HDTV Reviews


Sony BDZ-V7, BDZ-V9 Blu-ray and hard drive recorders

BDZ-V9The Sony BDZ-V7 and the BDZ-V9 are two Blu-ray, and hard disk recorders. Both models have two digital tuners and one analog and can record two TV channels at once (either both digital or digital and analog).
You can backup video to blu-ray discs but it’s limits to 25GB, no suck luck on the 50GB ones yet, it can also play the new AVCHD discs as well as the old cartridge style discs from older blu-ray recorders.
The top specification BDZ-V9 is the only one to offer the full 1080p output, so thats the one to go for if your dying for 1080p, the BDZ-V9 also features DLNA streaming to PCs or compatible displays and video conversion directly to PSP.
HDMI output is of course included, with i.Link and USB inputs to connect devices. Both of these recorders will be out in December in time for Christmas, the BDZ-V7 will be priced at around $2,100 and the BDZ-V9 for $2,500.