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SONY Unveils DVD Burner with Internet Access

23.04.2003

Sony has introduced a new digital recorder equipped with a DVD drive and 80 GB hard drive called the NDR-XR1.

This device differs from its counterparts in that it can connect to the Internet via a broadband channel. In addition, the NDR-XR1 is equipped with a built-in browser that allows the user to browse the web using a TV connected to this unit.

It's not so easy to find a suitable name for the NDR-XR1, the set of functions that this device has is extremely large. It allows you to record TV programs on the built-in hard drive, a signal from a camcorder via the DV input, as well as images from Memory Stick media. Of course, all this can then be rewritten to DVD discs. In addition to being able to read DVD-R/RW, DVD Video and many CD formats, the NDR-XR1 can burn DVD-R/RW discs. Through the Internet, the NDR-XR1 can connect to special servers containing TV programs, making it easy to automatically program it to record specific TV broadcasts.

In addition, the user will be able to control the NDR-XR1 via the Internet using his mobile phone, which must also have access to the Network. In general, this device can do almost everything related to playing and recording video and TV programs.

Perhaps its only drawback is its high price, which is about $1200.

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