RCA’s Affordable and Recordable DVD

Reprinted from a Thomson press release:

LAS VEGAS, January 8, 2003 Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE:
TMS), the worldwide provider of video technologies, products and
services, today unveiled its new line of 2003 RCA home entertainment
products at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
designed to simplify digital technology and bring it into people’s
lives.

Recording with DVD will become more affordable when Thomson delivers its
first RCA DVD+RW/+R recorder priced to encourage mainstream consumers to
enter this fast-growing home entertainment product category. The
full-featured recordable DVD player, Model DRC8000N, will carry a
suggested retail price of $599 when it ships this June. The +RW format
offers numerous features and benefits that provide consumers with time
saving and easy operating capabilities.

Combining the recording ability of a VCR and the digital quality of a
DVD, the RCA DVD recorder allows consumers to record their favorite
television shows and home videos onto a DVD. This is the first DVD
recorder to incorporate the easy to navigate GUIDE Plus+ interactive TV
guide and with one touch record, recording off air programs is simple.

In 2003, Thomson will introduce its second combination DVD player and
personal video recorder. This versatile progressive scan DVD player has
a 40GB hard drive with up to 40 hours of recording time and incorporates
a no-fee GUIDE Plus+ interactive program guide with one-touch recording
for easy time shifting of favorite shows. Other key functions include
the ability to pause a live program for up to 45 minutes, one button
fast forward, 10-second instant replay and the ability to watch one
program while recording another. The RCA DRC7005N Digital Media
Recorder will offer audio, video and photo album capability and can
store thousands of JPEG images with RCA’s Digital PhotoView.