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Sony Launches DVD-Burning Appliance

Posted by michael on from the small-yet-expensive dept.

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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  1. Appliance? by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny
    DVD-Burning Appliance

    At first I thought this was something I'd have in the kitchen or laundry... still, sounds like a capital idea.

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    1. Re:Appliance? by M51DPS · · Score: 3, Funny

      Who said it wasn't? Now my toaster burns DVD's!

    2. Re:Appliance? by nova20 · · Score: 3, Funny

      At first I thought this was something I'd have in the kitchen

      Well, if you buy crappy media you'll have a lot of coasters you can use in the kitchen...

      -nova20

    3. Re:Appliance? by infinite9 · · Score: 2, Funny

      No kidding! My kids keep putting things in the oven when we're not looking. I'm sure it won't be long before we have our own dvd-burning appliance.

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  2. Sony likes trouble by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    In other news: Sony launched a recordable DVD burner that records movies and live TV, etc... To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the launch of the same Sony's Betamax product in 1975, the MPAA decided to sue Sony. "It's just like the good ole days" declared MPAA's godfather Jack Valenti.

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  3. Obligatory Buffy Quote by SpooForBrains · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's capital? I never know what you're talking about. Loo, shag, brolly, what the hell is all that?

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  4. You're lucky by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here, in Soviet Russia the burner toasts the DVDs!

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