DMR-BW900 : Hands-on the new Blu-Ray DVD recorder DMR-BW900 from Panasonic

Posted on Fri Oct 26, 12:51 by MrSatyre, National Trainer for Pioneer Electronics USA, USA
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Blu-ray movies use any of several codecs, not limited to "MPEG-4 AVC / H.264" as you stated in the article. Codecs common to commercially replicated BD titles also include MPEG-2 and VC1.

Posted on Fri Oct 26, 01:21 by itoumusashi
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can you use these recorders in any other country besides japan? the reason why i\'d like to know is that i live in japan now, but move frequently. i\'m considering the purchase of one of these but i\'d like to know if it works. perhaps some of the features (timetable, etc) won\'t work, but what features will, and what features won\'t?

Posted on Fri Oct 26, 07:24 by frank
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this is cool but since the PS3 came out they dont have a chance!!

Posted on Fri Oct 26, 07:25 by christen
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i dont know why anyone would buy anything other than a PS3 really because of the price and game system!

http://www.spymac.com/details/?2290046

Posted on Fri Oct 26, 09:54 by pette
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best selling product I have is the PS3 because of BlueRay..

Posted on Fri Oct 26, 10:58 by Ktak, Tokyo, Japan
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I think that some people here are misinterpreting what this new Panasonic does. It doesn't just record on HDD in MPEG2 and H.264, it can record on Blu-ray DISC as well. You can archive your saved HD programs from your HDD to BD-R or BD-RE discs and play them on other BD devices. And because it uses the more efficienct AVC codec, it can save more programming on a single BD disc than previous Blu-ray recorders. Even cooler is that the Panasonic will record full HD on recordable DVD media as well, only with less recording time.

I have a PS3 too and love it, but it can't do any of the above.

Posted on Sat Oct 27, 02:31 by Gar
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Wish my PS3 can record... oh well.. would've been nice recording tv shows instead of buying box sets.