Jason Dunn
07-23-2004, 06:03 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116914,tk,dn072104X,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116914,tk,dn072104X,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The age of blue-laser-based video disc recorders may finally be beginning, and we can thank the Olympic Games for this. Matsu****a Electric Industrial, better known to you and me as Panasonic, is launching a Blu-Ray Disc-based video recorder in Japan in August just in time for the Olympics. The time zone difference means that many Olympics events will be broadcast in the middle of the night here, and so recording them is a must for many Japanese--but there's a problem for HDTV viewers."</i><br /><br />The article goes on to state that a network in Japan will be broadcasting 250 hours worth of Olympic games coverage in HDTV, but that only Blue-Ray recorders can record in HDTV and have the capacity to store a significant amount of video - although 4.5 hours on a disc that costs $68 USD doesn't seem extremely compelling to me. Then again, I haven't watched more than a few Olympic events each time they happen. ;-)