Apparently September. i wouldn't buy an early model though. There are many improvements to be made. And you should also see how DVHS comes on, which is already released.
The Pioneer DVR-1000 is coming out in November together with the Panasonic DMR-E10. Both are DVD recordables but they use different (non compatible) formats. The Pioneer is DVD-RW, the Panasonic is DVD-RAM which has the advantage of recording from PC/TV/DVD. However both models have a huge disadvantage: They don't have a digital input for digital recording from TV or DVD. So, if you want to double a DVD, you first let the DVD-player convert the digital signal into an analogue one and then the DVD-R again converts this analogue signal into a digital one. This is quite ridiculous in my opinion. Therefore I think it's worth waiting for the second generation of DVD-R with full digital input capability.
The same applies to D-VHS. However at least they have a digital IEEE-1394 input for recording from DV (but not from DVD or TV).
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All 3 formats (DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW) will be 100% compatible with current DVD technology but not among each other.
I wouldn't buy a DVD-recorder before 2 of this 3 formats are kicked out of the race.
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The same applies to D-VHS. However at least they have a digital IEEE-1394 input for recording from DV (but not from DVD or TV).
[This message has been edited by MusicFreak (edited 27 June 2000).]
I wouldn't buy a DVD-recorder before 2 of this 3 formats are kicked out of the race.
[This message has been edited by MusicFreak (edited 04 July 2000).]