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  • Sharp Announces AQUOS 3D Blu-ray Recorders With Built-in HDDs, Wi-Fi, BD-RE XL Support

    Serkan Toto

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    Friday, April 8th, 2011

    Sharp Japan announced [JP] the BD-HDW series today, which consists of three 3D-enabled AQUOS Blu-ray recorders: the BD-HDW80 (with a 1TB HDD on board/$1,290), the BD-HDW75 (500GB/$1,060) and the BD-HDW73 (320GB/$940).

    Apart from supporting 3D Blu-ray discs, the recorders are compatible to the BD-RE XL rewritable Blu-rays Panasonic announced for the Japanese market last week. The devices also feature IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, DLNA support, an HDMI interface, Ethernet, and a USB port.

    The picture below shows the flagship BD-HDW80:

    Sharp plans to roll out the new recorders in Japan on April 27 (no word yet on a possible international release).