Thinness in a portable device is an attribute worth coveting. Thinness of yet another layer in your home entertainment center hoagie, however, is a little bit less attractive -- at least it is when it comes with a big compromise. Such is the case with
Sharp's thinnest
Blu-ray recorder, just 35mm thick yet capable of writing to BD-R discs or the newer, pricier, 100GB
BDXL discs. So far so good, but rather sadly to make that magic happen in a package so svelte the company has had to ditch the internal HDD that's common in these devices, the idea being you'll just write to BDXL's instead. Even with a stack of re-writeables at your disposal that's going to be a lot less convenient and a lot more expensive than having a good 'ol pile of platters spinning inside. Of course, with no price or release date given, it's possible that this reduction of internal hardware also comes with a reduction in cost, but as we all know it's pretty rare that a skinnier device costs less than its bigger boned brethren.
Sharp shows off 35mm thin BDXL recorder at CEATEC, world doesn't stop to wonder why originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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