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]
Here is the latest DVR Expander from Iomega that comes with a 500GB of storage capacity to record all your favorite TV shows. The 500GB of hard drive space is large enough to store up to 300 hours of standard definition TV. Priced at around $200, the device comes with an eSATA cable. The Iomega DVR Expander is compatible with the 8300 DVR and the 8300HD DVR. [Engadget]
JVC/Victor has launched two new HD video recorders that can record two programs simultaneously. It features storage capacities of 250GB for the DR-HX250 and 500 GB for the DR-HX500. They also come with HDD (500GB or 250GB), a VHS player, DVD player/burner,a digital/analog TV tuner, HDMI, D4, S-Video, and composite outputs, and support Dolby Digital and DTS formats. [Akihabara]
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]
Sony has announced the release of the new BDZ series Blu-ray recorders called the A70 and high-end T90. Both depend on AVC (H.264) encoding coming with either the 320GB or 500GB hard drives. You convert videos into portable formats. Other features include both analog and digital TV tuners, Sony’s Room Link, HDMI output, S-Video, and RCA. You can find both of these in Japan April 30th starting from $1,664 upwards. No word on if either of these will hit the States unfortunately. [Electronista]
Sony has released a new DVR called the T90. It has better video quality recordings, true cinema 24p support, a 500GB HDD, a blu-ray player and recorder, 2 analog, digital TV tuners, Sony Room Link support, and enhanced programming features. No word on pricing or when it will drop, so until then you’ll have to stick to the BDZ-A70. [Akihabara] More
by Nicole on January 3, 2008
The Archos TV & Wireless DVR is a 250GB digital video recorder (DVR) that is a WiFi receiver that can download, streaming media (music/photos) to the tv and browses the web via the integrated Opera browser as well as a USB 2.0, and 640×480 recording resolution. The price range for this DVR wonder is between $250 and $350.
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by Nicole on December 19, 2007
Evergreen has released another media recorder and so much more. It can record most video sources including: MPEG-4 SP, and features an analog TV tuner, and an internal 2.5 inch HDD; then, you can copy the content, and play it on your iPod or PSP and TV, with a 640×480 resolution.
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The Black Box DVR features a camera, a miniSD card up to 4GB and measures at 2.28 square inches. It can record 640×480 video at 30fps and includes a “long lasting” Li-Ion battery. But what it really is, is the smallest personal video recorder to date. Unfortunately, unlike other “Black Boxes” of old, this little gadget won’t pick up your “favorite” channels illegally. It’s yours if you got $499.95 lying around.
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by Alexander on March 6, 2007
Archos just dropped its most noteworthy personal media player, the Archos 704-WiFi.
This one weighs in at 22 ounces and sports a 7-inch, 800×480 pixel touch screen display, 80GB hard drive, 802.11g WiFi, support for playback of MPEG-4 ASP@L5 AVI and WMV video files and MP3 and WMA audio files (with optional plug-ins for adding h.264, MPEG-2 MP@ML, and AAC support), PlaysForSure support, an integrated PDF reader, built-in stereo speakers, Opera web browser, up to 5 hours of video playback, and a retail price of $549.99.
The Archos 704-WiFi also functions as a dockable DVR, so you can record your favorite TV shows right to the player. Suddenly, $550 seems like quite a bargain.
Via Engadget
