Sharp announced industry's first "recordable" BD Player for Japanese market
Sharp news release
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- BD-HP1 is the industry's first BD player which can "record" HD programs from FireWire connected AQUOS digital LCD TV, or can "move" from FireWire connected AQUOS HD HDD/DVD recorder (no digital tuner/HDD built-in)
- Suppored recordable BD disc is SL BD-RE (Ver2.1) (DL BD-RE, SL/DL BD-R are not supported)
- BD-Video playback capability with 1080p output by "1080p Image Engine"
- 7.1ch analog audio output
- Decodes Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD (output may limited to 2 channel in certain condition), DTS-HD (core only).
- Plays SL BD-RE (Ver2.1), SL BD-R (Ver1.1), SL/DL BD-Video, DVD-Video, DVD disc with CPRM, DVD+-R/RW, DVD-RAM, Music CD/CD-R/RW
- MSRP is about 150,000 JPY, will be shipped on March 20
- Java related technology used in this player is co-developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.