Those used to recording dozens of hours worth of SD video on DVRs with just a few gigs of storage often have a bit of a surprise when they move into the HD realm; a couple episodes of
Pushing Daisies and
Lost leave no room for any other prime-time drama. While not matching TiVo's capacious 1TB
HD XL, Sony is doing its part with a larger, 320GB version of its BRAVIA BRX-series DVR, the BRX-320. It can tackle about 90 hours of HD content yet is small and light enough to be mountable directly on the back of many Sony displays. No word on what price tag will be affixed when this releases in about a month, but the 250GB model is going for about $300, so you can make your own guesses. Oh, and since that earlier version hasn't made it to US shores yet, don't hold your breath on this one.
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posted Jan 19th 2009 8:35AM
God, they always have the ugliest remotes!
Chase, you need to look at this:
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As far as DVRs go it looks awesome. Matches a home theater system perfectly.
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Pushing Daisies was cancelled
Yeah, but it resurrected itself to live again for a new season.
for 24 hours only
The remote is Huge, almost as huge as the DVR itself.
My remote is is bigger and it turns your mom on super fast!
why do the number go to 12? is this ancient egyption?
because no mather what country you live in or what TV package you subscribe to, there is ever ony about twelve channels worth watching - ergo you only need these buttons. (i.e. you do not need the zero)
Because this even goes one more than 11.
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=594
(Egyptians counted in base 12)
Ah, but in egyption they counted in base 11.
...Japanese TVs are unique in that regard. They like having channels 1-12 on hand instead of the 1-0 and a + button to enter 2 digits.
Capricious? It never occurred to me that TiVo's HD XL is erratic and subject to passing fancies. Perhaps capacious works a little better in this context...
Yeah, it works much better in this content.
How does Sony get 90 hrs from 320GB but Tivo only gets 150 hrs from 1TB??
Because they're only recording Comcrap's super compressed HD.
(*YMMV, we're just bullshit tech spec'ing you!)
Word of warning on Sony products. I have a Sony DHG-HDD250 (predecessor to this BRX series DVR) and it is a BRICK because Sony in their infinite wisdom does something to the COMMON IDE hard drive in the device to prevent you from simply replacing it when it goes bad. My DHG-HDD250 is otherwise just fine, simply needs the HD replaced. Should be a simple job, but Sony decided a DEAD consumer product is better than a working one! After all, there are no consumers in the world smart enough to replace a HD! And Sony is so scared I'm going to simply replace the HD so I can enjoy my DVR that they won't tell me how to configure a new HD to make it work. I will never buy Sony again.
Oh look, another HD DVR that won't be coming to the States.
Moving right along...
I hate the word capacious, especially when used in reference to computer based storage capacity...
Stop using Micorsoft Word and right-clicking to synonyms at every chance!
If I got this, would I avoid the monthly service fee every other DVR service requires? I have Cox and their HD DVR costs an extra $18 a month, which is ridiculous to me.
I'd mount that. Oh man, I'd mount that so hard...
I wonder if it has two tuners and can record analog as well?