Panasonic announces Blu-Ray standalone recorder

[Capmaster]

50GB/Disc

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/9282

[handyguy]

Yep, plus:
"Blu-ray disk recorders will store 4.5 hours of HD video."

50 gigs for that?

Might be better to get a HDVCR.

[Capmaster]

I think it'll be a year or more before these things would ever be priced where Joe Lunchpail can afford them.

[The village idiot]

ATSC digital can be up to 18GB per hour.

[Capmaster]

ATSC digital can be up to 18GB per hour.

Wow. That's 40 Mb/s, or 4 times as high as standard res DVD MPEG-2

[FulciLives]

Wow here I've been wondering and hoping that dual layer DVD burning would eventually come to stand alone DVD recorders but damn this sounds even better.

Unfortunately I'm sure the price will be DAMN expensive.

At this point I'm happy recording "normal" Full D1 resolution ... not interested in HDTV all that much ... but would like higher capacity.

Would be nice to do 8000kbps video and PCM audio and get at least 2 hours or more per disc.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Capmaster]

Unfortunately I'm sure the price will be DAMN expensive.

I'm sure that for the first few months the stores will be issuing small tubes of K-Y at the entrance

[FulciLives]

Unfortunately I'm sure the price will be DAMN expensive.

I'm sure that for the first few months the stores will be issuing small tubes of K-Y at the entrance

LOL

- John "FulciLives" Coleman