Sony ‘ups the ante’
p2pnet.net News:- Given that Sony entertainment is one of the principal complainants in the ‘piracy’ wars with a special focus on camcorders, it’s intriguing to note it’s just launched a $300 burner, “that can be connected to a camcorder or VCR for transferring taped footage directly to a DVD, without using a computer”.
It’s able to shift up to, “12 hours of MPEG-2 video onto compatible double-layer DVDs, or up to six hours onto standard single-layer DVD+R or DVD+RW discs, using its real-time video-capturing and MPEG-2-encoding capability,” continues CNET News. “The machine supports dual-format, double-layer burning when attached to a PC with a USB 2.0 connection, and has maximum recording speed of 16X.”
At the end of August, Sony Electronics proudly announced it was, “upping the ante for DVD recording with its second generation of DVD+R Double Layer (DL) burners that support 16X DVD+R recording.
“Burning a full write-once single layer disc in approximately six minutes, the Sony internal DRU-710A and external DRX-710UL drives make great options for consumers interested in high-speed burning and substantial storage capacity at an attractive price.”
Is this buttering your bread on both sides? Or is it adding fuel to the fire?
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See:-
$300 burner – Sony DVD burner skirts PCs, CNET News, October 12, 2004
upping the ante – SONY HITS SWEET 16X WITH NEW DVD BURNERS, Sony, August 23, 2004
