http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/news Latest news, updated every five minutes http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17221 Japanese electronics giant Pioneer has said it plans to work with Sharp to offer Blu-ray recorders on the Japanese market by the end of 2008, hoping to latch onto a growing market as consumers move past the so-called "format war" between HD DVD and Blu-ray. Sharp already offers (pricey) Blu-ray recorders, and is a major investor in Pioneer.According to estimates from the Fuji Chimera Research Institute, the market for Blu-ray recorders in Japan is expected to explode between now and 2012, growing to some 3.6 million units a year.Pioneer hasn't announced any price ranges, feature sets, or target sales figures for its Blu- Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:30:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9948623-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Manufacturers have essentially stopped making DVD recorders with hard drives in the United States, but some retailers have been selling foreign DVD-recorders with hard drives, possibly to meet unfulfilled demand. Wed, 28 May 2008 17:46:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/142600 UPDATE: Toshiba says it will no longer develop, manufacture, or market HD DVD players and recorders. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/142579 An announcement about Toshiba's HD DVD players and recorders is due next week, says Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:50:00 -0500 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/14941 The battle of evangelism between the Blu-ray and HD DVD high-definition disc camps saw another broadside today, as the Blu-ray Disc Association claims to have sold its one millionth Blu-ray movie in Europe, and cites "industry sales data" showing Blu-ray discs account for some 73 percent of all high-definition movie discs sold in Europe to date.The Blu-ray Disc Association also announced that Blu-ray recorders account for 97 percent of the HD recorder market in Japan, and that D DVD recorders have "failed to make any penetration into Japanese homes."The Blu-ray Disc Association's sales figures appear to come from Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/139126 The Vardia RD-A301 can record HD video to regular DVDs and transcode MPEG2 to MPEG4 on the fly. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/14632 Computing:Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard @ CnetSamsung Hybrid Hard Drive @ ExtremetechDell XPS M1730 @ CnetAcer TravelMate 4720-6727 @ PCMagSamsung DVD-AR650 DVD Recorder @ CnetHanns.G LCD Monito Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:21:27 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/138121 New recorders now can transcode an off-the-air MPEG2 signal in real time into the much-more-efficient MPEG4 AVC format. That means you can pack more video on one disc. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/138058 Ceatec: Upcoming HD DVD players/recorders from Toshiba promise to store more high-def video. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/137943 Panasonic announced three new Blu-ray recorders capable of fitting 18 hours of high-def video onto a disc. Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9787239-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Auction sites like Ebay and Amazon's marketplace are selling used DVD-recorders with hard drives for close to $2,000. Why is old technology fetching such high prices? Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:29:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/137152 Sony will no longer use the standard DVD format in its video recorders, instead moving to Blu-ray Disc for all future models in Japan. Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/384689.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:29:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/372288.html Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:48:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/132848 Digital video recorders RD-A600 and RD-A300 combine HD DVD with high-definition hard-disk drive recording. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/338452.html Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:20:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/12291 The ever-enterprising Sharp Corporation is aiming to undercut the market for Blu-ray next-generation DVD recorders. How? Reducing its costs by producing a Blu-ray recorder without a built-in television tuner.Sharp is characterizing its BD-HP1 (Japanese) as a Blu-ray "player that can record," designed to meet lightweight, occasional recording needs of everyday television users rather than the high-volume, sophisticated needs of video enthusiasts and home theater buffs. To record television programing, the BD-HP1 is designed to connect to Sharp's Aquos LCD televisions via an iLink/IEEE1394 connection and utilize the... Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:45:00 -0500 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/129061 Sharp has developed a Blu-ray Disc recorder that cuts costs by doing away with the tuner. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/11537 Snip:"The Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder makes it easy to record video from an analog source, like your TV, DVD Player or camcorder, into multiple formats so that you can play them back on various portable devices. The videos it can create will playback devices such as the Apple iPod, Sony PSP, or any device that accepts memory cards or that you can tranfer to from your PC. While the Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder is a no frills device, it does what advertises. "Click here to watch a video of the Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder... Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:18:23 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/11458 Snip:"The Vidabox Roommate is a small, stylish media center and home theater PC. Packing a 1.7Ghz Pentium M Processor, 250Gb hard drive, and a dual-layer DVD recorder, this near silent running PC can pretty much do anything you would need a media center PC to do. Playback stored media files like your favorite music or movies, and with it's dual TV tuners, you can record TV while watching a different channel. You can also record your favorite DVDs! "Watch our video coverage of the Vidabox Roommate... Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:45:19 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/2100-1041_3-6122116.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Blu-ray DVD recorders aren't in the states yet, but Hitachi is already looking at a Blu-ray camcorder with a new format. Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:40:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/2100-1041_3-6122067.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Machines' high price, and belief that demand for them in U.S. is relatively modest, will keep them out of U.S. market for now. Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:17:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/242487.html Sun, 25 Jun 2006 09:30:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/2100-1026_3-6065254.html?part=ecoustics-cnet System uses a PC to transform a television into a digital video recorder, DVD player, stereo and photo viewer. Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:44:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/2300-1041_3-6061895-1.html?part=ecoustics-cnet First-generation DVD players and recorders featuring the two competing high-definition formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray. Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:00:00 -0400