September 5th 2003 | USA

Sharp introduces new recordable DVD player

Sharp DV-HR300

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Recordable DVD Player with hard disc drive gives consumers over 100 hours of recording time

With more camcorders being purchased by consumers, users are seeking better ways to edit, store, and share the precious memories they capture. Today, Sharp Electronics Corporation introduced a new addition to its line of recordable DVD products that makes it easy to transfer home movies from a camcorder onto a DVD. Sharp’s new DV-HR300 recordable DVD player records video onto DVDs and also has a built-in hard drive that allows consumers to easily record and store favorite TV shows and other programming.

“Now that consumers are familiar with the superior picture quality and ease-of-use of pre-recorded DVD players, they are also demanding full-featured DVD recorders that enable them to replace a VCR,” said Bob Pleyer, Senior Marketing Manager, Video Products, Sharp Electronics. “This player has simple editing features for consumers who want to create a highlight DVD of a baby’s first year, a wedding, a summer vacation or any other event that can be played back on virtually any DVD player.”

Recordable DVD with Hard Disc Drive (model DV-HR300)
Sharp’s newest recordable DVD player provides consumers with an internal hard disc drive (HDD) that can record and store over 100 hours of programming, so consumers can record a full season of several shows and watch them anytime. The DV-HR300 combines an 80GB hard disc drive and a DVD-R/RW recorder to create the ultimate all-in-one viewing, recording and storage device. Users will appreciate the high-speed dubbing, CD/MP3 playback and simultaneous recording/playback. The unit provides convenient and simplified programming with VCR Plus+ and has a DV Terminal with i.Link™ so consumers can digitally transfer video directly to DVD. Searching for a specific moment on a disc is made easier on the DV-HR300 with the “High Speed Access” thumbnail view and Quick Search functions.

The DV-HR300 uses re-writeable DVDs that can be recorded on over 1,000 times, delivering more than six hours of programming or 4.7 gigabytes (GB) of data storage. Consumers can record on DVD-R and DVD-RW, and playback DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-Video, CD-DA, CD-R/RW, audio CDs, video CDs and MP3 files. High quality audio processing on the DV-HR300 includes Dolby® Digital and Digital Theater Systems (DTS)®. Additionally, all of Sharp’s recordable DVD players comply with all available copy protection technologies.

The DV-HR300 will be available in February 2004 for a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $799.95.