http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/08/mitsubishis-dvr-bf2000-blu-ray-dvr-up-for-grabs-in-japan/ Engadget HD Comments for Mitsubishi's DVR-BF2000 Blu-ray DVR up for grabs in Japan http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/08/mitsubishis-dvr-bf2000-blu-ray-dvr-up-for-grabs-in-japan/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/08/mitsubishis-dvr-bf2000-blu-ray-dvr-up-for-grabs-in-japan/ it's easy to see why Blu-ray DVRs haven't been something that manufacturers have even tried to sell the American public

It isn't easy, really, no. I don't know why you'd think that. If manufacturers are really thinking "We can only get Blu-ray to sell if we limit it to playback of HD movies", then that's extraordinarily myopic, and is a major reason why Blu-ray isn't selling.

I can't stand the format, but an HD DVR that supports Blu-ray (including burning high definition content to DVD and BD) is something I'd buy. I see the advantage of that right away.

If you limit the applications, of course you're going to see dismal sales. To deliberately refuse to sell devices that break those limits because sales are low is, well, utterly incompetent.
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Of course, I'm not sure I'd spend $1,500+ on one, but I'm also not seeing why such a device has to cost more than $200+existing BD player price. The burning capability isn't going to cost all that more, a hard drive of decent capacity should be less than $100, and the tuner is probably around $20-30, with the BD player already containing everything needed to decode the OTA signals (MPEG2 + DD5.1)

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