Sony Blu-Ray High Definition DVD Recorder ON EBAY?????????

[DLP]

blu-ray is on ebay ?? http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Blu-Ray-Hig...QQcmdZViewItem

[Gorkab]

This fool think of the HD-DVD as a standard word for HD discs ! He says Blu-Ray HD-DVD !!!

[AV_Integrated]

Blu-Ray has been out in Japan for over a year. It uses a cartridge based disc and is available. It should not be confused with US based Blu-Ray which will not use cartridges and looks to become the official Blu-Ray standard.

[thunderhawk]

Yes..

No HDMI and no Digital Optical In? Awww...
I'm looking forward to a EU model I'll come back and see next year...

[zombie]

Oh that big old ugly beast.

[Blue]

A real case of buyer beware! The current generation of disks (pre recorded) will not work in it I don't know if you can easilly swap the disks in the cartridges etc etc . There should be some Panasonic ones about as well. HD-DVD is a closer compatibility match the current Blue Ray than these - and we know they don't work together. These players were effectivly proof of concept.

[Blu-ray DVD]

a bit pricy for me

[Rob]

Originally Posted by AV_Integrated

Blu-Ray has been out in Japan for over a year. It uses a cartridge based disc and is available. It should not be confused with US based Blu-Ray which will not use cartridges and looks to become the official Blu-Ray standard.

The first Sony Blu-Ray recorder came out April 2003 in Japan. A Panasonic model came out sometime in 2004.

[thunderhawk]

My god...

Sony "Blu-Ray" 27GB High Definition HD DVD Disc Recorder

Does it exist?
And it get's even worse...

BLU-RAY TUTORIAL - Be an "informed" customer...
High Definition DVD Tutorial: Blu-Ray Disc and Advanced Optical Disc

As wonderful a technology that DVD-Video is, what can possibly be better? Well, how about High Definition DVD (HD DVD)? Take everything that’s great about DVD-Video but increase the picture resolution from a standard definition 480i (or enhanced definition 480p if you have a progressive scan DVD player) to a high definition resolution of 720p or 1080i. Yes, high definition as in High Definition Television (HDTV)!

Before we go into the HD DVD format, you should know that a format already exists today that allows playback and recording of HDTV: Digital VHS (D-VHS). In this article, we focus on the next generation HD DVD format, as an optical disc format. We will discuss the challenges of recording HDTV, the formats under consideration, and backwards compatibility issues with the existing DVD-Video format.

And it get's even worse...

Advanced Optical Disc (AOD) Format

Created by Toshiba in conjunction with NEC, the Advanced Optical Disc (AOD) format is relatively new in comparison with the Blu-Ray Disc format. But interestingly enough, the AOD format is already being supported by the DVD Forum, a consortium that includes all nine members of the “Blu-Ray Disc Founders”. Note that the DVD Forum does not specify standards. It does not design formats, rather it provides support in terms of format compliance verification. Designing formats is under the realm of manufacturers or teams of manufacturers. The AOD format standardization is nearing its completion.

Bla bla bla... lol, that's old information.. And it shouldn't even be there as it's a BD Only recorder... lol

By the way, did you see they also sell 25 single-layered BD-Rs? Only for $1,425.00