Jan 19

Sony boosts capacity of its mountable, high-def, BRX-series DVRs

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Sony boosts capacity of its mountable, high-def, BRX-series DVRs

Those used to recording dozens of hours worth of SD video on DVRs with just a few gigs of storage often have a bit of a surprise when they move into the HD realm; a couple episodes of Pushing Daisies and Lost leave no room for any other prime-time drama. While not matching TiVo’s capacious 1TB HD XL, Sony is doing its part with a larger, 320GB version of its BRAVIA BRX-series DVR, the BRX-320. It can tackle about 90 hours of HD content yet is small and light enough to be mountable directly on the back of many Sony displays. No word on what price tag will be affixed when this releases in about a month, but the 250GB model is going for about $300, so you can make your own guesses. Oh, and since that earlier version hasn’t made it to US shores yet, don’t hold your breath on this one.

[Via AV Watch]

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Sony boosts capacity of its mountable, high-def, BRX-series DVRs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 08

CES 2009: Seagates Three New Storage Products

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Seagate unveiled three new products on Wednesday at CES: the FreeAgent Theater HD media player, a complete home theater system; the Showcase DVR Expander, 500GB of capacity for your DVR; and the Pipeline HD Series, two new hard drives for DVRs.

The Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD media player (above) is a new accessory made to work with the award-winning FreeAgent Go portable hard drive. It lets people easily store digital media, including videos, photos, and music, and play it directly on their TVs, rather than computer monitors.

One feature that makes the Seagate FreeAgent Theater so easy to use is the number of supported audio and video formats. It media player supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 formats, and DIVX files with video resolutions for NTSC, PAL and HD up to 1080i–and even provides support for subtitles.

Available in March, the Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD media player can be purchased as a standalone unit for use with any USB storage device, or a complete solution with a FreeAgent Go portable drive included, starting at $129.99.

More new Seagate products after the jump.

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Jan 08

Echostar announces Sling Monitor for in-home placeshifting

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That funky angled screen is the just announced Sling Monitor (yes Virginia, it is HD), designed to work with the SlingLoaded ViP 922 DVR to take video anywhere in the house via WiFi. With 922, you can perform the usual Sling-type activities streaming video over the net and as many as three devices in the home, including HD over wireless. The model right now is 14.9-inch, but according to President Charlie Ergen nothing definite has been decided yet before the expected launch this summer.

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