Sony Launches DVD-Burning Appliance

what_the_frell writes "News.com.com has a story about Sony's latest DVD Burner that can be connected directly to your VCR or Camcorder to directly record or back up your recoded home movies, TV shows, etc. It can also be hooked up to a PC via a USB 2.0 connection as well. The article reports that the device effectively removes the PC from the equation, giving users an easier way to make their own DVDs. No word yet if it will record straight from your television, or from your DVD Player to circumvent copy-protection. *wink*" Sony also has its own press release on the gadget.

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Hah, as if they'd shoot their foot

[Anonymous Coward]

Not Sony. The last thing they'd ever do is release a DVD burner that can burn copyrighted stuff. Even their computer ones have the super-compatible options turned off, so that you can't whip out a copy of the latest/greatest game.

Anything that pisses off Steve 'monkey boy' Balmer

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And his Windows Media Center bullshit must be a Good Thing.