When will there be affordable bluray recorders?

[AnimeNut]

Hello everybody, new to blu-ray I guess. I recently picked up the $129.99 Curtis Mathes blu-ray player from my local target.

I'm one of those "hold out" people who usually dont get a system until there are budget units out, I don't think I got my first real dvd player until 2003. (Recorder in 04)

I record alot of stuff off of tv, mainly because im cheap so my dvd recorder will still probably be used alot despite owning a bluray player. The cheapest bluray recorders I could find on the market were $2000 on up, and as I said im not really someone who likes to pay more than $150 for a unit (I consider $200+ high range) and that pretty much puts a $2000 bluray recorder out of the question.

I have a very large dvd collection... probably several thousand, although at least 70-80% of that is probably anime. The main question I pose is how long before affordable bluray recorders are out?

-Btw for those who says use a DVR, a DVR is not permanent storage, the hard drives crash and I don't trust them... Plus I like to keep my recordings forever.

[zicmubleu]

Why would you want to copy a DVD to Blu-ray? Are you going for multiple titles on a single disc? I am not sure you can do that even with a PC Blu-ray burner and it sounds like you are talking about a standalone unit. Considering your budgetary constraints I would say don't hold your breath. The media, BD-R, for a Blu-ray burner won't make you happy price wise either, generally still over $3 a disc and I have heard there maybe shelf life problems with the cheaper discs. If you have the DVD just keep it, by the time Blu-ray burning reaches your price point they will no doubt have better solutions like putting them on a flash drive, a 32GB stick would hold several of your DVDs.

[AnimeNut]

Originally Posted by zicmubleu

Why would you want to copy a DVD to Blu-ray? Are you going for multiple titles on a single disc? I am not sure you can do that even with a PC Blu-ray burner and it sounds like you are talking about a standalone unit. Considering your budgetary constraints I would say don't hold your breath. The media, BD-R, for a Blu-ray burner won't make you happy price wise either, generally still over $3 a disc and I have heard there maybe shelf life problems with the cheaper discs. If you have the DVD just keep it, by the time Blu-ray burning reaches your price point they will no doubt have better solutions like putting them on a flash drive, a 32GB stick would hold several of your DVDs.

I have no desire to record dvds to bluray I think you completely misread what I was writing. I record off of tv in dvd but I want to record off tv in bluray.

I did not want to record dvd to bluray because that is rather pointless.

[assydingo]

Sailor Moon rules.

[AnimeNut]

Originally Posted by assydingo

Sailor Moon rules.

I have it all on dvd lol

[Clark Kent]

American movie studios simply do not want BD recorders in the marketplace. In the digital age, many people would simply skip purchasing movies on Blu-ray. The manufacturers have acquiesced so far and are unlikely to introduce them into the U.S. marketplace. Your best bet is to burn BD's through a computer.

[AnimeNut]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

American movie studios simply do not want BD recorders in the marketplace. In the digital age, many people would simply skip purchasing movies on Blu-ray. The manufacturers have acquiesced so far and are unlikely to introduce them into the U.S. marketplace. Your best bet is to burn BD's through a computer.

There already are recorders in the marketplace in the US. Two of them from JVC SR-HD1250 and the SR-HD1500, $1,995 and $2,250 msrp.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._RECORDER.html

I was wondering how long until we got affordable units... not that I mind using my dvd recorder until then though.

[assydingo]

I paid either 90 or 100 for the second season of Sailor Moon. Easily the most expensive thing I've bought (TV show wise) and never regretted it.

It's the only season I have though.

[krazeyeyez]

This i am curious about, although i wouldn't go this route myself anytime soon. What are the legal implications of this these days? I know HDMI is to combat theft of HD content, so would recorders be out of the question, when in fact they are just a different form of DVR.

I skipped the whole dvd recorder era, but i know i probably still have some unopened boxes from a previous move that probably have a few hundred VHS of tv broadcast and pay channel free weekends

I am not big on DVR's, and would choose this route if it ever did become somewhat affordable as their is some pretty stellar HD content on these days.

[AnimeNut]

Originally Posted by krazeyeyez

This i am curious about, although i wouldn't go this route myself anytime soon. What are the legal implications of this these days? I know HDMI is to combat theft of HD content, so would recorders be out of the question, when in fact they are just a different form of DVR.

I skipped the whole dvd recorder era, but i know i probably still have some unopened boxes from a previous move that probably have a few hundred VHS of tv broadcast and pay channel free weekends

I am not big on DVR's, and would choose this route if it ever did become somewhat affordable as their is some pretty stellar HD content on these days.

I have DVR but they are only temporary storage. If I want to keep something it goes on DVD lol.

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by AnimeNut

There already are recorders in the marketplace in the US. Two of them from JVC SR-HD1250 and the SR-HD1500, $1,995 and $2,250 msrp.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._RECORDER.html

I was wondering how long until we got affordable units... not that I mind using my dvd recorder until then though.

I stand corrected. Blu-ray recorders at that price point simply are not mass-market consumer devices though. It would be cheaper to buy a new computer exclusively for burning than get one of those machines.

[AnimeNut]

About where dvd recorders were in 1999-2000 lol

[Hammie]

Originally Posted by AnimeNut

I have DVR but they are only temporary storage. If I want to keep something it goes on DVD lol.

I use my DVR in the same fashion and would love to get an entire season on BD. Even if I don't get the HD audio a real BD will offer. Some shows I just don't care about the audio (Like the shows my wife watches ).