Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] HDTV goes back to the future - and records on TAPE!
From: "Michael Chmilar" <chmilar@mminternet.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:05:50 -0000
References: <200306190322.UAA04322@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
 
Edward Caliguri <caliguri@rcn.com> said:

> Well-
>     Wait till you see the new High Definition TV recorders! ALL are TAPE!!
> NO DVD ---yet!
>     Ed

This is true. D-VHS has been available for over a year. It is also possible
to record HDTV to a hard drive in a PC. An HD TiVo is due this fall.
Sony is selling a blu-ray DVD burner now. It costs $14,000. The requirement
for any HDTV recording device is it must capture 19.7 Mbps.

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