Sharp unveils Blu-ray DVD recorder amid format war

Company says it's world's first high-definition recorder to combine three recording disc drives.

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[David Arbogast]

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Standard dual-layer DVD's hold just under 10GB. Not 5. A 25GB replacement can hold two dual-layer DVDs. Not 5.

"...It will also have two disc drives--one for conventional DVDs and another for Blu-ray discs--which can handle 25GB of data. That's five times the space of current DVD discs and enough to record..."