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New Hitachi HDTVs Feature 500GB Hard Drives
Thu Aug 27, 2009 at 02:00 PM ETTags: Hitachi (all tags)
Three Plasmas and two LCDs hit Japanese markets next month.
While there is no confirmation of plans to market any of the newly announced XP035 televisions outside of Japan, also known as the Wooo line, the prospect of the new hard drive sporting displays will certainly pique some interest.
With a pair of LCDs at 37” and 42” and a trio of plasmas at 42”, 46” and 50”, Hitachi is looking to cash in by combining technology and essentially eliminating the need for a DVR. The 500 GB hard drive will reportedly hold approximately four hundred hours of high definition content. The units will also support downloads from various sources.
A translated version of the product’s info sheet reveals a ship date of September 10th, but pricing and international availability are not discussed.
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Hitachi Develops 100GB Blu-ray Disc
Thu Oct 04, 2007 at 02:31 PM ETTags: Industry Trends, Hitachi (all tags)
It's not ready for primetime quite yet, but Hitachi says it has developed a Blu-ray disc with twice the storage capacity of a BD-50 disc.
Although other companies (including TDK and Panasonic) have developed similar prototypes, each have required a specially developed optical head in the player to read the disc.
By contrast, Hitachi's new four layer disc is believed to require only a firmware update to be compatible with existing drives.
According to a report from PC Pro, the manufacturer is working to stabilize signal quality before considering a commercial roll-out for the new discs.
Like the 51 GB HD DVD disc currently in development by Toshiba, it's expected that if Hitachi's 100 GB Blu-ray discs do hit the market, it will be for data storage use to begin with (and not movies).
PC Pro reports that Hitachi is also developing an eight layer disc that would hold 200GB of data.
Thanks to Alistair for the tip!
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- Hitachi showcases 100GB Blu-Ray disc [PC Pro]
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- Report: DVD Forum Approves 51GB HD DVD
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