Sharp announced today the release to the Japanese market of two new combinaton hard disk DVD recorders that are only 59mm (2.3 in) thin and have a LCD display. They are also touting an "incredibly easy" programming functon. They are expected to be released at the end of September.
|  DV-HR350/HR300 Specifications:
Hard disk capacity HR350: 120 GB HR300: 80GB
Recordable disks DVD-RW, DVD-R
Playable disks DVD video, video CD, music CD, CD-RW, CD-R (music CD format, JPEG data), DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD+R
Recording compression method Video: MPEG (Real time VBR)
Audio: Dolby Digital (2-channel), linear PCM (in Fine mode only)
Recording time (approx.) Hard disk DV-HR350 DV-HR300
High quality (fine): 30 hours 20 hours
Standard (SP): 50 hours 33 hours
2x (LP): 100 hours 67 hours
3x (EP): 150 hours 100 hours
Manual (MN): 32 levels between Fine and EP
(continuous recording time is max. 12 hours)
DVD-RW/R (in 4.7GB) High quality (fine): 1 hour
Standard: (SP): 2 hours
2x (LP): 4 hours
3x (EP): 6 hours
Manual (MN): 32 levels between Fine and EP
Receivable channels VHF: 1 to 12, UHF: 13 to 62
Analog BS: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 ch.
CATV: C13 to C63 ch. (CATV reception requires agreement with CATV company)
Jacks Input Video/audio: 3 (including 1 provided on the front)
S-Video: 3 (including 1 provided on the front)
D-Video: 1 (front)
Output Video/audio: 2
S-Video: 2
D-Video (D1, D2): 1
Component: 1
Opto-digital: 1
Pre-programmed timer recording 32 programs, max. time span: 1 year
Receiving channel setting VHF/UHF: Automatic (locally designated), manual
External dimensions 430 (W) x 323 (D) x 59 (H) mm [16.9" (W) x 12.7" (D) x 2.3" (H)]
Excluding protruding parts. |
The press release goes on to say: The "Easy On-Screen Programming" function allows users to bring up the TV schedule on screen and select the programs they want to record, just as if they were circling programs on the TV page of the newspaper. This makes it easy to record long-running, multiple TV programs.
These models also give users a wealth of ways to record and store digital images. In addition to digital dubbing between the hard disk and DVDs and a variety of editing functions, a DV input jack allows users to transfer digital video camera images to the hard disk or to a DVD and make their own digital library.
Source: sharp-world.com
