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Hitachi is claiming that its latest Blu-ray camcorders will be released by the end of the year. The company has developed an 8-cm Blu-ray DVD drive with 7GB capacity and 5.3MP CMOS sensor. Perfect for sneaking up on your girlfriend, in Hi-Def! Stay tuned for more updates.
Hitachi’s latest hybrid DVD+HDD camcorder, the DZ-HS500E, comes jam packed with 30x optical and 1500x digital zoom. The device combines the high capacity of a 30GB Hard disc with the convenience of a multiform at +DVD burner. This camcorder is supported by one touch button to burn movies from HDD to DVD and features 2 channels Dolby Digital acoustic recording. The DZ-HS500E also has a 2.7 inch TFT LCD screen. This gadget is perfect for taking footage of your hot co-ed neighbors and posting it on YouTube for us to enjoy! No word on pricing or availability yet. Stay tuned for more updates.
The HMP-X5 MP3 player from Hitachi comes jam packed with 2GB of memory. The gadget plays MP3, WMA and WAV file formats. The four line display shows track information and other details. The player connects via USB and is compatible with Mac and Windows. Measuring 84mm × 29mm × 13mm and weighing 30.7grams, the Hitachi HMP-X5 MP3 player will be available in Japan from July 12 for $65.
Hitachi is ready to release its new digital camera. Known as the Hitachi HDC-507, this fashionable digicam offers 5MP sensor with a fixed focal length, a 2.4-inch TFT LCD monitor and the ability to record movie. Pricing is still unknown.
Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 notebook hard drive is touted as the fastest notebook drive with encryption technology in the world. The company also claims the Travelstar 7K200 consumes just about the same power as current 5,400 rpm models and emitting the same levels of heat and noise. In addition, the new Dell and Alienware notebooks will carry this new hard drive. Available in 200GB capacity, the hard drive is spinning at 7200 rpm. No word yet on pricing.
Hitachi claims that this new drive is 18-33% faster in application performance as compared to other 2.5-inch 7200 and 5400-rpm drive currently available. The drive also has 350 Gs of shock tolerance facilitating better data protection from vibration, drops and bumps. The hard drive level bulk data encryption means that when you discard the drive, rather than erasing the data on the entire drive you only need to erase the encryption key to make the drive unreadable.
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The Hitachi W51H is the clamshell phone that has a 2.9 inch wide display with the resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The handset also supports an external color display, a fingerprint scanner to safeguard your sensitive data, a 2MP shooter with LED Flash, a 30MB of onboard memory, and a MicroSD slot for additional storage capacity. From this configuration, it seems that the phone is targeted towards business users. The Hitachi W51H measures 50mm ×106mm ×22mm and weighs 142 grams. It is now available in Japan via the KDDI network.
Hitachi promised to release a 3.5-inch HDD with a 1TB capacity this year. This massive capacity hard drive will be dubbed as the Deskstar 7K1000 and will carry a $399 price tag when it comes out. Seagate Technology will also come out with a 1TB drive in the first half of 2007. The two companies will show off their hybrid hard drive prototypes at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Currently, Hitachi sells 3.5-inch HDD that hold 500GB of data, while Seagate has come out with a 750GB hard drive. You can compare these 3.5-inch hard drives with the first hard drive in the world that weighed about a ton and held just 5MB of data.
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