So, Sharp, you introduced the world's
first HDTV line with integrated Blu-ray players last year, what are you going to do next? Only naturally, the Japanese lineup of DX2 series one-ups the original DX by adding Blu-ray recording as well. It doesn't appear that these pack the
LED backlighting of the new X-Gen based displays headed our way this fall, so for now buyers will have to make do with the 15,000:1 contrast ratio shared with the other
D-series televisions. Still, the big deal here is that the 1080p (52-, 46- and 40-inch) and 720p (32- and 26-inch) displays will burn up to 30 hours of HD video on dual-layer Blu-ray discs, by way of transcoding and compressing to MPEG-4 format without any messy external boxes or wires. The price range from ¥170,000 ($1,740) at the low end to ¥480,000 for the largest size when these ship September 15 but don't count on seeing them on this side of the Pacific (or
the Atlantic.)
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posted Aug 7th 2009 6:19PM
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I wish I was Rich.
Rich who?
Rich Money
Rich little
I dont want my TVs to have those extra functionalities, I expect a nettop to do that, period.
I know what you mean but in some environments an all-in-one is ideal. This makes for a cleaner space (just it on the wall instead of a stack of nettop thingamajigs and a braid of cords).
So if the drive breaks before the TV, do I have to send the whole thing in or do I just rip off the back half of the TV with my teeth?
i was thinking that too... =[
HDDs > Blu-Ray.
what HDD is ~$3/25GB?
also what hdd can playback cd or dvd?
Where have you been getting Blu-Ray Writables for 3$?
Awww, the poor liddle Xbot is still bitter over Blu-Ray kicking the crap out of Microsoft and Toshiba's crappy dead end HD-DVD format...
When was HD-DVD a Microsoft product? It was originally pioneered by Toshiba. Microsoft just included it as an add-on.
You're a prick.
tony, the top results @ google.com/search?q=bd-r list them at under $3
@ coto y
Yes if you rip the image and have the proper video codecs....
@ htd....why wouldn't you want your TV to be able to do that? Other than an integrated SSD that works as a DVR, this is precisely what I want in a TV. LESS boxes that plug into the TV, not more.
I think it's just the chance that it increases the failure rate and one would be paying for features they may already have. So in general for some consumers it's not a good thing. For those that don't already have this stuff it's great.
yea but more built in stuff mean more bulkier tv ... and then whats the point of having a plasma or lcd
Boy, I would love to have one of these.
Boy, I miss the giveaways.
Can we have more giveaways, please?
We want your junk!
We want your junk!
We want your junk!
We want your junk!
We want your junk!
I don't really buy into this idea. I thought TV dvd recorders were really cumbersome and an all-around awkward concept. HDD makes a whole lot more sense to me, with a usb port or ethernet to move them around.
sorry for the repeat but I'd like to point out again that with blu-ray you can get 25GB for less than $3. there are other advantages with the format as well but on price alone how can a HDD compete in this space?
@coyo T
$3 for 25GB comes to $0.12 per GB. A WD Caviar Green gives you 1000GB at $85, for a ratio of $0.085 per GB. I dunno, I think HDD's can compete just fine. Price combined with the ability to rewrite it as you see fit makes a HDD a perfectly reasonable option. In many aspects, a clearly superior option. BD's have certain advantages, but I would not consider price/GB a sound argument to make against HDD's.
I'm not entirely sure why no one else pointed out this price discepency in your argument, but BD's are definitely not more cost effective.
gamechld, the more GB you buy the cheaper either way. If you were to buy a gaggle of bd-r spindles the price per GB drops dramatically same goes when you buy a very big HDD, but bd-r is the best price either way.
I would be interested in seeing what the best volume deal you can find for BD's are. You also want to have a reasonably reliable brand too, else you may wind up with nothing but coasters. Best I can find on newegg comes to about $2.90 per disc, a little better than the $3 originally discussed, but still not at the HDD price point. For searching purposes, we will need 40 BD-r's to equate a 1TB HDD.
Personally, I'd rather just have cheap large monitors. Think about it: every time you buy a tv with all sorts of extras, when it breaks, the extras are gone. Or when you upgrade, you have to buy the extras all over again.
I would much rather the display just accept a single hdmi input and display it. Then you can remotely locate your box that has all the extras, maybe HTIB recievers could start coming with ATSC tuners and dvrs built in, many already have dvd or bluray players built in. Or if you want to you could easily upgrade the tv "box" that has all the inputs and tuner for a newer model without having to replace the whole tv! Or if you use HTPC like me, then all you need the TV for is to display what you send it and that's that.
This is one of the reasons my first hdtv is the Westinghouse 37w3. It was sold as a "monitor", which made it much cheaper than units with tuners.
The first plasma we bought about 8 years ago was an RCA Thompson Wysius 32 which had this great big FEB, which later turned out really handy when we put it on the wall, as it also means you only have to run one cable up to the TV.
That said, the FEB is now doing screwy things, they (obviously) don't make them any more, and the DVI resolution it uses to communicate with the screen is anyones guess (spent countless hours with powerstrip...).
I think that they meant 17 million yen or about 174,182 U.S. dollars for the low end. Reminds me of Office Space: the decimal does matter!
haha i love that movie
how about a bravia with a ps3 built in... now that would be kewl
Announcing WEGA - its like a Bravia, but with a PS3 strapped to the back!
Where's the oddly arousing models who usually showcase models like this one?
HDTVs are quite expensive for most familiy.
i like all in one devices unless they don't work properly
So, if I understand correctly, this thing can record hi-def tv programming directly to Blu-Ray disks, right? If so, I guess the copyright nazis don't wield the same power in Asia as they do in the US, because AFAIK devices that do that are far and few between here.