We might still say we’re “taping” a TV show, but unless you’re my parents, who still watch old Star Trek: TNG episodes on VHS, then you will have thrown out your VCR years ago. But what if you want to record something, and you don’t have a TiVo?
Then you buy one of Panasonic’s Viera G3-series TVs, which lets you record direct to an SD card. The first set is the 42-inch TH-L42G3, and it will rip hi-def TV-shows to SD, SDHC or SDXC cards at up to 1920×1080 resolution at 24Mbps. A 64GB card will hold five hours’ worth of video.
Should $200 for a 64GB card be a little steep, there’s also a USB port so you can hook up a regular hard-drive — a less portable but probably more practical solution.
Otherwise, the TV sports all the usual modern niceties: two HDMI ports, Ethernet, an IPS, LED-backlit display for a wide viewing angle, and Panasonic’s own Viera-link, which lets you hook up compatible cameras to view slideshows and video directly.
The G3 TVs will ship to Japan February 18th 2011.
Oh, and if you are my parents, the Christmas parcel arrived, thanks. There had better be some chocolate in there, is all I’m saying.
Viera G3-series press release [Panasonic via Akihabara News]
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