80%+ of the Japanese population want a Blu Ray player/Recorder ?

[WickyWoo]

When it comes to technology, fads come and go sometimes in a week. They always like the new and shiny gadget

Recorders are very popular over there for some reason. There's ads for BD-Rs all over Akihabara. I'll post my pics of them if people are really interested

[Zyclone]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

When it comes to technology, fads come and go sometimes in a week. They always like the new and shiny gadget

Recorders are very popular over there for some reason. There's ads for BD-Rs all over Akihabara. I'll post my pics of them if people are really interested

i would'nt mind having a look at those ads if its not to much trouble to throw them up?

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

I'm not so sure about how well BD recorders go in the US because of all the DVR's they have there. I mean, you know recordable DVD players, they are pretty popular over in Europe and Japan, but not in the USA. I'm pretty certain that there are many people on this forum that own a R-DVD player, but I don't think the general public has the players. In all honesty though, I want an R-BD player whenever I get a HDTV and a HD set top box.

[xwingsct]

Originally Posted by Nerdkiller likes BD

I'm not so sure about how well BD recorders go in the US because of all the DVR's they have there. I mean, you know recordable DVD players, they are pretty popular over in Europe and Japan, but not in the USA. I'm pretty certain that there are many people on this forum that own a R-DVD player, but I don't think the general public has the players. In all honesty though, I want an R-BD player whenever I get a HDTV and a HD set top box.

I never thought I'd like DVR but since I purchased SONY HDG500 DVR awhile back and I loved it. I even start watching TV again instead of just DVD.
I love where I don't have to look for the media that I recorded anymore.
When I'm done I just simply deleted it. Since I can record up to 60 hours on my DVR. one time I have the whole season of 24 on that thing. (I made sure that I have the whole season before I start watching it.)
I have Recordable DVD too but I mostly use it for tranferring home video from a camcorder.

[WickyWoo]

At the bottom it says "Welcome to the Maxell Hi-Vision (J term for HighDef) World"



The second one features a transfer service to BLu-ray+DVD+CD

'm not so sure about how well BD recorders go in the US because of all the DVR's they have there. I mean, you know recordable DVD players, they are pretty popular over in Europe and Japan, but not in the USA. I'm pretty certain that there are many people on this forum that own a R-DVD player, but I don't think the general public has the players. In all honesty though, I want an R-BD player whenever I get a HDTV and a HD set top box.

DVD-R is a very tiny market in the US. DVR has pretty much taken over everyone's taping needs

I 'm building my own, with an eye on adding BD-R to it when the prices on the discs come down to a few dollars apiece for archiving HD broadcasts of shows. Who knows how many bombs that I lovewill never make it out to Blu... You can fit 3 episodes (4 if you chop the commercials) on a 25GB disc.

[ManUtd]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

When it comes to technology, fads come and go sometimes in a week. They always like the new and shiny gadget

Recorders are very popular over there for some reason. There's ads for BD-Rs all over Akihabara. I'll post my pics of them if people are really interested

I worked for a couple of years in Japan many moons ago and I frequented Akihabara in the weekends. Damn I miss that place.