Sharp Launches 3 New Aquos Blu-ray Players With DVR/HDD

Sharp's three new Aquos Blu-ray models, the BD-HDW22, BD-HDW25 and BD-HDW30 combine DVR recording with Blu-ray playback recording MPEG4 AVC/H.264 in either 4.8, 8, or 12 Mbps bitrates. The models feature 300 GB, 500 MB, and 1 TB of HDD space respectively, each with a couple of digital terrestrial tuners and one analog terrestrial tuner and an Eco-mode that reduces power consumption by 70% when on standby. No prices have been announced yet, but look for a Japanese release date of July 1.

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