LG Electronics, Inc. has announced the LRM-519 touted as the world's first DVD recorder with digital video recorder (DVR) functionality using new software technology from Microsoft Corp. Features include a 160-gigabyte internal hard-disc-drive (HDD) with an electronic program guide (EPG), stores up to 160 hours of conventional analog TV programming on HDD, program burning from HDD to DVD (DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD+R Double Layer), 90-minute buffer time for Live TV, supports the Microsoft PlaysForSure logo program, PC connectivity using technology from Microsoft, support for wired or wireless in-home networking, enables playback of music, pictures, and video with computers running Windows XP and Windows XP Media Center Edition over a home network ( Supports MPEG, Windows Media Audio and Video (WMA/WMV), MP3 and JPEG images on TV). Supported network connections include Ethernet or Wi-fi (802.11a/g). This wireless connection is four-to-five times faster than that of 802.11b, enabling seamless data reception.

LG plans to introduce the LG LRM-519 in the United States by fall 2005.

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