HD DVD recorders to debut before World Cup

[The News Bot]

Toshiba has confirmed that its first shipment of 1,000 Japanese HD DVD players, introduced on March 31, has now sold out. A second wave of 500 units was shipped to retailers last week. Toshiba celebrated this with a promotion at a Tokyo video rental store, projecting images onto a 72inch screen. Such local promotions [...]

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[timetraveller]

I don't know if I have missed something in the build up to HD broadcasts but as I understood it I had assumed that Sky at least were not allowing it's HD broadcasts to be recorded, at least when connectect through HDMI cables. I thought this was a bit off for anyone who paid a subscription but was not able to see the broadcasts live and needed to timeshift them. If this is the case what is the point of HD recorders? Sorry if I have the wrong info and please let me know if this is not the case as it will influence me as to whether or not to subscribe.
Many thanks