Pioneer have announced the launch of two new Blu-ray recorders in October in Japan. The BDR-WD900 has a 1TB hard drive, while the BDR-WD700 is fitted with a 500GB HD.
For now it is assumed that both are Profile 1.1, but maybe Pioneer plans a surprise and equips the two with BD Live. Both models feature H.264 encoding, dual DVB-T tuners and a wizard that optimizes transfers from the 1TB or 500GB hard drive to a Blu-ray disc.
Pioneer's BDR-WD900 (top) and BDR-WD700
If you own a Kuro HDTV set this recorder might be the system to add since the Kuro Link-flavoured HDMI-CEC realizes smooth integration between the TV, recorder and other Kuro devices.
