Suhit Gupta
04-16-2004, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20040415/hitachi2.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20040415/hitachi2.htm</a><br /><br /></div>"Hitachi has announced a crop of new DVD/HDD recorders for release in Japan later this year. Flagship in the excitably named WOOO range (which signifies “wonder”, “world standard” and “worthwhile”, in case you were wondering) is the MS-DS400, the first product to get the recently announced Hitachi Global Storage Technologies 400GB drive. It’ll play DVD-RAM/-RW/-R discs, and will record to DVD-RAM/±RW/±R."<br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/hitachi400gb.jpg" /><br /><br />The MS-DS400 does not appear to have any TiVo-like technology though apparently it has a range of search and display functions to help in keeping track of the up to 67 hours of high quality video you can record. Release date is approximately mid-June in Japan, and will apparently sell for around Y145,000 (~US$ 1355). The MS-DS250, also announced at the same time will have a 250GB drive and should sell for around Y 125,000 (~US$ 1170). Both devices will support 5 modes of recording - 5 modes of XP+/XP/HSP/SP/LP (where XP+ is the super hi-bitrate of 12Mbps). The translated version of the article <a href="http://www.worldlingo.com/wl/translate?wl_lp=none-none&wl_glossary=gl1&wl_fl=0&wl_rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fav%2Fdocs%2F20040415%2Fhitachi2.htm&wl_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fav%2Fdocs%2F20040415%2Fhitachi2.htm&wl_g_table=-3">available here</a>.