Although it would make perfect sense that TV’s today should come with built-in PVR’s, it obviously hasn’t become common sense yet. JVC attempts to break that, by throwing their new DE9 series with built-in TV recording. Inside the sexy slim panels you will find a 160GB hard drive and two Freeview tuners so you can record one program while watching another; and even another if you count in the analog tuner too. They each come with three HDMI sockets, two Scart connectors, component input and digital audio out. Available now. [Electricpig]
Humax will release the new PVR-9300 and PVR-9150T later this month. The former model is a high-end model that features a 320GB hard drive which is enough to store up to 200 hours of recorded programs, and sports HDMI upscaling. The latter model only has a 160GB of storage space. The PVR-9300 and PVR-9150T also come equipped with two built-in digital tuners, so viewers can record two Freeview channels while watching a recorded programme, or watch one Freeview channel while recording another. Both PVRs consume a mere sub-1 watt of power in standby mode. The Humax PVR-9300T and PVR-9150T will retail for £199 and £149.99, respectively. [PocketLint]
If you want to watch your own recorded home movies without connecting to a TV, you can use the new Maplin portable video recorder. The gadget provides a microphone, digital video camera, 2.5 inch TFT LCD color display, fold out speakers, 128MB internal flash memory and SD memory card slot (up to 2GB). Priced at £179.99, the Maplin portable video recorder is compatible with MP3 and MP4 playback. [Pocket-Lint]
