Panasonic announces three cable PVRs for Japan

Panasonic has announced three new cable TV personal video recorders (PVRs) – TZ-HDW600M, TZ-HDW600F, TZ-HDW600P – in Japan. The set-top boxes will be available in May 2010, with each having a 250GB hard disk.

The boxes support wireless internet connectivity, allowing access to, for example, YouTube and acTVila content.

                   TZ-HDW600M       TZ-HDW600F       TZ-HDW600P
                   ---------------  ---------------  ---------------
Digital TV         64QAM (Annex.C)  64QAM (Annex.C)  64QAM (Annex.C)
                                    OFDM             OFDM
Cable modem        Yes              Yes              No
Hard disk space    250GB            250GB            250GB

More: Panasonic introduce three new digital set-top boxes in Japan (Akihabaranews.com)