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 »
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.
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.
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.
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.
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The Archos 705 Mobile DVR has been approved by the Almighty FCC! The gadget has full Wi-Fi support and features a 7 inch display. More details will be available in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more updates…!
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Toshiba has recently announced its two new media recorders, the RD-S600 and S300, but without HD-DVD or Blu-Ray support. The recorders feature a 600 and 300GB hard disk, a DVD burner, an HDMI port, 720p/1080i upscale, and a digital TV tuner. Pricing and availability are still unknown.
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Philips DVDR3360H has a bright silver unit (435 x 65 x 340mm) in a reasonably slim casing for a DVD recorder. The eye-catching feature of the DVDR3360H is the pair of glowing red and blue “rings” on the front right-hand side. The rear of the DVDR3360H houses connections for component-video, S-video and composite-A/V connections and, in common with many other recorders, there’s also a drop-down panel that hides a secondary set of composite, S-video and videocam (DV) input connectors. And the best part is that it can record up to 200 hours of recording time. Check the compare price at CNET.
