Earlier this week, Sony Europe unveiled its new line of hard drive equipped DVD
recorders. The flagship models RDR-HX1080 and RDR-HXD1090 feature a 500GB hard drive, integrated analog and DVB-T tuners and a HDD
camcorder connection for direct digital dubbing. The players also feature X-Pict Story which allows the creation of enhanced slideshows
with music.
New for 2008, HDD camcorder
connection with all models allows direct digital dubbing from any Standard Definition Handycam Hard Disk Drive camcorder by Sony.
There’s no quality loss during digital transfers via USB. Whole dubbing mode transfers everything that’s stored on the camcorder’s
hard drive. Alternatively, incremental dubbing transfers only new footage that hasn’t already been recorded onto the Hard Disk Drive DVD
recorder.
Also new this year, X-Pict Story is a powerful yet easy-to-use feature for creating your own personal slideshows. Using
your remote, slide shows can be built up in moments from images stored on the recorder’s hard drive. A choice of transition effects adds
extra sparkle to slide shows, along with your own selection of musical soundtrack from stored music files. The results can be viewed
directly on your TV or burned to DVD for sharing or storing.
No word yet on pricing or availability. As we find out
more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, Sony's entire press release can be found here.
