Sony Announces New Blu-ray Recorders

Sony Electronics Japan has announced four new Blu-ray recorders, all set to hit store shelves (in Japan) on November 8th. All four recorders have BD-50 burning capability, and feature a hard drive that ranges from 250GB to 500GB. The flagship BDZ-X90 (which has the 500GB hard drive) features two digital and two analog tuners for parallel recording. Prices range from approx. $1200 to $1800.

Sony plans to bring these recorders to the US and Europe, but no date has been set at this time.

BDZ-T50
- 250GB HDD
- Digital Tuner
- 140,000 Yen

BDZ-T70
- 320GB HDD
- Digital Tuner (2)
- 160,000 Yen

BDZ-L70
- 320GB HDD
- Digital Tuner (2)
- Optimized for AVCHD Video Cameras
- 180,000 Yen

BDZ-X90
- 500GB HDD
- Digital Tuner (2)
- Analog Tuner (2)
- 200,000 Yen