Sony's BDZ-A70 Blu-ray recorder with 1-touch transfer to Walkmans, cellphones, PSP

[david2189]

Now we're talking Sony, this is the type of integration we expect to see on the heels of your promise to cash in on portable video after losing the audio battle to Apple. As a Blu-ray recorder, the BDZ-A70 features all the in/outs you'd expect, a 320GB (the new BDZ-T90 offers 500GB) disk with the ability to burn to dual-layer BD-RE media, and a host of analog and digital tuners. Great, but what's most notable here is the new one-touch video transfer to Sony's PSP, select mobile phones including NTT DoCoMo's FOMA 905i, and video Walkmans like Sony's new NW-A820. As you may have noticed, those are all Japanese products. Appropriate given the Japan-only launch of these players in April for about ¥170,000 ($1,658). Still, we're pretty sure they'll go global soon enough. Quickie demonstration video after the break.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/08/s...er-to-walkman/

[The Seventh Taylor]

Besides the BDZ-A70 there's another new Sony model coming out in Japan: the BDZ-T90.

See http://www.sony.jp/CorporateCruise/P...00804/08-0408/ or http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/do...80408/sony.htm

[Chevypower]

I think BD Recorders are becoming mainstream in Japan, the land of technology... I like the BDZ X90... Bring it out here with dual ATSC/QAM tuners, and HDMI input for HD satellite recordings, card slots, firewire input, and USB2 (to burn Blu Rays and DVDs from a computer)