Nick
04-05-06, 07:50 AM
With accelerated growth of hard-drive-based digital video applications, Hitachi Global
Storage Technologies announced a new product line that gives DVR and set-top box
customers a dedicated high storage capacity solution that's optimized for consumer
electronics: the 3.5-inch CinemaStar hard disk drive.
Industry analyst TrendFOCUS predicts an 80 percent growth for digital video applications
that rely on hard drive storage in 2006. Against this backdrop, the Hitachi CinemaStar
hard drive is designed to harness features that make it receptive to storing and
retrieving digital video content.
The new products, called CinemaStar 7K500 and CinemaStar 7K160, are based off Hitachi's
award-winning 3.5-inch Deskstar platform. The CinemaStar family, which is expected to be
available in early third quarter, brings together the following CE-specific features:
- Silent seek acoustics for "bedroom-quiet" operation
- Low power idle for cooler system operation and greater host-product reliability
- Wider temperature range to support warmer operating environments
- Smart Command Transport and adaptive error recovery
- Thermal fly height control for improved error rates
The CinemaStar 7K500 will be made available in two- and three-disk designs with
250, 320, 400 and 500 GB of storage capacity, while the CinemaStar 7K160's one-disk
design offers 80 and 160 GB of capacity. The new CE-focused drives meet the Restriction
of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance directive issued last year by the European
Union. CinemaStar hard drives are designed for use in standard and high-definition
DVRs, DVD/HDD recorders, DVR-enabled televisions, set-top boxes and media center
PCs.
www.SkyRetailer.com - used with permission
Storage Technologies announced a new product line that gives DVR and set-top box
customers a dedicated high storage capacity solution that's optimized for consumer
electronics: the 3.5-inch CinemaStar hard disk drive.
Industry analyst TrendFOCUS predicts an 80 percent growth for digital video applications
that rely on hard drive storage in 2006. Against this backdrop, the Hitachi CinemaStar
hard drive is designed to harness features that make it receptive to storing and
retrieving digital video content.
The new products, called CinemaStar 7K500 and CinemaStar 7K160, are based off Hitachi's
award-winning 3.5-inch Deskstar platform. The CinemaStar family, which is expected to be
available in early third quarter, brings together the following CE-specific features:
- Silent seek acoustics for "bedroom-quiet" operation
- Low power idle for cooler system operation and greater host-product reliability
- Wider temperature range to support warmer operating environments
- Smart Command Transport and adaptive error recovery
- Thermal fly height control for improved error rates
The CinemaStar 7K500 will be made available in two- and three-disk designs with
250, 320, 400 and 500 GB of storage capacity, while the CinemaStar 7K160's one-disk
design offers 80 and 160 GB of capacity. The new CE-focused drives meet the Restriction
of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance directive issued last year by the European
Union. CinemaStar hard drives are designed for use in standard and high-definition
DVRs, DVD/HDD recorders, DVR-enabled televisions, set-top boxes and media center
PCs.
www.SkyRetailer.com - used with permission