Matsushita to sell world's 1st Blu-ray DVD recorder-player in Nov.
September 20, 2006Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it will market the world's first Blu-ray DVD recorders with replay functions on Nov. 15 in Japan, heating up the battle with the rival High-Definition DVD format for the next-generation global standard. Matsushita's new products, the DMR-BW 200 and DMR-BR 100, will have a suggested retail price of about 300,000 yen and 240,000 yen, respectively, the company said.