http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/ Engadget HD Comments for Panasonic justifies Blu-ray recorder cost by asking "How much are memories worth to you?" http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/Jul 1st 2009 4:37PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/Jul 1st 2009 6:02PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/Jul 1st 2009 6:43PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/
The really odd thing is that given the relative quality of the things, it probably will not be that long before that's a serious option. A 2160P camera pointing at a 1080P 10,000:1 monitor? That might even work.

At this point though, there are options for putting recorded ATSC TV into DVD/BD. I made an "HD" DVD of a movie I recorded a few weeks ago as a proof of concept and the process was lossless. It actually plays on my HD DVD player though that's an aside. What you need is a PC with an ATSC tuner and DVR software like Myth. ATSC is unencrypted. DVD burners are cheap, and BD burners may come down to a reasonable price (though whether they'll ever compete with hard disk prices is open to question)

If you want to burn OTA TV onto a disc playable on your BD or DVD players, the options exist today. Cable and satellite though, well, that's just not going to happen any time soon.]]>Jul 1st 2009 8:46PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/]]>Jul 2nd 2009 4:08AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/
No wait, that would be piracy... and we can't have any of that!
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or will South Africa get a different equation ?
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Division by Zero]]>Jul 2nd 2009 12:22PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/
Nice joke bro!

But this Panasonic BD recorder is the greatest joke of all!]]>Jul 21st 2009 9:43PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/07/01/panasonic-justifies-blu-ray-recorder-cost-by-asking-how-much-ar/Jul 2nd 2009 2:57PM