cant they stick a set of component inputs and allow it to be recorded as well? seems as though the slingbox solo is already half there.
onedisgruntledmartian @ Feb 21st 2008 9:15AM
Why not release something like a TivoHD, but with a blu-ray burner and w/o the monthly fee?
I'd like to replace my Panasonic HDD/DVD recorder with a HD version.