1000GB Blu-ray Recorder Announced By Hitachi

[Tekman]

1000GB Blu-ray Recorder Announced By Hitachi

Hitachi has revealed a 1 Terrabyte Blu-ray recorder at the Harvey Norman retail conference being held at the Melbourne Convention Centre.


Hitachi is set to launch a 1000GB Blu-ray recorder. The product that was shown at the Harvey Norman Conference being held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. According to Hitachi Australia the device will go on sale in 2008 for around $2,000.

A leader in storage devices, Hitachi has also released in the USA for US$400 the Deskstar 7K1000. It was first announced at CES 2007 as the world's first one-terabyte hard drive and has now been shipping for a month. The drive offers colossal storage capacity and is well-suited for...

http://www.smarthousenews.com.au/Com...orage/A3X2P7W8

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Originally Posted by Tekman

1000GB Blu-ray Recorder Announced By Hitachi

Hitachi has revealed a 1 Terrabyte Blu-ray recorder at the Harvey Norman retail conference being held at the Melbourne Convention Centre.


Hitachi is set to launch a 1000GB Blu-ray recorder. The product that was shown at the Harvey Norman Conference being held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. According to Hitachi Australia the device will go on sale in 2008 for around $2,000.

A leader in storage devices, Hitachi has also released in the USA for US$400 the Deskstar 7K1000. It was first announced at CES 2007 as the world's first one-terabyte hard drive and has now been shipping for a month. The drive offers colossal storage capacity and is well-suited for...

http://www.smarthousenews.com.au/Com...orage/A3X2P7W8

While interesting, what we really need is a 50GB Player for $200.

[Blackraven]

This would be the FIRST BLU-RAY RECORDER TO BE RELEASED OUTSIDE JAPAN (asuming no one gets ahead of them).

Such great news.

[KenThompson]

Some pretty serious storage. They haven't produced a machine yet. Lets hope they get it right the first time out.

[Zvi]

Can someone explain to me how does that thing work? You record from TV or some other source on those 1000G storage and then it can burn BDs from stored material?

[cacruden]

Originally Posted by Zvi

Can someone explain to me how does that thing work? You record from TV or some other source on those 1000G storage and then it can burn BDs from stored material?

I have not read the release, but this will probably not come down in price, it will be a specialty product for IT (backup etc.). There is a major demand for massive data backup, and this is the market they are probably trying to tap.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by Zvi

Can someone explain to me how does that thing work? You record from TV or some other source on those 1000G storage and then it can burn BDs from stored material?

If it works like it works for Japanese BD recorders, yes. The Japanese models are more advanced though, with dual decoders.


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[Zvi]

Thanks. One more question Dual decoders do what? You mean 2 input source decoders or something else?

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by Zvi

Thanks. One more question Dual decoders do what? You mean 2 input source decoders or something else?

It allows for two video sources to be recorded.

[kjack]

The trend is being able to record a couple weeks of 24/7 programming. I saw one unannounced design that had something like 5 tuners and 2TB HDD.

On a side note, I'm pushing manufacturers that include a HDD to allow ability to make managed copy of a movie while it plays, and later be able to stream that copy over the home network to the HDTV.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by kjack

The trend is being able to record a couple weeks of 24/7 programming. I saw one unannounced design that had something like 5 tuners and 2TB HDD.

On a side note, I'm pushing manufacturers that include a HDD to allow ability to make managed copy of a movie while it plays, and later be able to stream that copy over the home network to the HDTV.

If you could make that happen, I might name my first born after you!

[takezo]

1TB hard drive may sound like a lot, but this is High Def. A 1TB HDTV DVR should be equivalent to a 100GB SDTV DVR in recording time.

A bluray recorder is to copy the program that is stored on the DVR to a disc media. BD-R drives are probably not fast enough to burn movies on the fly. A DVR equiped blu-ray recorder also alows you to watch your movies before you record them to disc. This way you don't waste discs on shows you don't like.

[Alex Pallas]

i really expected this not to be released evar even tho it was promised, but holy shit right on! think about the storage possibilities when the price comes down.