Friday, August 26, 2005
Japan Gets 1 TB DVD Recorder
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 01:00 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."
I read this news earlier this morning and the first thing I looked for was the price. It will be about $2K and while I can totally see myself using this, I just find the price point to be way too high. One thing this article points out is very interesting to me - "...the lack of demand for DVD recorders outside of Asia." I completely agree with this but I don't quite know why. Do any of you have theories? Would none of you buy a 1TB storage device?
I read this news earlier this morning and the first thing I looked for was the price. It will be about $2K and while I can totally see myself using this, I just find the price point to be way too high. One thing this article points out is very interesting to me - "...the lack of demand for DVD recorders outside of Asia." I completely agree with this but I don't quite know why. Do any of you have theories? Would none of you buy a 1TB storage device?
