"TORONTO, June 29 /CNW/ - Sony of Canada Ltd., Canada's leading electronic
and computer products solutions provider for consumers and business, today
announced its new DVD recorder line, including a hard disk drive model with
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), a dual deck DVD recorder and VCR,
and DVD recorder with slim-line styling.
The highlight of this year's new product line is the RDR-HX715 DVD
recorder with a hard disk drive and HDMI, which delivers high-quality
uncompressed digital signals to other HDMI-equipped components such as Sony's
marketshare-leading Grand WEGA(R) LCD (liquid crystal display) rear
projection, HD televisions. The unit incorporates a 160 GB (gigabyte) hard
drive and broad media read/write compatibility with DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW and +R
Double Layer disc compatibility for longer recording time.
"Our leadership in the DVD recorder category allows us to continually
develop new features to improve the quality and simplify the recording of
digital video," said Mahesh Sharma, Product Manager, Home Audio Products,
Consumer Audio Visual/Information Technology Group, Sony of Canada Ltd.
The RDR-HX715 DVD recorder has an i.LINK(R) IEEE-1394 digital
interface/Digital8 input and a component output along with the HDMI output."