Video Asylum

Posted by blue_z (A) on October 28, 2011 at 14:28:04

In Reply to: RE: Why No Blu Ray Recorders posted by Mike Porper on October 28, 2011 at 08:40:28

There are Blu-ray recorders/drives, but mostly for PCs as data (not video) devices, and recordable BR discs (the price has come down from $5 each).

Then there's the issue of content protection. The content owners (e.g. movie studios) don't want to give you a cheap way of distributing their stuff. They already let the DVD cat out of the bag; they don't want to make the same mistake twice. This time they have HDMI in place.

I record OTA programs direct to hard disk drives. I've only converted a few programs to DVDs; the PQ was quite decent on playback, which seems to indicate that the picture detail in "high definition" content is not anywhere near the spec. I've read that typical HD cameras are 1440x1080 (fewer horz pixels than 1920) and then filtered (down in detail) to ease compression.

Edits: 10/28/11   10/28/11