Sony Introduce New Blu-ray Recorders and 3D TVs

Sony Japan have unveiled some very interesting products for the domestic market this week, and we sincerely hope they will make an appearance outside the country in the near future.  First up are three new Bravia 3D TVs, all of which have built-in hard disc drives and Blu-ray recorders.  Named the Bravia KDL 2 series, buyers have the choice of a 40", a 46" or a 55" LED backlit panel for between the equivelant of $3500-$5200.

Full HD is a given of course, and each hard drive has 500GB of space, plus each model has three HDMI ports, dual-tuners and a USB socket too.  You'll have to splash out for however many pairs of 3D glasses you need though, as the sets apparently come with none, cheeky considering the price!

If you're only in the market for a 3D Blu-ray player, then Sony have six new models to choose from, each with the very special function of supporting the latest 100GB BDXL discs.  So much for being touted as a business product, as these are on the market far quicker than expected!  You'll have to open your wallet pretty wide to get one though, as the cheapest - a 500GB hard drive equipped player - costs just over $1000 and the top range 2TB equipped model costs just over $3000!

The 2TB player, the BDZ AX2000, and its 1TB sister the BDZ AX1000, both have dual digital tuners, two HDMI ports, a Memory Stick and SD Card slot and Sony's CREAS PRO chip, while the lower end models make do with a 320GB, a 500GB and a 1TB hard drive and lose one HDMI, the CREAS Pro and the expansion slots.  Finally, the basic single tuner player has a 500GB hard disc built-in.