New, 2 more Panasonic's DMR-BW200 and BR100 Blu-ray and hard disk recorders - Blu-ray Forum

Dave · 09-20-2006, 01:04 PM

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We peeped a mock-up Sony Blu-ray Disc and Hard Disk recorder just the other day which may or may not see the light of the rising sun. Now Panny brings it for realz with their new DIGA DMR-BW200 (pictured up top) and BR100 Blu-ray Disc and fatty hard drive recorders. Both drives support DL BD-R/BD-RE (50GB) at 4x speeds and healthy dose of the ol' in and outs including 1080p-capable HDMI. The BW200 is the high-ender and brings a 2x digital (terrestrial and satellite) and 1x terrestrial analog TV tuners, 500GB disk, Firewire to bring an external hard drive to the show or to connect your video cam, and Ethernet for easy EPG G-Guide access. The lower-end BR100 is limited to 1x digital (terrestrial and satellite) and 1x terrestrial analog TV tuners and 200GB of disk. Both should pop for retail on November 15th in Japan with an expected price of about ¥300,000 (about $2,550) for the BW200 and ¥200,000 (about $1,700) for the BR100.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/20/p...isk-recorders/

zombie · 09-20-2006, 02:23 PM

Damn it looks like Panasonic wants every penny I earn! I already like the look of their BD player and their matching receiver and now comes this beauty.

God I hope they don't make a matching car.

JTK · 09-20-2006, 02:37 PM

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Both should pop for retail on November 15th in Japan with an expected price of about ¥300,000 (about $2,550) for the BW200 and ¥200,000 (about $1,700) for the BR100.

Blue · 09-20-2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nyg

God I hope they don't make a matching car.

wait till you see the matching house!!!!!!!!!
What will be interesting is what will Philips, Sony and Pioneer do. I think they have a few suprises.

Blue · 09-20-2006, 03:23 PM

One thing I just noticed with the rear photo. The reigon encoding, that was supposed to be not a big deal.

zombie · 09-20-2006, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue

wait till you see the matching house!!!!!!!!!

LOL! It is good that they are making their hardware very nice looking together. Would look much better in my rack than the various manfacturer decks I have now that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by Blue

One thing I just noticed with the rear photo. The reigon encoding, that was supposed to be not a big deal.

Good catch. I didn't see the Region Code 2 symbol the first time I looked at the photos. Hopefully there will be a workaround cause importing from the UK would be much less expensive than importing from Japan (the other R1 area).

phloyd · 09-20-2006, 05:53 PM

Like the Toshiba, I believe that these region codes are for the DVD player aspect.

That said, while it has 7 tuners, I doubt that it will have any that are useful for the US (except perhaps ATSC).

That said (

), perhaps they will ship a cable card + ATSC version for the US and blow our minds...

zombie · 09-20-2006, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by phloyd

Like the Toshiba, I believe that these region codes are for the DVD player aspect.

Ah, that could be. Would be nice to think we could play any BD in the world on our players.

Dave · 09-20-2006, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nyg

God I hope they don't make a matching car.

LOL

Blackraven · 09-22-2006, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by JTK

Both should pop for retail on November 15th in Japan with an expected price of about ¥300,000 (about $2,550) for the BW200 and ¥200,000 (about $1,700) for the BR100.

Yup, cost you a damn arm and a leg.

But this is actually quite good.

I remembered that when Pioneer did a Philippine expo in 1999, they shown a DVD recorder + rewriter with HDD that costs USD$3,000.

At least it ain't that exorbitant compared to that time.

Dave · 09-22-2006, 10:18 AM

Yes price drop fast. In 2000-2001 when i first saw first SONY Blu-Ray prototype it cost was ~$3500 now is $999 and the Sammy is ~$550.

thunderhawk · 09-23-2006, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue

One thing I just noticed with the rear photo. The reigon encoding, that was supposed to be not a big deal.

But still... I love the rear of these things...

Blue · 09-26-2006, 02:30 PM

[QUOTE=phloyd;19743]Like the Toshiba, I believe that these region codes are for the DVD player aspect.
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That would be great but why did they have the normal 2 DVD symbol and close by "Region A". This has been on all the Panasonics I have seen so far, all 3. One of the studio executives stated when all this started to surface about year ago that it was included but no one was interested in using it. I think that was a bit of "spin". Anyone with BR movies out there are they marked with a region?

JTK · 09-26-2006, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackraven

Yup, cost you a damn arm and a leg.

But this is actually quite good.

I remembered that when Pioneer did a Philippine expo in 1999, they shown a DVD recorder + rewriter with HDD that costs USD$3,000.

At least it ain't that exorbitant compared to that time.

Oh you want to talk about price adjusted for inflation huh?

Do the math and the conversion of what Betamax and even VHS players cost back in the late 70's/early 80's, adjust for today's inflation, and compare THAT to what we're talking about here.

GoldenRedux · 09-28-2006, 07:59 PM

Forget the player, give me the girl holding the BD disc.

56@Yamamoto · 11-09-2006, 12:09 AM

Panasonic announced on November 8 that the pre-release order of DMR-BW200 and BR100 has reached more than 20,000.

This number has already exceed total shipment number of Toshiba HD-XA1 player and RD-A1 recorder in Japan. (In Japan, HD-A1 has not released.)

Dave · 11-09-2006, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 56@Yamamoto

Panasonic announced on November 8 that the pre-release order of DMR-BW200 and BR100 has reached more than 20,000.

This number has already exceed total shipment number of Toshiba HD-XA1 player and RD-A1 recorder in Japan. (In Japan, HD-A1 has not released.)

Now even before the PS3 release Blu-Ray outsells HD DVD?
Poor HD DVD fanboys!

56@Yamamoto, can you please send me the source of this... Please!

56@Yamamoto · 11-10-2006, 10:16 AM

>>http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/do...1108/pana1.htm

At Nov.8, Panasonic had announced new Hi-def camcorder, and at same time announced the number of the orders of BR recorders.

morlock · 11-18-2006, 01:53 AM

For crying out loud! The s-video and composit-sockets needs to GO AWAY!

Remove them and replace them with HD-capable interfaces like HDMI, DVI or komponent.

Blue · 11-18-2006, 05:01 AM

?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????
What more do you want. There is HDMI Out
Ethernet (unsure what it's used for)
Firewire for in and out
I think at least one if not more of those S and Video RCA sockets (I assume you are reffering to) are actually inputs, not everything has magically converted over to HD digital overnight.

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09-20-2006, 02:23 PM	#2
zombie Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:May 2004 Trading Score:866	Damn it looks like Panasonic wants every penny I earn! I already like the look of their BD player and their matching receiver and now comes this beauty. God I hope they don't make a matching car.

09-20-2006, 03:23 PM	#5
Blue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2005 Location:Melbourne Australia Blu-ray collection:206	One thing I just noticed with the rear photo. The reigon encoding, that was supposed to be not a big deal.

09-20-2006, 05:53 PM	#7
phloyd Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2003 Location:California Trading Score:5	Like the Toshiba, I believe that these region codes are for the DVD player aspect. That said, while it has 7 tuners, I doubt that it will have any that are useful for the US (except perhaps ATSC). That said ( ), perhaps they will ship a cable card + ATSC version for the US and blow our minds...

09-22-2006, 10:18 AM	#11
Dave Expert Member Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Somewhere	Yes price drop fast. In 2000-2001 when i first saw first SONY Blu-Ray prototype it cost was ~$3500 now is $999 and the Sammy is ~$550.

09-26-2006, 02:30 PM	#13
Blue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2005 Location:Melbourne Australia Blu-ray collection:206	[QUOTE=phloyd;19743]Like the Toshiba, I believe that these region codes are for the DVD player aspect. QUOTE] That would be great but why did they have the normal 2 DVD symbol and close by "Region A". This has been on all the Panasonics I have seen so far, all 3. One of the studio executives stated when all this started to surface about year ago that it was included but no one was interested in using it. I think that was a bit of "spin". Anyone with BR movies out there are they marked with a region?

09-28-2006, 07:59 PM	#15
GoldenRedux Power Member Member since:Sep 2006 Blu-ray reviews:1	Forget the player, give me the girl holding the BD disc.

11-09-2006, 12:09 AM	#16
56@Yamamoto Active Member Member since:Nov 2006	Panasonic announced on November 8 that the pre-release order of DMR-BW200 and BR100 has reached more than 20,000. This number has already exceed total shipment number of Toshiba HD-XA1 player and RD-A1 recorder in Japan. (In Japan, HD-A1 has not released.)

11-10-2006, 10:16 AM	#18
56@Yamamoto Active Member Member since:Nov 2006	>>http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/do...1108/pana1.htm At Nov.8, Panasonic had announced new Hi-def camcorder, and at same time announced the number of the orders of BR recorders.

11-18-2006, 01:53 AM	#19
morlock Junior Member Member since:Sep 2006	For crying out loud! The s-video and composit-sockets needs to GO AWAY! Remove them and replace them with HD-capable interfaces like HDMI, DVI or komponent.

11-18-2006, 05:01 AM	#20
Blue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2005 Location:Melbourne Australia Blu-ray collection:206	?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????? What more do you want. There is HDMI Out Ethernet (unsure what it's used for) Firewire for in and out I think at least one if not more of those S and Video RCA sockets (I assume you are reffering to) are actually inputs, not everything has magically converted over to HD digital overnight.

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