The price is pretty ridiculous. But I still say it has its uses.

Plus a lot of people have home videos on VHS still.

Yep, you're right. I supposed I should have actually gone to the link that was listed and read about it. But a burner makes the VHS portion pretty worthless.

Hey, don't knock the record albums! Many still think they sound superior to CDs and they have been making a comeback in recent years.

I think the word "niche" is being generous. How about "micro-niche"

I would think that most everyone who wanted to convert their VHS tapes into "digital form" would have done it a long time ago onto DVD. I don't see why people who already converted their tapes into DVD would want to do it again. The purpose of doing it is to convert into digital format. Moreover, if anybody is thinking of doing the service now, a whole industry has spawned on this - and is sure as shit cheaper than $1,450.00.

Blu Ray players are going to keep playing DVDs so its not like their "converted VHS" DVDs are going to blow up.

Nobody is mentioning that this is coming out in Japan. EVERYTHING comes out in Japan, and not necesarily in the US. Besides. Stuff like this in the US is usually geared toward prosumers, like video production companies.

Im not getting it unless they include a record player and 8 track options. Also I saw no HI-FI sound outputs.

Hey don't laugh. I had 8 tracks. They were cool, no rewinding:rock:

This Blu-ray/VHS Combo player is pretty hilarious. How in the world do they think it is worth it's hefty price tag?

And changing tracks in the middle of a song with the dropout was cool damn it! :)

(sadly, i still have some tapes, but no player)

Because it's a 6X Blu-ray recorder with a 320 GB hard drive. The VHS portion probably adds about $25 to the overall cost of the unit.