Any DVD recorder that can record 5.1 yet? If so, which?

[dgrams2003]

I haven't been able to find one, but are there any dvd recorders that record in 5.1 yet?
I have 2 older models already, and now my wife wants one for in the room where
she watches TV.
I'd love to get one that records in 5.1 and swap a few around in my house if possible.

[edDV]

Nope. They don't want you to do that.

It's all about lawyers and decoder/encoder license fees.

[dgrams2003]

okay. thanks.
But it is sad. In a year or two we will probably see 'em all over the place.

[Noahtuck]

Philips actually anounced that they were releasing a standalone that would record in 5.1 for 2003 but it never came to be as far as i know

Even more intriguing is Philips’ upcoming DVDR90 (not shown at CES), due out in Q3 at a targeted $999 price point. Retaining the same feature base, this higher-end model will introduce Dolby Digital 5.1 audio recording, a welcome addition in light of the increasing 5.1 content broadcast by digital cable and satellite providers. The DVDR90 will also add a Digital HDMI output. In the red-hot DVD recorder market, feature sets are emerging as the true discriminants – since all manufacturers support the DVD-R standard for commercial software and rental disks, the differences between the additional proprietary formats, whether DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM, or DVD-R/RW, are less essential than in other format wars.

http://www.smr-home-theatre.org/ces2.../page_02.shtml