Panasonic’s parent company is set to release a DVD recorder based on the Blu-ray Disc format, as a standards battle over next-generation DVD technology heats up.
Matsushita Electric Industrial said its DMR-E700BD model, announced Wednesday and scheduled to hit the market July 31, in Japan, supports single-side, dual-layer Blu-ray Discs with a maximum capacity of 50GB. The new machine is capable of recording up to 4.5 hours of digital high-definition programming or up to 63 hours of analog programming, Matsushita Electric said. The product is part of Panasonic’s “DIGA” family.
It’ll be interesting to see how this one plays out. It looks like the blu ray camp is trying the pre-emptive attack approach by getting their product to market first versus the HD DVD products. The lack of backwards compatibility, in my opinion, will be
Source: CNet
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