Hitachi Unveils 2TB SimpleDrive

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Hitachi has unveiled new 2TB Simple Drive external hard drives. The new line includes the SimpleDrive from Hitachi along with SimpleTech Pro Drive, Simple Tech Duo Pro, and a new 2TB internal hard drive kit for desktop PCs.

The drives with single hard drives use the new Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 7,200 RPM hard drive. The SimpleTech Pro Drive is a dual drive 2TB storage solution with RAID 0/1 capability. The drives are compatible with Mac and PC computers and the SimpleDrive in 2TB is $249.99. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Experiments With Laser Micro Projectors For 3D Displays

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Hitachi has shown at the CEATEC an interesting 3D display prototype.
The 10-inch VGA resolution 3D display does not require glasses and uses 16 projectors to create the 3D effect.
TechOn (via 3d-display-info) calls this technology "Full Parallax 3D TV" and it uses the method of Integral Photography with Overlaid Projection to achieve a 3D image that differs depending on the viewers position. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hitachi Unveils Two Enterprise HDDs

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Hitachi has announced a pair of new hard drives for enterprise users today called the Ultrastar C15K147 and the Ultrastar 15K600. The C15K147 is Hitachi's first 15,000 RPM 2.5-inch 6Gb/s SCSI SAS HDD. The 15K600 is a 3.5-inch drive connectable via 6Gb/s SAS or 4Gb/s FCAL.

The 15K600 HDD spins at 15,000 RPM and has a 3.5-inch form factor for 33% more storage space compared to the previous generation drives. The drive is designed for high intensity environments and has a 64MB cache. The drive comes in 300GB, 450GB, and 600GB capacities. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Unveils New CinemaStar HDDs

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Hitachi has announced new HDDs that are being added to its CinemaStar family. The new drives include 3.5-inch HDDs that use 500GB per platter technology and include the 1TB CinemaStar 7K1000.C and the 1TB CinemaStar 5K1000 CoolSpin drive.

Both of the drives are for use in video applications like DVRs and are intended for streaming video in HD formats with quiet operation and low temperatures. The 1TB drives can store nearly 250 hours of MPEG-4 video in HD resolution. Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:15:46 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Ships First 2TB HDD

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Hitachi has announced that it is now shipping the industry's first 2TB HDD. The drive spins at 7200 rpm and uses low power along with eco features to receive the Energy-Star rating. The drive uses five platters to reach its 2TB capacity.

Other features of the drive include perpendicular magnetic recording technology, a 32MB cache, and the drive uses the 3Gb/s SATA interface. Hitachi says that the power saving features of the new 2TB drive allow it to offer 10% better power savings at idle that with previous designs. Read more

Posted on Thu, 6 Aug 2009 06:18:15 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Announces Trio of Storage Solutions

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Hitachi announced three new consumer storage solutions this week that came from the purchase of SimpleTech earlier this year. The new products include the SimpleTough USB drive, the SimpleDrive mini, and the SimpleNet.

The SimpleTough drive is a water and shock resistant drive that is designed to survive a three meter drop, withstand the pressure of a pone ton truck, and more. The drive has a folding USB cable that it attached permanently. It sells for $99.99 for 250GB, $119.99 for 320GB, and $149.99 for 500GB. Read more

Posted on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Shows Off New Luxury LCD TVs

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Hitachi has announced its new line of luxury LCD TVs at affordable prices. The new UltraVision series includes multiple screen sizes with 55, 46, and 42-inch sizes. Every set in the series has 1080p resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The sets also feature Hitachi's Reel120 smooth movie technology and up to eight HDMI interfaces.

The Alpha 42-inch and 32-inch screens each have four HDMI inputs among the seven total HD inputs offered. Two of the inputs are located on the side of the TV. I am of the opinion that at least three HDMI inputs should always be on the rear of a set. Read more

Posted on Wed, 27 May 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi GazoPa App for the iPhone finds similar Images on the Web

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Hitachi announced a free app for the iPhone called GazoPa, that lets you search with a photo you captured on the iPhone on the web. For instance you can take a photo of a flower you do not know and search with the photo for the answer.

GazoPa is basically the Shazam for images.
GazoPa use image features such as color and/or shape, users can look for images without typing any words. This gives users easy and unique way of searching images on the web.
In addition, searching by drawing is also available on GazoPa for iPhone app. Read more

Posted on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:20:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hitachi 2.5-inch 500GB 5K500.B Hard Drive Review

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Today we are going to look at the Hitachi 5K500.B 2.5-inch HDD for notebook computers. The drive is only 9.5mm thick and needs only 1.4W during read/write operations. The drive family can be had in 120GB, 160Gb, 250GB, 320GB, 400GB, and 500GB.

The drive also offers optional bulk data encryption. The small hard drive is perfect for notebook users looking to add more storage to their notebook. Hitachi also integrates green features into the drive as well. Read more

Posted on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:44:01 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 1TB Enterprise Hard Disk Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 1TB Enterprise Hard Disk.
Quote from the review: "E is for Enterprise; several manufacturers add features to their standard desktop drives to make them perform better in tightly packed clusters and in high performance RAID arrays. Hitachi was first to market with a 1TB drive nearly two years ago. The first 1TB drive required five platters to achieve the milestone mark; because of this, the drives ran a little on the… touch it with your finger and feel the pain, hot side. Areal densities have increased over the two year life span of 1TB drives and now Hitachi is able to deliver a 1TB drive in only three platters. The new E7K1000 is more than just a refresh on their desktop product. The new drive features 32MB of cache, up from 16MB. Read more

Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hitachi Unveils Power Efficient Enterprise HDD

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Hitachi has announced a new enterprise class hard drive called the Ultrastar C10K300 that is intended for use in servers where power efficiency is necessary. The new drive comes in capacities from 147GB to 300GB and spins at 10,000 rpm for high performance.

The new drive has a 2.5-inch form factor and takes up 75% less space than 3.5-inch drives while consuming 65% less power. Advanced power management features allow the drive to operate on 3.4 watts at idle and 6.1 watts in active mode. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:24:21 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Fined $31M for LCD Price Fixing

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The US DOJ has announced that Hitachi has agreed to plead guilty and pay a fine of $31 million for participating in the LCD price fixing conspiracy that has so far led to jail time for some executives and large fines for LG and Chunghwa.

LG will pay a fine of $31 million for its role in fixing prices of TFT-LCD displays sold to Dell computer in the US. The LCDs were sold to Dell from April 1, 2001 until March 31, 2004. The plea deal is still subject to court approval. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Ultravision UT37V702 HDTV Review

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The test lab at our review partner Digital Trends looked at the Hitachi Ultravision UT37V702 HDTV and published a review.
Quote from the review: "One of the hottest HDTV trends is slimming down already skinny flat-panel televisions. At CES 2009, there were loads of prototypes of ultra-slim plasma and LCD TVs, shrinking overall thickness from around 4 inches to one or less. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hitachi Delivers EcoTrac 500GB CinemaStar HDD

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Hitachi announced a new hard drive today in its CinemaStar series that offers 500GB of storage space for video. The drive uses a compact 2.5-inch form factor and is designed for video storage uses that need low power drives and compact designs.

The drive spins at 5400 rpm and has capacities starting at 160GB and going up to the new 500GB drive. Hitachi's SmoothStream technology is integrated into the drive to enhance streaming of video and time-limited error recovery is integrated as well. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Feb 2009 06:15:30 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Intel and Hitachi to Develop SSDs for Enterprise

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Intel and Hitachi announced today that they will be teaming up to develop enterprise class SSDs that use SAS and Fibre Channel interfaces. The two firms expect the first products from the working arrangement to be delivered in early 2010.

The drives are aimed at applications where extremely high input/output operations per second are required along with power efficiency. The new products will be branded and exclusively sold by Hitachi and will use Intel NAND flash memory and SSD technology. Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Dec 2008 08:54:55 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi CP-X10000 3LCD Projector Unveiled

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Hitachi has introduced a new professional projector that uses 3LCD technology. The projector is called the CP-X10000 and is the first model in Hitachi's Professional Series line. The X10000 offers serious brightness of 7500 ANSI lumens and a contrast ratio of 2500:1.

The device uses inorganic optics for a longer life and a 10000-hour filter for easier maintenance. The lens offers ultra-wide range lens shift and a 10-bit full digital video processor. Versatility is enhanced with six different bayonet-style lens options to offer different throw distances for different audience sizes. Read more

Posted on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Ships Green 500GB Notebook HDD

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Hitachi announced today new notebook hard drives that offer high capacity, encryption, and green power features. The 500GB Travelstar 5K500.B uses dual 250GB platters in a standard 9.5mm form factor. The drive has optional Bulk Data Encryption (BDE) for sensitive data.

The drive has the Hitachi EcoTrac classification due to the reduced wattage required to operate the drive, along with its halogen free design. The drive requires only 1.4W during read/write applications. Spin speed for the drive is 5400 RPM. An enhanced availability version of the drive will be offered called the E5K500.B. The normal drive will ship in December with the E5K500.B shipping by the end of Q1 2009. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:09:18 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Whips out Hybrid Blu-Ray Camcorder

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Hitachi announced its latest Blu-Ray camcorder recently called the GZ-BD10HA. The Blu-Ray disc hybrid camcorder can record onto the next generation format HD Blu-Ray disc. The camera uses a newly developed seven megapixel CMOS image sensor to capture rich and vibrant video in full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution. The camcorder can record up to four hours and 20 minutes full HD video or eight hours and 40 minutes of video at 1440 x 1080 resolution on a built-in 30 GB HDD.

In addition to the 30 GB HDD, the camera also features an SDHC card slot for added memory capacity for storing video and still shots. The camcorder has a dubbing function that allows the HD video to be transferred -- with the push of a button -- from either the HDD or the SDHC card to the camcorders internal Blu-Ray drive without the need of a computer. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:42:31 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Launches New CinemaStar HDDs for DVR Use

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Hitachi announced two new hard drives today aimed at storing digital video in DVRs. Both new drives are in the CinemaStar series. The CinemaStar 7K1000.B is available in several different capacities up to 1TB. The CinemaStar 5K320 is available with up to 320GB of storage and uses Hitachi CoolSpin technology.

CoolSpin drives use technology that optimizes drive speed for low power and low acoustics. This helps the drive be quieter and more energy efficient. Both drives are optimized for use 24/7 and have silent-seek acoustics for nearly inaudible operation. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:59:24 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi’s Second Generation 1TB HDD Unveiled

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Hitachi has announced the second generation of its 1TB Deskstar hard drive. The drive is called the Deskstar 7K1000.B and will ship worldwide in July at undisclosed pricing. Hitachi claims the new drive is the most energy efficient 7200 rpm 1TB hard drive in the world.

The drive uses three platters and improves idle power consumption up to 43% over the first generation 1TB drive from Hitachi. The drive also supports bulk data encryption (BDE) as an optional feature for users. The drive delivers 375Gb of storage per platter. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:21:01 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hitachi Announces a Pair of New CinemaStar HDDs

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Hitachi announced a pair of new hard drives today aimed at DVR and home theater use. The drives include the CinemaStar C5K320 and the CinemaStar 5K500. The C5K320 is a 2.5-inch drive available in capacities up to 320GB spinning at 5400 RPM.

The C5K320 uses Hitachi SmoothStream technology for smoother video streaming. Other features include time-limit error recovery and enhanced thermal monitoring. The CinemaStar 5K500 is the first CoolSpin drive from Hitachi and uses an enhanced motor to limit peak current during spin-up and lower continuous power. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 May 2008 06:38:49 CDT | by Shane McGlaun