Sharp’s announcement Wednesday that it’s launching Blu-ray disc recorders, including a model that sports a one-terabyte hard disk drive, has one catch for Americans planning early Christmas shopping: You can’t get them because they’re only being launched in Japan. The unit will sell for about $2,600. Some of the new Sharp models will be made available in October, while others with more advanced features will debut December. Blu-ray is the optical disk format being developed for high-definition video and high-capacity software applications.
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Sharp Ups Format-War Ante With Terabyte Blu-ray Recorder
Posted by: Nancy Cohen September 26, 2007 03:06 PMSharp’s announcement Wednesday that it’s launching Blu-ray disc recorders, including a model that sports a one-terabyte hard disk drive, has one catch for Americans planning early Christmas shopping: You can’t get them because they’re only being launched in Japan. The unit will sell for about $2,600. Some of the new Sharp models will be made available in October, while others with more advanced features will debut December. Blu-ray is the optical disk format being developed for high-definition video and high-capacity software applications.