RCA has HD-DVD too: the HDV-5000

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David @ Jan 8th 2006 12:56PM

Pie, HD-DVD and Blu-ray are both recordable formats, but all these CES anouncements are for players, not recorders. Sony, Philips and Panasonic have a Blu-ray recorders but only in in Japan where they currently cost between USD$2500 and $4000.

You've mentioned a few times that these newly announced Blu-ray devices can also record but none of the press releases back up this claim.

You are correct about Mandatory Managed Copy, though. The Blu-ray Disc Assoc. added it to the spec in mid November 2005. HD-DVD supporters can no longer claim bragging rights for this feature.

Blu-ray supporters shouldn't put too much weight behind the ability to output 1080p, either. The BD-ROM spec only allows for 480i/720p/1080i content (http://www.blu-raydisc.com/Section-13470/Section-13627/Index.html). There is no such thing as a 1080p Blu-ray disc. The players are simply de-interlacing the 1080i stream before sending it to a 1080p-capable TV. Most 1080p-capable TVs should be able to de-interlace the 1080i stream just as well as the player can, making this feature moot.

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