Panasonic to market first Blu-ray DVD player-recorder

[Geoffcin]

Panasonic will sell the first Blu-ray DVD player-recorder in Japan in November, a company official said, months after rival Toshiba released a comparable product in a feud for the next standard of DVDs.

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http://www.physorg.com/news78028737.html

[Groundbeef]

Panasonic will sell the first Blu-ray DVD player-recorder in Japan in November, a company official said, months after rival Toshiba released a comparable product in a feud for the next standard of DVDs.

Full Story;

http://www.physorg.com/news78028737.html

Interesting. I think that it has been brought up before, but why hasn't Sony gotten to market w/ a player yet? It would seem that they are going more for licensing fees and then trying to make money off the movie library that they own. But no the hardware?

[drseid]

While this is pure speculation on my part, I believe it is due to a lack of blue laser components. Sony needs all the parts it can muster for the PS3, and they don't have enough for those... As such, I think the PS3 is getting priority over Sony's standalone player eventhough it *may* still debut on Oct 25th as planned. I guess we will see if it actually comes out at that time but I am not optimistic on that one... I have mine on pre-order, so I am in wait mode like many others. :-(

---Dave