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DVD / Hard Drive Recorder With 28-Day Capacity

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-month-of-sundays dept.

fenimor writes "Panasonic today unveiled new DVD-recoders with astonishing 709 hours video recording capacity. The top model has onboard components of a good PC: 400GB hard drive, Ethernet port, broadband receiver, SD Memory Card slot, and a PCMCIA card. The DVD recorder is the fastest in the industry as it can record a one-hour program onto DVD-R disc in just 56 seconds. Internet access allows users to program recording through cell phones or PCs while away from home."

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  1. burnin' by dirvish · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oooh, that will go nicely with my Netflix account. ;)

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  2. plenty by el_salvador · · Score: 5, Funny

    of space for the sex lifes of all slashdot readers i guess

  3. One hour in 56 seconds by jrumney · · Score: 5, Funny
    The DVD recorder is the fastest in the industry as it can record a one-hour program onto DVD-R disc in just 56 seconds.

    Easy! All it needs to do is detect and remove the ad breaks.

  4. Heh by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if you can plug a webcam into one of those things. 700 hours... yep, no need to change tape too often, and that DVD burning speed will also be handy for archiving. But now you will always be able to tell your girlgriend what exactly she did at 16:34, 15 days ago.

  5. Oh. Duh by boomgopher · · Score: 5, Funny

    I first thought "28-Day Capacity" meant the contents disappear after 28 days, and that this was just another MPAA scheme. :)

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  6. 700 hours of TV! by Kotukunui · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great. Now all we need is some decent programs to record. I don't think there has been 700 hours of quality television in the history of the medium. (called a medium because it is neither rare nor well done - ba-dum-chhh!)