Sony will ship the hard disk recorder "SVR-515", which uses internal HD (40GB) to record movies in Mpeg2 format.. The drive will start selling in Japan at 20 of May and the price is still unknown. This is the second HD recorder from Sony (previous 'SVR-715' (30GB built-in).

Features:
- Video Recording System: Mpeg2

- Sound Recording system: Mpeg1 (layer2)

- Maximum video recording time: HQ: Approximately 6 hours, SP: Approximately 13
hours, LP: Approximately 26 hour

- Dimensions: width 430 X height 67 X depth 296mm

- Weight: 5Kg NULL