Blu-Ray recorders already available in USA?
Posted on 25/08/05 13:30 by Quakester2000
White Wolf used our news submit to tell us that a company on Ebay is apparently selling Sony Blu-Ray video recorders already. The going price for this device is a whopping $3,875 and is only open to US citizens only, this will most likely get you the first Blu-Ray device available in the USA . The auction has quite a few pictures and a detailed description outlining the player / recorder and the format specifications. The Blu-Ray recorder / player also includes 1 x Sony 23 Gigabyte Recordable Blu-Ray disc to use with the device.
I have included some pictures from the auction below and you can find the auction here Blu-Ray Player Auction . The company is only selling five of these devices so if you are an enthusiast you may want to be quick.
| From the Auction Sony "Blu-Ray" 27GB High Definition HD DVD Disc Recorder + Remote Control + Cable Accessories + Operation Manual (in Japanese) + One(1) blank "Blu-Ray" recordable disc. No additional parts or accessories are included in this auction. Item will arrive in an unopened manufacturer box from Sony and is brand new. The recorder is not refurbished but includes firmware external to the United States. As a result, on-screen display text and included manual is in Japanese. Unit will operate in the United States and includes all necessary power connections so you can get started working with the new "Blu-Ray" technology the same day it arrives. 
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Source: Ebay
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By
mrQQ,
Thursday 25 August 2005 14:53
woah.. well, frankly, i am only waiting for data storage, and that means 50gb discs + pc recorder. and im not paying more than 300$ on that;p
Wow that price sounds ridiculous for such an unproven format! Yay, more MPEG 2 compression! It's like a small tweak on DVD recorders as they exist today. I wont be buying one. Please develop a half terabyte disc and a new codec and I might join in.
That looks like the Sony BDZ-S77. It's been out in Japan since 2003 and if I remember right, it doesn't conform to the official Blu-Ray spec.
Yup the device is old and has been reported on in here before. It's a tv recorder actually and is most likely locked down to the Japenese region in some way but i could be wrong. Anyhow since it is that old who knows if it has dvd or cd support.
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CORRSA,
Thursday 25 August 2005 17:46
sony killed decypter so i think sony should just crash n burn greed is the most hated of things in my life and sony have become too greedy
yes, that monstrosity was the first released Blu-Ray for the public. Matsushita (Panasonic) also released one on the Japanese market a little while after Sony. It's a lot thinner.
Gotta love those cartridges! Mmmmmm.
By
NWD91,
Thursday 25 August 2005 19:08
@CORRSA, Sony had nothing to do with shutting down DVD Decrypter. It was Macrovision.
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SciFer,
Thursday 25 August 2005 21:54
Maybe I just don't see but does anyone else see any DVI or Component outputs anywhere?
Luis
edit: removed off topic link
[edited by Crabbyappleton on 25.08.2005 22:49]
It's HDMI or bust I guess. Just like it seems to be now for the new formats. So get used to it.
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petera,
Friday 26 August 2005 02:24
sightly off topic/
Did anyone see the postage... $262!
How is it being delivered, by the CEO of Sony
/slightly off topic
If you want a proper review of this machine before buying it then look at http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/blu-ray/
@Scifer: There is a DV in and 1 Component, 2 S-Video and 2 Composite out feeds (just in case you like to watch your movies on 5 TV's)
$3,875 for Sony junk? 
By
Zeroi786,
Friday 26 August 2005 10:09
$3,875
By
Kenshin,
Saturday 27 August 2005 09:39
Maybe someone just imported five of them from a Japanese reseller selling them.
By
ElliotW,
Saturday 27 August 2005 12:41
Based on the other junk his guy is selling and the high shipping cost, I would wager that he doesn't actually have any on hand, but knows someone in Asia that does and that's where it will be shipped from.
By
fedrive,
Sunday 28 August 2005 16:27
Who Cares !
Holographic Disk Drives will be out in 2006 and they will dwarf Blu-Ray storage disk !
they might, but they certainly aren't selling to Joe Average; they'll be aimed at enterprises with specific needs, and you & I certainly won't be able to afford them.
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SciFer,
Thursday 01 September 2005 19:53
@petera Thanks for info but in the picture above I don't the traditional component colored RCAs. Where in pic do you see it? Are you sure, maybe because this is a Japanese model.
[edited by DoMiN8ToR on 01.09.2005 20:03]
Happy Birthday to you bluerazer 
Zod thank you for your reaction in the news section. 
DVD_ADDICT just logged in, Good to see you back!