Sharp's HD DVR lineup has been steadily (albeit quietly) growing for a
few years now, and while the company did loose
five new offerings in the AQUOS DVR arena earlier this year, the
multi-faceted DV-ACV52 has the stage all to itself now. Besides packing a built-in digital TV tuner, 250GB hard drive, and HDMI outputs, this
convergence device allows playback and dubbing on a variety of formats including VHS, DVD, or DV / HDV via the i.Link FireWire connector. Other niceties include composite / S-Video outs, optical audio output, and the ability to record one OTA broadcast to the HDD while another goes straight to VHS / DVD. Sadly, we don't envision this Japanese-bound unit ever gracing US shores, but it will be making smiles across the sea next month for around $925.
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MediaMentalism]
posted Apr 29th 2007 1:23PM
A Hitachi 1TB drive would fit nicely in there...
Awesome, but will it upconvert my VHS tapes? Haha, VHS in 1080p...that's a riot.
Awesome. I was looking everywhere for a device that would play my shitty old VHS tapes, and cost a fortune as well.
What no laser disk?
Betamax am cry