Hitachi to unleash terabyte DVD recorder | News.blog | CNET News.com

Hitachi to unleash terabyte DVD recorder | News.blog | CNET News.com: "Hitachi is thinking ahead to the days when people will want to save a lot of high-definition television shows to watch later.
The company unveiled plans to ship a new hard disk drive DVD recorder that can store one terabyte of data on two 500 gigabyte hard disk drives. That's enough space for about 128 hours of high-definition digital broadcasting, according to the good folk over at Reuters who did the math.
The device will initially be available in Japan next month for 230,000 yen ($2,089.95). Hitachi is also offering models able to store 160 gigabytes ($1,181.38), 250 gigabytes and 500 gigabytes of data. "