Breaking News

SAMA Launches Exclusive Amazon Prime Day Deals on Flagship PC Cases and AIO Cooler Lineup Transcend Launches Ultra-Fast PCIe Gen5 SSD MTE260S Power Your World with DJI's New Portable Power Station Power 2000 G.SKILL CAMM2 DDR5 Memory Module Demonstrates DDR5-10000 Overclock Speed on ASUS Z890 Motherboard JCB Phone Launches New Rugged Smartphone Range to Power Global Expansion

logo

  • Share Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • Home
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map

Search form

Sony Adds ATSC Tuner-equipped DVD Recorders to its Product Line

Sony Adds ATSC Tuner-equipped DVD Recorders to its Product Line

Consumer Electronics Aug 14,2007 0

Sony has announced the coming availability of two new DVD recorders to its current linepup. The RDR-GXD455 (DVD Recorder Only) and the RDR-VXD655 (DVD Recorder/VCR Combo), both have built-in ATSC digital tuners to prepare for the coming turnover to digital-only over-the-air television broadcasting.

However, it must also be pointed out that even though these new DVD Recorders have ATSC tuners that are capable of receiving HDTV signals, the recordings made on either the RDR-GX455 or RDR-VXD655 will not be made in HD (high definition), but in SD (standard definition). This is because DVD is a standard definition format. What will happen is that any HDTV signals received by the ATSC tuners built into any DVD recorders will be downscaled to standard definition for DVD recording purposes.

On the other hand, both of the Sony units have DVD upscaling capability in playback mode. This means that when you play back your recorded DVDs in either of these two DVD recorders, or another upscaling DVD player, you will see improved image quality, but not the same quality as the original HDTV broadcast signal.

For more details on Sony's new ATSC Tuner-equipped DVD recorders, including photos, pricing, and availability, check out the RDR-GXD455 and RDR-VXD655 product pages. In addition, for more details on the relationship between HDTV and DVD Recording, read my article, Can I Record HDTV on a DVD Recorder?.

From About.com

Tags: SonyDVDATSC
Previous Post
Sales Gap Closing Between HD DVD and Blu Ray
Next Post
Nvidia MCP73 'to debut 25 September'

Related Posts

  • Sony introduces the FX2 compact camera

  • Celebrate Days of Play 2025 starting on May 28

  • Sony introduces WH-1000XM6

  • Sony Introduces Xperia 1 VII

  • Sony announces DualSense wireless controller for Death Stranding 2

  • Sony announces that PS5 price will rise in Europe, Australia and New Zealand

  • Sony expands its BRAVIA 2025 TV line-up

  • Sony Announces the WF-C710N Truly Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds

Latest News

SAMA Launches Exclusive Amazon Prime Day Deals on Flagship PC Cases and AIO Cooler Lineup
Cooling Systems

SAMA Launches Exclusive Amazon Prime Day Deals on Flagship PC Cases and AIO Cooler Lineup

Transcend Launches Ultra-Fast PCIe Gen5 SSD MTE260S
PC components

Transcend Launches Ultra-Fast PCIe Gen5 SSD MTE260S

Power Your World with DJI's New Portable Power Station Power 2000
Consumer Electronics

Power Your World with DJI's New Portable Power Station Power 2000

G.SKILL CAMM2 DDR5 Memory Module Demonstrates DDR5-10000 Overclock Speed on ASUS Z890 Motherboard
PC components

G.SKILL CAMM2 DDR5 Memory Module Demonstrates DDR5-10000 Overclock Speed on ASUS Z890 Motherboard

JCB Phone Launches New Rugged Smartphone Range to Power Global Expansion
Smartphones

JCB Phone Launches New Rugged Smartphone Range to Power Global Expansion

Popular Reviews

be quiet! Light Loop 360mm

be quiet! Light Loop 360mm

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420 - 360

Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420 - 360

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

Soundpeats Pop Clip

Soundpeats Pop Clip

Noctua NH-D15 G2

Noctua NH-D15 G2

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

Crucial T705 2TB NVME White

Crucial T705 2TB NVME White

Main menu

  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact Us
  • Promotional Opportunities @ CdrInfo.com
  • Advertise on out site
  • Submit your News to our site
  • RSS Feed