Sony introduces five new feature-packed, confusingly-named Blu-ray DVRs

Now that Toshiba's getting in on the Blu-ray train, Sony needs to up its game. Enter a quintet of new players, each packing TV recording tech, overlapping feature sets, and seemingly nonsensical names. Starting at the low end is the BDZ-RS10, which sports a measly single digital tuner and 320GB worth of storage. Next up is the BDZ-EX30, adding a second digital tuner and a Blu-ray recorder into the action. Then the BDZ-EX50 moves up to 500GB of storage and adds PSP support, the BDZ-RX100 goes up to a full 1TB, and the BDZ-EX200 2TB. All but the lowest two support DLNA and can spin an hours worth of video to a PSP or X-1000 in under two minutes, meaning you could sync the entire Battlestar Galactica series in just over two hours and get your Cylon fix wherever you like.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 27th 2009 11:56AM]

Yet, there is zero chance we will see any of these models in the state because of copyright issues...Correct? Why do you tease us like this Engadget?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 27th 2009 11:58AM]

Looks nice though!

[glennS Posted Aug 27th 2009 12:28PM]

And these are coming to the US when? Oh yeah, NEVER!!! Moving right along. Nothing to see here.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 27th 2009 2:41PM]

All of them have a Blu-ray recorder except for the low end BDZ-RS10, but does that BDZ-RS10 have a Blu-ray player? If not, why would it be labeled as a Blu-ray DVR and not just an HD DVR?

Oh, and please let us know when these are available in the states because I definitely want one.

[twister Posted Aug 27th 2009 11:42PM]

Totally sucks that we don't have dibs on these in the USA. Can these be imported and will they work here?

[Ruprecht Posted Aug 28th 2009 6:25AM]

I can imagine the sense of frustration felt by my American cousins about being artificially limited by The Powers That Be.

How?

Because we non Americans are blighted by the scourge of region codes and higher priced hardware.

It's not enough that the USA has everything else (democracy, freedom of speech), now you want our pathetic overpriced DVR's lol

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 28th 2009 11:49PM]

Maybe they figure that they cannot make any money on them in the US because the US only records using DVRs. :p