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Sony's New Blu-ray Recorder Moves TV (not BD) Vid to PSP

Does this make up for the "no PS3 Blu-ray to PSP" transfer story? Kind of. Sony's new BDZ-A70 Blu-ray recorder system won't do that either, but will record your TV shows, and can transfer that video content to your PSP or Sony Walkman. That's kind of a consolation, and there's even a "one touch" button on the front to make it easy— it apparently can transfer about 60 minutes of QVGA video in around 3 minutes.

It's also got twin analog and digital tuners so you can record one channel and watch another, and it sports Sony's Roomlink interface. There's one HDMI-out for your TV, plus all the usual optical and analog video and audio connectors. It's due out in Japan April 30th for around $1,670. [AV Watch]

6:58 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Kit Eaton
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Samifumi at 07:20 AM on 04/08/08
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So now that Blu Ray won, we're supposed to all run out and stock up on Sony products we never wanted in the first place? No thanks.
weatherman at 07:38 AM on 04/08/08
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Nice feature, but definitely on the pricey side. And it doesn't seem to offer as much as TiVO To Go does.
Bob at 09:59 AM on 04/08/08
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In related news, Sony thinks it will sell as much Blu-ray stuff as regular DVD by the end of the year, citing new Blu-ray recorders (like this one) among the reasons. For more crazy ass reasoning as to why Sony thinks Blu-ray will take over the world very soon, check this out:

[www.techconsumer.com]
Monty at 10:16 AM on 04/08/08
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Does this make up for the "no PS3 Blu-ray to PSP" transfer story?

Instead of a free feature added to most Blu-ray movies, we can buy a ~$1600 piece of hardware to get a similar feature?

Oh yes, that makes up for it.
mdnttoker at 11:39 AM on 04/08/08
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That's pretty cool. I love the picture quality on the PSP when viewing on the train...now I can easily transfer my tv shows and watch on the train.
groovyone at 11:59 AM on 04/08/08
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It would be cool now that I have a PSP, but not at the current price of admission.
shawn_dude at 12:03 PM on 04/08/08
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The real story here is how we're supposed to be grateful for the slightly relax viewing restrictions. Sure, you paid for the content, but you can only watch it on the devices we say you can, when we say you can, and only for as long as we say you can. Gee, aren't we generous?

At some point, even lazy people will get frustrated with all the limits, exceptions, and product lock-in schemes and just turn it all OFF.
Worf at 12:29 PM on 04/08/08
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So do these things record as BDAV or BDMV profiles?
Computer_Chef at 04:41 PM on 04/08/08
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I'm confused. Isn't this accomplished by something like a HDHomeRun for $200? There's no way a Mac mini used as a media center is going to cost the $1470 difference, or even the $1000 you get by subtracting for a BR player. This sounds more like a story on more vendor lock-in from Sony.

Also, who in their right mind is going to chew through $15 BR discs to record stuff anyway? As I've long said, optical is dead unless they step up their game to match the innovation level we've seen from HD and flash storage industries. BR might have "won" the HD war, but I'll wager it doesn't even have 2 years of lifetime before it becomes an "also ran".
human3rror at 07:45 AM on 04/09/08
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@Bob Caswell: Interesting. I'm still waiting on a definitive BR player to buy... is playstation 3 still the best bet?