Sony reveals healthy helping of new HDD / DVD recorders

We'll go ahead and nix some lingering excitement in the room: Sony's latest line of Hard Disk Drive DVD Recorders are aimed squarely at Europe. Now that we're clear on that, let us introduce to you the HX and HXD lines, which each posses four units that top out at 500GB. The RDR-HX680, HX780, HX980 and HX1080 all come ready to fetch analog broadcasts, while the RDR-HXD790, HXD890, HXD990 and HXD1090 also include a DVB-T digital tuner. The HDX crew can even be ordered with a CI slot, and the whole posse includes an HDMI port (1080p upscaling included), X-Pict Story, USB connectors, BRAVIA Sync and a dedicated SD HDD Handycam connection. Take a look in the read link for the full chart of specifications. [Warning: PDF read link]

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Sony reveals healthy helping of new HDD / DVD recorders

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2008 11:34PM]

Why in the world aren't these things available in the US? I heard it was because they didn't do that well on the shelf so they pulled them. That's crap, the only HDD recorders I've seen at retailers is Tivo and the Phillips which I don't like solely because of it's color. Due to the drop of VCR's and the fact that DVD recorders blow because of they're limited function, I can't believe that these wouldn't do great in the US.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 24th 2008 10:57AM]

I agree, I have been on the hunt for awhile. I tried using a PC, but it doesn't have a very high WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).