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Sony previews first Blu-Ray disc recorder - 4000 dollars
Sony will start the sales of the first blue ray recorders. The drive will cost about $4000 and should be available next month. The drive is able to record up to 23 GB on a single disc.
The recorder, which includes a built-in broadcast satellite tuner, will hit store shelves in Japan on April 10. No date has been set yet for an overseas roll-out
The machine will give Sony, the world's largest consumer electronics maker, a head start over its partners in the Blu-ray consortium, a nine-member group of industry heavyweights that unveiled a common format for blue laser DVDs a year ago.
Blue light, with a shorter wavelength than red, can read and store data at much higher densities needed for high-definition recordings.
The drives are currently mainly targetted to those who want to record high-definition TV programmes. The drive is also able to read DVD-R(W) discs, but cannot play back DVD-RAM and DVD+R(W) discs.
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