Hitachi DV-DH1000W

Aug 29, 2005 1010 hrs IST

An amazing 1 terabyte of recording space

The behemoth of storage has made it's la Grande appearance. The Hitachi DV-DH1000W lugs around an amazing 1 terabyte (1024 GB, for those in the dark) of storage space. The fore-runner of HDTV broadcast recorders, the Hitachi DV-DH1000W, a digital tuner for tuning into HDTV programming. Although, by the HDTV specs, 1TB "isn't enough" for recording. It can only record 128 hours (what? that's it?). Expected retail price is US$2,000 in Japan initially. Let's see if its launched in India though.





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josh
,florence, on Sep 27, 2005 08:13 AM
where do you buy it at. And what the company's Web sit.
JamesBond
,007, on Aug 31, 2005 01:45 PM
No need to waste money dude.
playpolly
,London, on Aug 31, 2005 12:08 AM
Hitachi’s DV-DH1000W, 1 terabyte hi-def DVR with DVD recorder In High Definition this would store 34movies of 2 Hours length each In Standard Defination this would store 850movies of 2 Hours length each High Definition is a concept which is really expensive and unless a person has a Display Screen that can portray and do justice to the incoming signal it does not make sense to pay 2000$ up front. HDTV via cable is available and costs twice or about 4 time’s as much as regular cable TV here in North America. Buying a DVD player that also converts an incoming signal to HDTV makes lot more sense than investing in this Hitachi. It makes sense for a “cable waala” as he does not have to bother about scratching his discs or crashing his computer if he is able to dump all the movies on this Hitachi Platter. Coming to the Media Side of the discussion: A CD has lasted over 15 years and is still being used by Music Recording Industries and it will still prevail unless one artist wants to come out with more songs and/or choose a format better than WAV. For me personally: I want the Blu-Ray to have commercial success but it would not be commercially viable ASAP and DVD's would not go out of the market for another 10 years or more. The Dual Layer DVD will be a standard within some time as most Hollywood movies are recorded on a Dual Layer and the demand is going up. UMD by Sony has recently been standardised due to the popularity of the PSP. The UMD, which has a storage capacity of 1.8GB and resembles a small DVD enclosed in a plastic case, is currently used by Sony to store PSP video games and movies. Like the Protected Mini Disc or UMD the Blu-Ray (BD) will have a commercial success and Sony PS3 will feature a Blu-Ray Disc Drive. Sonic Solutions, a leader in digital media software, and Philips & BenQ Digital Storage Corporation (PBDS), a leading Blu-ray (BD) technology company, debuted Blu-ray Disc recording/playback solutions in May this year that will allow consumers to burn and play back discs in the new high-capacity BD digital media format. I like the BD or the UMD is much safer than a normal DVD as it is protected by the plastic case but, until those become commercially viable and widely accepted by consumers, I think a physical medium will prevail, and I don’t believe that it will be the CD for much longer.
abhay_j
,mumbai, on Aug 29, 2005 11:02 PM
lol who ths hell willl buy it @ 2000 $'s!!! my dvd writer for 4g's iz more than enough ;P
Pats
,Bangalore, on Aug 30, 2005 10:08 AM
You sound a bit like me when I first thought - "What the hell with 650MB I can back up my whole Hard Disk onto a Compact Disk" - I have 320 GB of Disk Space and believe it or not, I still run short of space. The product looks good - pricey, but like all electronic goods, its bound to come down. I shall wait!
Ganesh
,Mumbai, on Aug 30, 2005 01:11 PM
Hey Abhay, did you know that HDTV requires a LOT of space. In fact Blu Ray discs will have 50 GB capacity. Imagine HD movies needing around 50 GB space. 4GB DVD writers will be obsolete when High definition becomes the norm in few years. HD movies on HD-DVD will release within Oct 2005 and I have heard that Blu Ray writers are not far away. Just when we thought DVD writer was a long term investment :(
Ahit Dasgupta
,Mumbai, on Aug 30, 2005 09:39 AM
Looks good, it would take a while to gain popularity in this Country. Need more information about available recording time VS video resolution. Does it have a burner installed? If it does, then it makes a good archiving machine. $2000 is on the expensive side.
Alien
,Z13-c, on Aug 29, 2005 07:08 PM
What's the point even if it launched in India, like we got any HDTV broadcast here.. duh !!! We are not out of Cablewallah trend yet, talk about HDTV.

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