Sony’s latest Blu-ray recorders export video to PSP and Walkman

Sony has two Blu-ray disc recorders, which, apart from recording your favorite TV programs, you can watch the videos on portable devices like Sony PSP or Walkman.The BDZ-500GB Sony A950 and A750-320 GB BDZ, you can also create additional content from Japan’s AcTVila video download service. This can be exported to compatible portable devices.

Video streaming and downloads are not really anything new, but the ability to export that content to portable devices is a function that has withdrawn from almost every set-top box so far.

While it is technically possible, eons, it probably will not be through the tangled web of copyright issues that seem to cripple all efforts to encourage people to pay for their media, but damn well please.

The two new Blu-ray disc recorder can also export content to compatible phone handsets. However, this is the “analog broadcast or other video that no copy protection signal.”

It sounds like a nifty feature, but we can not help but be reminded that the Sony plans apparently forgotten that the PS3 ripping low-res versions of Blu-ray movies on PSP. That was a much Grander concept, and we are very excited to see. Since the appearance of the technology more than a year ago, it’s been almost deadly quiet on this front.

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