Menu screens and FTD display on Philips Recorders DVD+RW Real Time Video (+VR) Format Comparison with DVD-R/-RW Video Recorders DVD+RW Reference Designs Guide Plus+ EPG: Technical overview DVD+RW at IFA 2003 Search Last Updated Contact Info Web Links DVD Duplicator Leaflets  »  » DVD+RW at IFA 2003 IFA 2003 DVD+R/+RW Video Recorder Product Launches The Internationale Funk Austellung (IFA) in Berlin is the world's largest consumer electronics fair. Every two years, IFA will showcase many new product introductions. In 2001, IFA saw the launch of the first DVD+RW products from Philips, while only Thomson and Sony demonstrated some prototype models. Two years later, DVD+RW has become a meanstream format, with many companies actually producing and selling DVD+RW based video recorders. As we can see from the overview below, this not only includes big brand names like Philips, Sony, Thomson and Yamaha, but also a large amount of Asian companies trying to break new price points for consumer DVD recorders. The DVD+RW Alliance was present at IFA as well with their own booth, with 8 consumer recorders on display. A quick search at the fair ground however reveiled that some 20 other companies have introduced DVD+RW recorders, or plan to do so. This is remarkable, as the products from the companies on display at the rival format's promotion booths were actually the only products for these formats to be found at IFA. This resulted in a total of 4 brands with DVD-RAM recorders, and 4 with DVD-RW recorders (one of them combining this with DVD+RW functionality). As there is one thing that became clear from this year's IFA, it is that DVD+RW has finally managed to become the clear format of choice for most manufacturers, even the ones with no political stake in either format. For now, let's have a look at the DVD+RW recorders that I found on the fair floor. And forgive me if I missed any! Make sure also to check out the completely updated DVD+R/+RW Video Recorders Leaflets archive, containing many new brochures. Apex DRX-9001 Apex showed a model called DRX-9001, which looks different from the American DRX-9000. However, the European brochure mentions both models. Arlink One of two models on display from Arlink. Looks like OEM from Mustek. Second DVD recorder from Arlink, showed at booth display. Looks similar to United recorder. More information at web site Beko DVDRW 8000 DVD recorder from Turkish company Beko Elektronik. Display looks like Philips 800-series, however source of this recorder is unknown. BenQ Joyhub 300 With a height of 59 mm, BenQ claims their recorder to be the world's slimmest. Brainwave DVDR 901 Brainwave DVD recorder on display. Seems to be OEM by Ricoh. More information at web site Brochure displays 4 additional models with different appearance. Daewoo DQR-1000N Same model as displayed by Daewoo at CeBIT. Not mentioned in German catalogue however. Intented for overseas market? DQR-2000D New design. Based on Philips reference design? More information at web site Looks identical to DQR-2000D, different color setting. Denver Recorder displayed on piece of cloth at Denver booth. They did not allow us to take pictures in Dealer/Press area. Appears to be OEM by Apex. Desay DS-R80 DVD recorder from Desay. Brochure also mentions DS-R85, which features i.Link. DS-R95 Features 40 GB harddisk, and has i.Link and USB front connectors. More information at web site. Web site also mentions DS-K90 model. Ellion DVR-900A DVD recorder on display at Ellion. Looks similar as United recorder. Fujitsu-Siemens Activity Media Center Windows-based home entertainment center. Features DVD+RW recorder. GVG DVD recorder on display at GVG. H&B DR-900 H&B DVD recorder. Model on display seems Ricoh OEM, however brochure and web site list totally different looking recorder with same model number. More information at web site. Hualu DVD-R65 Although Hualu showed OEM of Philips DVDR985 at CeBIT, they now seem to have started their own production. Various models on display at IFA. Humax DRP-560 Satellite and STB manufacturer Humax has introduced its own DVD recorder. Based on Philips reference design? Lite-On LVW-5001 Lite-on DVD recorder. Nice user interface. Brochure also mentions LVW-5010 (DVD+/-RW) and LVW-5020 (DVD+/-RW/HDD), but no sign of these at IFA. Lite-on did show a display however of their upcoming mini-sized DVD+RW video recorder, that can also be used as an external data drive. Mico DVDR311 Mico DVD recorder, based on Philips reference design. Brochure also lists additional models DVDR310 (on display at CeBIT) and DVDR312. Mustek DVD R100A DVD R100B Mustek showed 2 models, one with i.Link (DVD R100B), and one without. Mustek is very succesful with their DVD+RW recorders in the OEM business, so you might see similar looking recorders from other brands. Philips DVDR80 Of course Philips showed their entire range of DVD recorders at their own booth, including DVDR70, DVDR75, DVDR77 (with PCMCIA memory slot and customizable background pictures), DVDR80 (with Guide+ EPG) and LX9000R (home theater system with DVD recorder). Profilo DVD+RW S90 Profilo DVD recorder. OEM from Desay? Brochure also mentions DVD+RW S80, with a very slim design. Profilo DVD+RW recorder. OEM from Ricoh. Did not show a model number, actual introduction unsure, give the two other named model numbers. Prototype of 28" wide screen TV with integrated DVD recorder. Ricoh Ricoh DVD recorder, will be launched under the Ricoh brand name, but is also a very popular recorder for OEM clients. You might see quite a few similar looking recorders from other brands. Sanyo Sanyo showed a prototype of a DVD+RW video recorder. Skyworth Skyworth from Hong-Kong showed various DVD+RW recorders. Note the design similarity of this model with the Sony recorder! Based on Philips reference design. Second DVD recorder on display at Skyworth. Sony RDR-GX3B New DVD recorder from Sony. Without i.Link, thereby sacrificing the biggest advantage (DV editing functions) of GX7 model. Still lacks DVD+R recording, and suffers from the same limitations for DVD+RW recording as GX7. RDR-GX7 Sony's first DVD recorder, introduced earlier this year. Thomson DTH 8000E Thomson's first DVD recorder. Very nice user interface! Features moving menus for DVD+R/+RW on recorder itself. Teletext-based "EPG" functionality. USB connector to transfer JPEG or MP3 data to DVD. United DVR 4092 United from Switserland showed various DVD recorder models. This model looks similar as Arlink recorder. Other DVD recorder on display at United. This model looks similar as Ellion recorder. Vestel Vestel from Turkey introduced its own DVD recorder model. More information at web site. Yamada DVR-8000 Yamada (What's in a name?) DVD recorder. OEM from Apex? Yamaha DRX-2 Yamaha's second DVD recorder. Based on Philips reference design. Features PCM audio recording.