JVC have debuted their new Blu-Ray Recorder, the DR-BX500, which uses a 500GB hard disk drive to store video content in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format.
The DR-BX500 will be available in Japan at the end of November for around 180,000 Yen ($1,818 / £1,062 / €1300) and is also equipped with two Digital TV Tuners, and an analog TV Tuner and comes with HDMI/S-Video/Digital outputs.
In addition, the device supports direct recording on BD-R/RE media.
The device offers three quality settings for recording of digital broadcasts on teh HDD or Blu-ray media (AF/AN/AE).
The AE setting for example allows recording of about 10 hours and 40 minutes on 25GB BD-R/RE discs. In addition, the recorder supports Panasonic's AVCREC funstion for storing HD content on DVD-R/RW dicscs.
JVC's 500gb Blu-ray Recorder, the DR-BX500
Recording on DVD-R media (VR) is also an option using one of the usual XP/SP/LP/EP quality settings.
The included SD card slot interface allows you to store AVCHD video content from your video camera to the HDD of Blu-ray media.
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