Panasonic DIGA DMR-BF200 squeezes Blu-ray/HDD DVR into tiny chassis

By Chris Davies/

Panasonic Japan has outed what the company is calling the smallest ever DVR that integrates both Blu-ray burning and a hard-drive.  The Panasonic DIGA DMR-BF200 measures a slight 210 x 194 x 65 mm and weighs in at 2.2kg; it can burn BD-R or BD-RE discs and or record media to its 320GB hard-drive.

There's also streaming content support, with an ethernet port on the back which allows users to access YouTube videos.  The hook-up to your TV is via HDMI, plus there's an SD card slot and you can access content directly from memory cards.

Recorded video is encoded in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format, and the hard-drive can hold around 290 hours in Full HD.  The DMR-BF200 will drop in Japan on November 15 priced at the equivalent of $860; no word on a release elsewhere as yet.

[via CrunchGear]

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