14 DAY TRIAL // Some time ago, the BDXL specification was finalized, which allows for the creation of Blu-ray disks with 100GB and 128GB of storage space, and while it was not among the first to support it, Sony has now make its hihg-capacity Blu-ray entrance in force, by unveiling no less than six different DVRs capable of writing onto them.
The first company to trumpet its support for this new type of ultra-high-capacity optical storage technology was Sharp.
Soon after it, TDK also announced plans to hop on the same bandwagon, its optical disks set to enter mass availability in September.
Now, Sony has finally made its move, only instead of launching more disks, it revealed the impending arrival of six DVRs that are compatible with the new optical disk specification.
The multimedia devices are dubbed BDZ-AX2000, BDZ-AX1000, BDZ-AT900, BDZ-AT700, BDZ-AT500 and BDZ-AT300s.
In that order, they have internal storage capacities of 2TB, 1TB, 1TB, 500GB, 320GB and 500GB, respectively, according to Akihabara news.
All of them feature dual tuners, with the exception of the BDZ-AT300S, which only has one.
These products are completely capable of playing high-quality media files, even those in 3D, but the reading and scribing capabilities of the built-in optical unit is still the main asset.
The main point is that existing Blu-ray players are not compatible with the BDXL specification, but those new ones that do support this media also support older disks.
All in all, the six new Sony DVRs should be able to perform any sort of multimedia playback or recording operation once they finally reach stores, and this includes scribing data onto disks of 100GB.
Prices have not been mentioned, unfortunately, but they should be made public once the 2TB high-end model starts shipping in Japan, on September 25. As for the other five, they will become available on October 22.