Panasonic's DMR-BW200 and BR100 Blu-ray and hard disk recorders

by Thomas Ricker posted Sep 20th 2006 at 8:25AM

We peeped a mock-up Sony Blu-ray Disc and Hard Disk recorder just the other day which may or may not see the light of the rising sun. Now Panny brings it for realz with their new DIGA DMR-BW200 (pictured up top) and BR100 Blu-ray Disc and fatty hard drive recorders. Both drives support DL BD-R/BD-RE (50GB) at 4x speeds and healthy dose of the ol' in and outs including 1080p-capable HDMI. The BW200 is the high-ender and brings a 2x digital (terrestrial and satellite) and 1x terrestrial analog TV tuners, 500GB disk, Firewire to bring an external hard drive to the show or to connect your video cam, and Ethernet for easy EPG G-Guide access. The lower-end BR100 is limited to 1x digital (terrestrial and satellite) and 1x terrestrial analog TV tuners and 200GB of disk. Both should pop for retail on November 15th in Japan with an expected price of about ¥300,000 (about $2,550) for the BW200 and ¥200,000 (about $1,700) for the BR100. Sure, neither measure up to the HD DVD recorder with 1TB disk from Toshiba, but then again, you don't have to worry about 'em tipping over and crushing the pet either.

[Thanks, ccthoo]

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

Tags: BD, blu-ray, blu-ray disc, blu-ray recorder, Blu-rayDisc, Blu-rayRecorder, Breaking News, BreakingNews, DIGA, DMR-BR100, DMR-BW200, G-Guide, japan, Matsushita, panasonic

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Ebzy @ Sep 20th 2006 8:56AM

and the early release in the UK is in...
2010 possibly

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Deluxe @ Sep 20th 2006 8:59AM

'Panny'... for shame.

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Dave @ Sep 20th 2006 9:11AM

Go Panny, go! :)

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Mike @ Sep 20th 2006 9:28AM

Panasonic makes great quality products, but good christ they need to fire their chassis designers! Their receivers and dvd players/recorders look like toys.

Toshiba needs a little help in that department, too, but Panasonic stuff looks so cheap that it doesn't do their hardware justice.

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Tito @ Sep 20th 2006 10:09AM

Like it was already said in another post about a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, why are the first models always butt ugly? What's with those first-generation VHS LCDs? For about 2000$, at least put nice ones in...

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Josh @ Sep 20th 2006 10:29AM

Is this going to be the first 4x Blu-Ray device? Given the time frame, I really hope the PS3 sports a 4x drive also.

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LTM @ Sep 20th 2006 5:11PM

they'll look perfect next to my lava lamp.

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Brian @ Sep 21st 2006 7:05PM

Panasonic has a black model being released in these models that looks way better than the silver models.

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Brigid @ Jul 11th 2007 9:30PM

When are these DVD Recorders coming to the U.S., and will they ever include 2.0 CableCard host slots?

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