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LG's new BD590 Blu-ray player will include a 250GB hard disk. The hard drive will be initially used to store VUDU movies, as well as the user's own contents such as pictures and music files.
Whether the new player will support Managed Copy, and hence allowing Blu-ray movies to be copied onto the 250GB HDD is unknown at present. 250GB would be enough to store anywhere between 4 to 10 Blu-ray movies, depending on the implementation of Managed Copy and whether you're copying the whole disc or just the movie.
In any case, the evolution of Blu-ray players from a simple disc player to the home's multimedia hub continues (in other words, expect standalone Blu-ray players to be more like the PS3, without the gaming), with today's players already capable of streaming online video, streaming your own files through DLNA, Internet connectivity and widgets to access your favourite website and information (YouTube, weather, stock ...), and now it has local storage as well.
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Whether the new player will support Managed Copy, and hence allowing Blu-ray movies to be copied onto the 250GB HDD is unknown at present. 250GB would be enough to store anywhere between 4 to 10 Blu-ray movies, depending on the implementation of Managed Copy and whether you're copying the whole disc or just the movie.
In any case, the evolution of Blu-ray players from a simple disc player to the home's multimedia hub continues (in other words, expect standalone Blu-ray players to be more like the PS3, without the gaming), with today's players already capable of streaming online video, streaming your own files through DLNA, Internet connectivity and widgets to access your favourite website and information (YouTube, weather, stock ...), and now it has local storage as well.
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