Sony Announces 4 New BD Recorders for Japanese Market

 

sony4 In case anyone thought Sony just hadn't announced enough Blu-ray Disc products recently, they came through today with an announcement of 4 new BD set-top recorders for the Japanese market.  Although BD recorders are common in Japan, they also are saying that these players are being prepped for release in other markets as well!

The four players all are set for release on November 8 and can burn to both BD25 and BD50 discs.  Although it hasn't been confirmed yet, it seems likely that the devices will burn to the upcoming BD-RE 3.0/BD-R 2.0 discs that allow for AACS copy protection to be enabled on recording flagged as "protected."

The models are:

BDZ-T50 (140k yen)

  • 250 GB HD
  • Single digital tuner

BDZ-T70 (160k yen)

  • 320 GB HD
  • Dual digital tuners

BDZ-L70 (180k yen)

  • 320 GB HD
  • Dual digital tuners
  • AVCHD camcorder Disc playback

BDZ-X90 (200k yen)

  • 500 GB HD
  • Dual digital tuners
  • Dual analog tuners

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