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Given how well Intel’s mainstream and enterprise solid-state drives are doing, you wouldn’t think they’d need to partner up with anybody to move forward. Still, there have to be benefits from getting cosy with Hitachi, the world’s third-largest hard-drive manufacturer. The two companies have announced a partnership to jointly-develop SSDs.
If you have a need for a professional projector, then you might want to seriously consider the Hitachi CP-X10000. This projector packs in the features for the professional AV crowd, making it really stand out from the pack.
Hitachi Maxell have announced a set of noise-cancelling iPod earphones that require no batteries. Instead, the Apple-only earbuds rely on the iPod’s own battery. The HP-NC20.IPs have an iPod dock connector rather than a 3.5mm headphone plug, and use a separate volume slider on the plug itself as the PMP’s own volume control will not [...]
Hitachi Japan have announced two new projectors, the CP-X809J and the CP-WX410J. Intended for business use rather than home entertainment, the projectors still could appeal to individual users not least because of their brightness levels. The WX410J comes in at 3,000 lumens, while the X809J raises the bar even further at 5,000 lumens.
Hitachi have announced a 500GB 2.5-inch hard-drive that combines optional Bulk Data Encryption (BDE) for hard-drive-level data security with environmentally-friendly features such as halogen-free design and the industry’s lowest read/write power specification. In fact, Hitachi are so pleased with the 5K500.B that they’ve awarded it their new EcoTrac classification: the label describes devices that minimize [...]
Panasonic’s takeover of Sanyo could be days away from a full announcement, according to the latest rumors from sources close to the deal. While Panasonic would only say that no official statement of the takeover bid had been made, three sources speaking on condition of anonymity have claimed that Panasonic President Fumio Ohtsubo and Sanyo [...]
Hitachi at CEDIA 2008 showcases a concept digital camcorder that is capable of streaming HD video to a TV display wirelessly. The prototype video camera captures video on its HDD in HD MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format, and has an SDIO standard IEEE802.11g module to transmit live feed or captured video to TV via an access point.
At CEATEC 2008, Hitachi demonstrated an Alpha IPS 32-inch WXGA LCD panel with 19mm at its thinnest part. A year later, the company has rolled up a new prototype with thinner profile, bigger screen at Full HD resolution. As reported last week, the new 37-inch IPS LCD panel has 15mm at its thinnest part. It [...]
Netbooks made their typical strong showing this week, with ASUS announcing their intention to put 3G HSUPA into the Eee PC 901. Meanwhile their N10 was reviewed and deemed the first netbook “suitable for serious gaming“, a promising title indeed. Lenovo’s S10 also hit reviewers’ benches, making a strong - if at times warm - [...]
At the CEATEC show in Japan next week, Hitachi will show off their latest technology which works to improve the resolution of standard-def to nearly 1080p quality. The up-converting tech will convert DVDs and SDTV to almost-HD and could even make HDTV broadcasts look better.
