New JVC Blue-ray Recorder -SR-HD1250US
 

Came across this yesterday- Combo Blu-ray/DVD

[Record and author compliant, professional Blu-ray™ discs without a PC with this all-in-one HD combo deck. Recordings from a camcorder can be easily transferred to a high definition disc, or down-converted and recorded onto a standard DVD. Copying unprotected DVD and Blu-ray™ discs is a simple process with a built-in duplication function. USB 2.0 and i.Link connectors, combined with an SD/SDHC memory card slot provide an interface to most SD and HD digital camcorders.
Built-in professional Blu-ray™ Recorder
Internal 250GB hard disk for editing, duplicating
Create professional BDMV (with menu) or BDAV format discs
Stores up to 24 hours of HD (AE mode using dual-layer 50GB disc)
Supports BD-R or BD-RE (erasable) Blu-ray™ discs.
Authors discs with auto-start or repeat playback
Digital and analog inputs for wide compatibility
USB — (connect to camcorder)
SDHC card — (AVCHD camcorder)
i.Link — (HDV, DV camcorder)
Composite/S-Video input — (Analog SD device, camcorder, etc.)
Flexible monitoring via HDMI, component output]

Very interesting product- I hope it's priced right!

Hmm, I wonder- a new HM cameras are using XDCAM compression, not AVCHD. So why isn't it supported with this unit?

From the Press Release:

"Both models include component and HDMI outputs for flexible monitoring options. The SR-HD1500 features a 500 GB hard drive, plus an RS-232C terminal and support for .MOV files (for Apple Final Cut Pro), which makes it compatible with footage recorded with JVC GY-HM100 and GY-HM700 ProHD camcorders in the SP (19/25 Mbps) mode. The SR-HD1250 has a 250 GB hard drive, but does not include RS-232C connectivity of .MOV support.

The SR-HD1500 has an MSRP of $2,550 and the SR-HD1250 has an MSRP of $1,995. The combo decks will be available in October 2009."

JVC Professional Press Releases page

Any .Mov file? Like DVCPRO HD, Prores? That would be absolutely fantastic...

From JVC:

JVC’s GY-HM100/700 camcorder
(MOV, SP/19/25Mbps mode only)*2

*2Only for the SR-HD1500

It appears that it doesn't support 35Mbps XDCAM and is available only on the more expensive model.
That's really disappointing. I have been shooting on the HM 100 in XDCAM.

It blows my mind that this thing doesn't have Component HD or HDMI input and live recording. It's $2,000.00!

We need Pioneer to create an updated version of the PRV-LX1 for blu-ray.