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Pioneer has announced it will release their Blu-ray recorders by March of 2009, however this is for Japan only unfortunately. The player is a joint project between Pioneer and Sharp and according to Pioneer the demand is there for such a recorder in Japan. 98% of the Blu-ray market is dominated by Sony and Sharp in Japan and Pioneer is hoping to take a chunk of that market. Hopefully Pioneer brings their new recorder to the US as Sony has been selling them in Japan for two years now without any plans to bring them here anytime soon.

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[Source: hometheatermag ]