Sony has announced that they will be launching a pair of Blu-ray Disc recorders in Japan this December. Along with support for 1080p output, the BDZ-V9 and BDZ-V7 both include features like hard disk drives and digital tuners.
The machines both feature hard-disk drives for day-to-day recording and a Blu-ray Disc drive for longer term storage. The BDZ-V9 has a 500GB drive and the BDZ-V7 has a 250GB drive. There are two digital tuners in each recorder so that two high-definition programs can be recorded simultaneously.
Both were unveiled during a news conference at the Ceatec show, which opened today and runs until Saturday at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo.
The recorders are designed to appeal to videophiles with demands for high specifications, including Linear PCM audio and 1080p (1,080 lines progressive scanning) output, which is the highest of several image levels judged to be high-definition. The recorders can also be connected to Sony's recently launched high-definition camcorders by a Firewire connection and can playback the AVCHD-format discs used in the cameras.
The BDZ-V9 will be launched on December 8th for ¥300,000 ($2,545). The BDZ-V7 will follow on December 16th and will cost ¥250,000 ($2,121). If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here.
