Matsushita Electric said it will join Sony Corp. in July as the second manufacturer to offer Blu-ray disk recorders.
Matsushitas Blu-ray disk recorders will feature recording capability on 50GB two-layer disks that can store 4.5 hours of HD video.
The company in March demonstrated a prototype incorporates tuners that cover all digital TV broadcasting in Japan and is also compatible with present DVD-RAM and DVD-R formats.
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