By Marty Feldman, NPVA Technical Advisor
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. At last a handy-dandy Blu-ray (and DVD) stand alone recording “appliance” that allows you to make no-frills Blu-ray disks and DVD’s without complicated menu choices or any connection to a computer. Although it may be used with your computer if desired as an external burner. And best of all it won’t break your bank account. Street price is about $279.
The Sony VBD-MA1 “DV Direct Blu-ray Disc Recorder” interconnects directly with camcorders via FireWire (IEEE1394),USB, memory cards (SD HC, SD XC and Memory Stick Pro Duo) or an ANLOG composite video input for working with legacy footage!
You may even add menus and titles with a choice of four preset menu designs.
See your video on a 2.7” built-in LCD screen.
The VDB-MA1 supports up to full 1080i HD resolution and can hold up to 19 hours of HD video on a single recordable Blu-ray disk. Or store up to 6000 still photos.
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