A DVD recorder that can record one TV programme while playing back another
recording from the same disc has been developed by the Japanese electronics
company Matsushita, which markets consumer electronics under the more familiar
name of Panasonic.
The recorder will be the first that can do this. It will also use a single
laser for both recording and playback—helping to keep the price down.
Other companies are also racing to develop play-and-record DVDs, with the first
of them going on sale later this year.
The TiVo “personal video recording” system can also play and record at the
same…
