DMR-BW970-K : Panasonic Introduces a New Line-up of 2TB Blu-ray DVR

Panasonic just announced a new series of Diga DVR (Digital Video Recorders) that will be available in September.

Available in six models, these new DVRs feature a Blu-ray recorder, and a VHS player (for the DMR-BR670V) with a choice between 320GB / 500GB / 1TB / 2TB of HDD (a world's first). These new video recorders are equipped with the latest generation of the UniPhier system LSI that integrates new AV data compression/decompression (codec) technology.

As for the high-end model, the DMR-BW970 and the successor of the DMR-BW930, you should be able to record up to 320hrs of video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 @ 12.9Mbps. This DVR also supporst Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, DTS-HD, can record on BD-RE / BD-R / DVD-RAM / DVD-R / DVD R DL / DVD-RW, and of course features HDMI output, SDHC card slot, the VIERA Link, and is DLNA.