The new Blu-ray recorder is not the first — Sony unveiled a prototype in 2003 — but it can handle larger 25- or 50-gigabyte discs, enabling users to play and record high-def video.

Sony is revamping its Blu-ray disc recorders. Excluding the top-of-the-range model, 4 out of 5 products have been modified. The remote control has been upgraded and can be used for competitors’ ...

Sony Corp <6758.T> said it will launch four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with the HD DVD camp heats up.

Pictured above is what appears to be a new Sony Blu-ray Disc recorder which touts an internal HDD -- as in hard disk drive -- on show somewhere in Japan. Now, according to our Japanese bureau ...

Sony today announced two new Blu-ray and HDD recorders for the Japanese market that feature a VOD function . The BDZ-A750 and the BDZ-A950 are Japan-only. Owners of a PSP or a Sony DAP can connect ...

We don't anyone who has even gotten around to buying a first-generation Blu-Ray video recorder, which can pack up to 23GB onto each disc, but Sony is already planning to have the second-generation ...

Sony Japan held a press conference today in Tokyo to unveil a total of 6 new Blu-ray recorders [JP] and 2 Blu-ray players [JP], which will become available in Nippon in the next few weeks (no word ...

Sony is to unleash a new wave of Blu-ray recorders later this year. Launching first in Japan, these will be the first Sony BD recorders which can write to dual-layer 50GB disks.

Blu-ray decks are so thick on the ground these days, it's almost futile to bother looking at every one of the newcomers, but Sony Japan's new fleet of BD machines offers some useful pointers as to ...

Not to be outdone by the folks at Buffalo, Sony’s latest internal SATA BD recorder can achieve 8x writing speeds on the latest 6x BD-R media, for zapping 25GB in 15 minutes and 50Gb in 30. DVDs ...

Blu-ray recorders can still handle conventional DVD discs. Outside its home market, Sony is considering offering Blu-ray recorders in Europe, but the launch timing has yet to be decided.