Japan Gets 1 Terabyte DVD Recorder

By Nate Mook | Published August 25, 2005, 12:30 PM

Hitachi has created the first 1-terabyte DVD recorder, which utilizes two 500GB hard drives to store up to 128 hours of high-definition television. The company's new lineup also comes in 160GB, 250GB and 500GB sizes, which Hitachi hopes will help it win market share from Matsushita and Sony.

The new recorders are expected to launch next month in Japan, and there is no plan to bring them to Europe or the United States. The problem, Hitachi says, is the lack of demand for DVD recorders outside of Asia. In the U.S. DVRs such as TiVo remain the device of choice while European consumers have been slow to adopt either technology.

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they are freak. oh my God!

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A good device with plenty of storage.
Now let's see how it perfoms.

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Not news in my opinion........so I can make the same thing on a Saturday afternoon. Big Deal.

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There really isn't a heck of a lot of difference between the Hitachi device and TiVo really.

They're both hard drive based video recorders. The only difference is that Hitachi's is 1TB (2x500GB hard drives).

The heading is misleading (as can be seen on slashdot). It's not a 1TB DVD Recorder. It's a 1TB hard drive based recorder with a standard DVD burner in it.

Not to mention that it is capable of recording HD to the hard drives, but not to the DVD burner.

So there really isn't any reason to want one of these things. Not to mention they're priced around $2,100. Not exactly anything worthwhile.

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"Not exactly anything worthwhile."

...yet.

New technology is always a waste if you buy it immediately. Once the price comes down, and use spreads, this could be a pretty cool little device IMO.

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"In the U.S. DVRs such as TiVo remain the device of choice" That's only because the company's who make this crap told Americans they need it. This way they can scam them out of money every mouth. The DVD recorder is free. Only paying for the device and the disks.

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I'll buy one. Set me up!

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