"Zen Recording" which can record all programs, the recorded bit rate lowered at the end of the postponement of the release for about three months

Buffalo HDD recorder that can record the program for 8 channels on the whole for 8 days "Zen recording'S release is about 3 months postponed. Although it is scheduled to be released in early March, today it was announced that the specification change was made, and it became clear that the recording bit rate at high picture quality recording drops.

Zen Recording 8 Channels Whole Recording Function Installed Area Digi Compatible HDD Recorder: DVR-Z8 | BUFFALO Buffalo


"Zen record" selling is that it can record programs for 8 TV broadcasts with 8 terrestrial digital tuners and 2 TB HDD. When the image quality is set to low image quality (about 2 Mbps), it is possible to record the whole of 8 days, and in the high image quality mode (about 8 Mbps) it was possible to record the whole of two days.

Originally planned to be shipped in mid December 2011, but on December 14th the release was postponed due to "delayed product development".

Apology of hard disk recorder "Zen Record (model number: DVR-Z8)" postponed release | Press release


One week later, on December 22, it was announced that the release date was early March 2012.

Information on hard disk recorder "Zen Record (model number: DVR-Z8)" release date | Press release


After that, there was not any special announcement, but on February 17, we will release a release saying "We will change some specifications as a result of product evaluation."

Guide to changing specifications of hard disk recorder "Zen Record (model number: DVR-Z8)" | Press release


According to the release, it is said that the bit rate at high picture quality setting is changed from about 8 Mbps to about 6 Mbps (average of about 6 Mbps at variable bit rate, maximum of about 8 Mbps) with "Marutto Full Recording" function which records all programs about. This seems to be "to stabilize the whole recording operation and reserved recording operation". With this change, if you record all 8 channels at the same time, the one whose recording time was "2 days" in the past has become "2.7 days".

Besides this, if the backup function of all the recorded programs is using the "Whole Full Recording" function, "Dubbing processing of recorded programs for a maximum of 1500 hours has occurred, enormous time to complete all It is supposed that it will take ", so it has been changed to a function to select up to 100 programs and to bulk dubbing to internal HDD or external HDD, and operability has been improved.

Changing the recording bit rate is a matter of user's reaction only to a quite big change.

The shipping time has not changed since early March, and the price is 98,800 yen.Book buying continues at Buffalo DirectIt is being done.