Let’s face it, we can never have enough storage space on our hard drives. Current hard drives that use perpendicular magnetic recording technology already have densities of 300-400 GB per square inch, and they are capable of achieving up to 1 terabits per square inch density. The technology is being pushed to the limits and more »

Grabbing a hard drive for video can be somewhat confusing. Do you go with a 5400RPM or 7200RPM drive? Will that hard drive spin be so loud that I’ll have to turn up the volume to 11? Hitachi is trying to reach that consumer who wants to get hard drives for video with its CinemaStar more »

And the cards keep tumbling down. It’s not like we didn’t all see this one coming. After all, three other companies have already admitted they were less than legal when it came to fixing prices for LCD panels sold to U.S. companies Today marks Hitachi Displays Ltd. joining the ranks of those companies charged with conspiring to fix prices, making it four companies and seven individuals charged by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Anti-Trust Division.

A plea agreement just waiting for court approval maintains that Hitachi Displays did agree to cooperate with the Justice Department’s continuing antitrust investigation. Good move guys. According to Scott Hammond, Acting Assistant Attorney in charge of the Anti-Trust Division,

“Hitachi joins three other multinational companies who have admitted to their involvement in fixing prices for LCD panels sold to U.S. companies and that have already paid criminal fines totaling more than $585 million. This case should send a strong message to multinational companies operating in the United States that when it comes to enforcing the U.S. antitrust laws we mean business.”

Hitachi’s share of that $585 million is $31 million, not so big considering it is one of only four hit with the rap. They were nabbed for their role in the conspiracy to fix prices in sales of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display panels (TFT-LCD) that were sold to Dell.

Hitachi is releasing a new high-definition camcorder this coming September to the US market – the DZ-BD10HA HD camcorder. What makes this new camcorder from all the other innovative camcorders released by Hitachi is that it lets users record HD videos using a Blu-ray Disc, hard drive or SDHC memory card. Aside from its 3 more »

Hitachi has announced the new, full HD-capable DZ-BD10H camcorder for the Japanese market. This camcorder touts a built-in Blu-ray recorder as one of its major selling factors. But in addition, it also comes equipped with a 7-megapixel 1/2.7 CMOS sensor complemented by a 10x optical zoom. It has a 2.7-inch LCD screen, a 30GB hard more »

Hitachi has announced the US availability of their UltraThin 1.5 displays. The UltraThin line-up will be available in 32, 37, 42 and 47-inch sizes and are available in two product lines. The Director X Series which will range in price from $1,999 up to $4,699 and comes with a 2-year warranty or the UltraVision V more »

Hitachi has launched nine new models for its Wooo HDTV series, of which six are LCD’s while the ramaining three are plasma TV’s.

The first three of the new LCD’s belong to the Wooo UT series and are available in a 32-inch model with a 1366 x 768 resolution and a 37 and 42-inch model, both of which have a 1920 x 1080 resolution. These three LCD’s are slim with just about a 1.38-inch thickness and are loaded with 250GB internal hard drive, iV port for iVDR HDD cartridges, compatible with DLNA, support HD video in 1080p, and have DeepColor and x.v. support. The three LCD’s in the Wooo UT series all come with an external box that holds a dual TV tuner.

With all the concern for being thin that has beset our modern world, the craze for “reduction of size” has infiltrated the world of technology as well. Enter Hitachi at CES 2008 and its spanking new ultra-thin, Plasma HDTV! The Hitachi plasma display model (PDP) is 50 inches in screen size yet only a mere more »

You may have to look very carefully at CES for the new Hitachi LCD and Plasma TV’s, as they are only 1.5″ thick. Actually it wont be too hard to spot them as they come in a 32″, 37″ and 42″ models, with Full HD Resolution (1920x1080p) and a viewing angle of 178 degrees. The more »

More than ever before, hard drive technology is being adopted by gadget manufacturers to cater to the ever-increasing need for multimedia storage on personal devices. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has developed a new storage management system called Audio-Visual Storage Manager (AVSM) for managing the multimedia files in digital video recording devices including set-top boxes (STBs) more »