Already big in Japan, DVD machines that record television are going to get a bit faster thanks to a deal between Pioneer and TDK. Pioneer has already captured 40% of the market for domestic DVD recorders.

The recorders feature a built in hard drive to store television programs, much like the Tivo. The major difference is that you can then save a program using the built-in rewriteable DVD drive. The current Pioneer machine uses a double speed drive.

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