Sony announced two new Blu-ray recorders (YES! RECORDERS!) for the Japanese market: the BDZ-A70 and the BDZ-T90. Unfortunately, there is no word if they will be released in the US yet. However, we have a feeling that they will as Sony’s intention to rapidly grow its Blu-ray global market share will not come to reality if they don’t put out as many BD products as possible. Both recorders are able to read and write both Blu-ray and DVD media, as well as read any CD media.

The new recorders have a large hard drive (BDZ-A70 of 320GB and the BDZ-T90 of 500GB) and allow recorded content to be easily transfered to other Sony devices such as: PSP and Walkman cell phones (i.e. NW-A820), just by pressing one button. Depending on the video quality you transfer (QVGA 768k or 384) you’ll need no more than 3 minutes to forward a 60 minute video into your PSP memory stick. They also feature 2 terrestrial digital tuner, 2 digital BS 110 tuner, an analog TV tuner to capture programs in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. That’s not all, the recorders can store content on BD-R/RE, and DVD±R/RW media as well.

The devices come with a HDMI output (24p output x.v.color, TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio) and an Ethernet connector as well as an i.LINK interface for easy connections with HDV/DV cameras.

In addition to all the features mentioned above included on both recorders, the BDZ-T90 can burn on Dual layer BD-R and RE discs, has 2 digital TV tuners and 2 analog ones, and an HDMI output 1080p/24.

Watch the demo video from Sony on the DBZ-A70 here! Sorry but since the release is for the Japanese market the video is not in English

via: www.akihabaranews.com

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