JVC DR-DX5S combo recorder with hard drive, DVD and MiniDV

JVC is throwing down this pretty sweet digital combo recorder that supports six-way dubbing between any of its three components: a 250GB hard drive, DVD recorder, and MiniDV recorder in a single deck. This would be hot for camcorder users who want to offload some of the work of archiving and editing footage, and versatile enough to be useful for anyone needing to move around a lot of media in various formats (which seems like more and more of us, these days). The unit also sports some optimization to achieve the most efficient bit rate versus storage space ratio. The DR-DX5S will ship out in October for about $1500.

[Samuel McConnell @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

But who the hell wants two controllers for one device?

[Sha66y @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

That's a flip down Corky. Maybe you were funnin' us?

[Ed @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

That's only 1 remote. They're just showing how the bottom flips open to reveal the extra buttons.

[Donnie @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

Guess they've definitely dumped the DVHS standard.

[John Review @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

That is a pretty expensive unit. A computer could potentially do the same thing for less cost.

[badadvertising @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

There are several time-saving uses for this product. Ironically, it's not in production and never will be (according to JVC customer service)!

[Bert @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

I hope they're makin' it. I just ordered one from B&H, who said they have 'em in stock.