Sharp DV-RW200

Japan, Inc., March, 2004

* Seems every great piece of kit these days costs about [yen]100,000, so if you have that kind of spare cash lying around, and you've been thinking about getting all your old VCR tapes transferred onto DVD but can't be bothered with buying a DVD recorder then messing around with cables, Sharp has just the thing for you. The new DV-RW200 is a DVD and VCR recorder in one neat, single unit, allowing the simultaneous recording of programs on both DVD and videotape--even if they're showing at the same time. And you can very simply dub from a tape you insert in the machine onto DVD. Happily, the machine itself is not the ugliest thing you've seen since Temptation Island. In fact, it is quite tastefully finished in silver. For those of you in Japan, the DV-RW200 has an internal BS tuner. Plus there's a DV input for hooking up digital camcorders. All very neat indeed, so come on you Luddites, get hooked up and get with the 21st century!

More info: www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/040115-2.html