DVD RECORDER NEWS
March 12th 2008
Topfield produces highest spec Freeview recorder yet
Topfield has announced the launch of their new Personal Video Recorder, the TF5810 . This is their flagship model, being the highest spec Freeview receiver currently on the market.
December 22nd 2007
LG unveils new Blu-Ray discs
LG Electronics has unveiled two kinds of Blu-ray discs - Blu-ray disc rewritable (BD-RE) and Blu-ray disc recordable (BD-R), each with a 25GB recording capacity.
December 22nd 2007
Will 2008 be the year of next-gen DVD?
2007 was a quiet year for next-gen DVD. After the furious soundbite war of previous years, the manufacturers got down to selling their products and attempting to outsell their rivals. Will 2008 see the war intensify?
October 25th 2007
Liteon shatters price barrier
Liteon is offering its cheapest DVD recorder in Taiwan for only US$61.
September 20th 2007
New Pioneer DVD recorders
Pioneer is launching two new DVD recorders in Australia - the DVR-550HX-S and DVR-LX60D.
September 6th 2007
Philips building intelligent PVR
Philips has released some tantalising details about its Personal TV Channel system which it claims will learn from the user's channel hopping to record programmes unprompted.
August 30th 2007
DVD recorder sales keep rising
As worldwide DVD player shipments started to decline in 2006, shipments of DVD recorders continued to rise steadily, reports In-Stat.
August 4th 2007
PS3 to become a PVR
There are some rumours, seemingly substantiated by a Sony official (albeit one based in New Zealand - sorry Kiwis) that the PS3 may see an upgrade that turns it into a PVR.
July 18th 2007
Samsung launches eleven new DVRs
Samsung have obviously been spending a lot on R&D as they have pushed the boat out with eleven new digital video recorders.
June 18th 2007
Blockbuster votes for Blu-ray
It's been some time since we've written about the war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD but the new that the Blockbuster rental chain has decided to offer only the former format in its stores prompts us to put pen to paper again.
May 30th 2007
TiVo coming to Australia
TiVo is finally coming to Australia after the makers of the PVR agreed a deal with Channel 7.
May 21st 2007
Alba breaks new price ground with Freeview recorder
Alba has broken new ground with its new Freeview recorder, the DVD382STB.
May 17th 2007
Consumer DVD Recorders Poised to Challenge DVRs
The consumer DVD recorder market experienced smaller than expected growth in 2006, but IMS Research estimates the volume of DVD recorders shipped worldwide in 2011 will reach 59 million units, generating approximately US$20.2 billion in manufacturers revenues.
May 12th 2007
Pioneer announces home cinema system with HDD/DVD recorder
Pioneer has announced the LX01 home cinema system that includes a 250GB HDD/DVD recorder.
May 5th 2007
New Blu-ray Disc Players to Support Firewire
The introduction of 1394-equipped Blu-ray Disc products this year represents a significant new milestone for the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) standard, the 1394 Trade Association said today.
April 30th 2007
DVD Recorder and PVRs Top Spending List
The average U.S. household owns 25 consumer electronics products and the average adult spends $1,200 annually on these products according to a study released today by the Consumer Electronics Association.
April 19th 2007
New Sony HDD/DVD Recorders
The new range of Sony HDD/DVD recorders opens up new ways of accessing and enjoying not just television but photographs, music and personal video.
April 18th 2007
HD-DVD Player Sales Reach 100,000 in USA
Sales of HD-DVD players in the USA have passed 100,000 units, one year after the high definition format went on sale.
April 6th 2007
Toshiba 2007 Range Announced
Toshiba has announced two new recorder models, the DV-R17DT DVD recorder and RD-97DT HDD/DVD recorder.
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