Sharp Introduces Two New Digital HDTV Recorders

[Gregg Lengling]

Tokyo (JCNN) - Sharp Corporation (TSE: 6753) has announced two Digital HDTV Recorders to be introduced into the Japanese market. The new products, the DV-HRD2 and DV-HRD20 feature built-in tuners for terrestrial digital HDTV broadcasts, a new feature for products of this type.

On the recording side, both models feature high-capacity hard disks (160 GB for the DV-HRD2 and 250 GB for the DV-HRD20) making it possible to record and play back received digital broadcast programming with the same high-definition video and audio quality as the original.

Coupled with a high-definition-compatible TV enables the superb video quality of digital HDTV programming.

Additionally, an i.LINK (TS) output jack provides digital output to a D-VHS video deck, allowing users to save HDTV video onto D-VHS tape. Both models also feature built-in functions for recording, playing back and dubbing DVD-RW and DVD-R discs.


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