External Bd Burner

BLU-RAY DISC & HDD RECORDER Includes: 250GB HDD, AC cord, IR remote

Amazon Sales Rank: #12600 in Camera & Photo Color: Black Brand: JVC Model: SR-HD1250US Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 17.00" h x 18.00" w x 23.00" l, 14.60 pounds Built-in professional Blu-ray Recorder Internal 250GB hard disk for editing, duplicating Create professional BDMV (with menu) or BDAV format discs Stores up to 24 hours of HD (AE mode using dual-layer 50GB disc) Supports BD-R or BD-RE (erasable) Blu-ray discs. Authors discs with auto-start or repeat playback Digital and analog inputs for wide compatibility Flexible monitoring via HDMI, component output RS-232C terminal for external control

Record and author compliant, professional Blu-ray discs without a PC with this all-in-one HD combo deck. Recordings from a camcorder can be easily transferred to a high definition disc, or down-converted and recorded onto a standard DVD. Copying unprotected DVD and Blu-ray discs is a simple process with a built-in duplication function. USB 2.0 and i.Link connectors, combined with an SD/SDHC memory card slot provide an interface to most SD and HD digital camcorders. Built-in professional Blu-ray Recorder Internal 250GB hard disk for editing, duplicating Create professional BDMV (with menu) or BDAV format discs Stores up to 24 hours of HD (AE mode using dual-layer 50GB disc) Supports BD-R or BD-RE (erasable) Blu-ray discs. Authors discs with auto-start or repeat playback Digital and analog inputs for wide compatibility USB — (connect to camcorder) SDHC card — (AVCHD camcorder) i.Link — (HDV, DV camcorder) Composite/S-Video input — (Analog SD device, camcorder, etc.) Flexible monitoring via HDMI, component output Professional Blu-ray authoring     No PC required! Now you can make professionally authored Blu-ray discs from videos created with a high definition camcorder. Record onto single or dual layer BD-R blank discs, or onto erasable BD-RE discs. For expanded versatility, make downconverted SD recordings onto standard DVD discs. The SR-HD1250 makes both BDMV (with menus) and BDAV (no menu) discs. A simple menu driven user interface makes it possible for even novice users to achieve professional quality results. Built-in editing and duplication* functions with 250GB hard disk drive     The internal hard disk drive makes it possible to edit videos transferred from a camcorder or other device. Edited clips can then be assembled into a completed disc project and then recorded onto one or more Blu-ray discs. The internal drive also makes it possible to duplicate* Blu-ray or DVD discs. Simply insert the original disc into the drive, then specify how many copies to make. The disc contents are temporarily stored to the hard disk, and then burned to the blank discs.     *Unprotected discs only. It is not possible to copy commercial BD/DVD titles. Author custom discs for presentations, kiosks and point-of-sale displays     Blu-ray or DVD discs can be authored so that they begin playing immediately after being inserted into the player, ideal for presentations. Likewise, the discs can be authored so that the playback repeats continuously, ideal for kiosks and point-of-sale displays. Compatible with camcorders supporting AVCHD, HDV and DV formats     The SR-HD1250US supports a wide range of AVCHD, HDV, and DV camcorders, including JVC's Everio models. Tape based models can be connected via. the i.Link (IEEE-1394) connector for digital transfers to the HDD. Recordings can then be transferred to the optical disc, providing an ideal way to archive material originally recorded on tape. Solid state and HDD camcorders can be connected using either the USB 2.0, or i.Link depending on which interface is available. An SD/SDHC memory card slot is provided for cameras that record to solid state media. Advanced MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 (H.264) Encoding     High definition H.264 recording is supported in the AF (Apx. 12.9Mbps), AN (Apx. 8.6Mbps), AL (Apx. 5.7Mbps) and AE (Apx. 4.3Mbps) modes. MPEG-2 TS recording is provided for HDV and JVC Everio camcorders (up to 28.8Mbps.). For DV and analog recordings, MPEG-2 PS streams are encoded in the XP (Apx. 9.5Mbps), SP (Apx. 4.8Mpbs), LP (Apx. 2.4Mpbs) and EP (Apx. 1.2Mpbs) modes. Built-in format converter     When standard definition copies are needed of original high definition material, the source footage is downconverted and then recorded to inexpensive DVD discs. Even complete Blu-ray HD projects can be recorded in SD for clients who may not yet have HD playback equipment. Compatible with dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray discs     The SR-HD1250US stores up to 24 hours of high definition material onto one dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray disc when recording in the AE mode (4.3Mbps.) Likewise, up to 85 hours of standard definition (analog or DV) material can be stored when using the EP mode (1.2Mbps.). Continuous recording is possible for up to 8 hours.

Most helpful customer reviews 35 of 36 people found the following review helpful. Not for home Use....atleast not my home By Regina A. Walter I will try to give anyone interested in this unit some important informa to consider. It did not work for me at all, but it might work for you. To begin the unit is marketed by JVC but I do not think it is their original product. The unit comes in a basic box with no company advertising on it. It does say JVC on the unit but on the menu screens during operation make no reference to JVC at all. It looks very much like the TASCAM Blu-Ray recorder and I would guess it is the repackaged same unit. First the unit will record to BD-R and BD-rewritable formats as well as DVD-R and RW (not DVD+R or RAM). It will read from +R discs. It is copy protected so if you think you can duplicate store bought DVDs and BDs, you can put that thought to rest....you cannot. All material must go through the HDD first. There is no direct recording to blank media. This is not a bad thing as you can do editing when the title is on the HDD. The unit has several recording modes for High Def and Standard Def. It has NO flexible bitrate modes so you must use the standard modes. For example, for HD recording it offers modes of 2 hours / 4 hours or 6 hours on a 25g disc. The times modes are the same for SD. You can do direct dubbing from a disc to HDD as long as it is copy protected. This means you can dub your TV recordings of CSI to the HDD. It will re-encode the material at the mode selected, for instance SP for 2 hours (SD). This would be a very good thing if you had commericals recorded and you wanted to remove them and then dub the edited title to another disc. You can do those kinds of edits. If your original recording had chapter marks they will appear in the same spots on the HDD dub so you can remove them and input them where you want, or delete portions of the recording, give it a title and select a thumbnail image that will appear on the final menu. These things are pretty nice options. This is where my problem with the machine came into play. First it has no COMPONENT INPUT, so for me recording HD could only be done from a HD video camera, which I do not own. My cable TV HD box has only a component output but no HD-DV output, which is what this unit requires for HD dubbing, so I could not dub recorded HD to this machine. I could have lived with that. On page 28 of the manual it gives recoding lengths for each recording mode and how they apply to each recording format. For example, if you record a title in the SP mode, which is 2 hour on standard definition 4.7g DVD-R it would translate to 10.5 hours on a 25g BD-R. To any reasonable person this would imply that this machine could actually put standard defintion on a BD-R? It cannot. If you record in standard definition you must dub it to a DVD-R or RW. It cannot be dubbed to BD-R. So why tell the buyer that you can get 10.5 hours of standard definition on a BD-R disc, when this machine cannot do it. I do not know, I tried to ask JVC and got no response. This is what happens if you try. I wanted to take all 14 Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone and put them on 2 BD-Rs in standard definition. Using page 28 as a guide, I did my math and they would fit easily with an hour to spare on each disc. This would be using the SP mode for standard definition. First I had to dub them from the original discs which I recorded off TCM. I had one disc per movie recorded at approximately 7.2 mb/s which is a high birate and would be re-encoded to the SP level of 5.0 but this would mean very little actual loss of image quality. The encode in real time. I did all 14. I should have done one and tested it. It would have saved me 20 hours. The actual dubbing process went smoothly and all 14 titles were nicely stored on the HDD. I did have to pick the thumbnail images for each and input titles, which is horribly difficult on this machine compared to DVD recorders from