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  • Hitachi unveils super-fast, super-slim HDD for laptops

    Hitachi unveils super-fast, super-slim HDD for laptops

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced the Travelstar Z5K320 today, a new line of 2.5-inch mobile hard drives that are just 7mm thick. The HDDs will be available in capacities of 160GB, 250GB or 320GB. Hitachi says the new HDDs are the slimmest, lightest, and fastest in the industry (at least in this combination).

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  • Western Digital has sold more hard drives this year than Seagate

    Western Digital has sold more hard drives this year than Seagate

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Five hundred and fifty eight million hard drives were shipped in 2009. Think about that for a moment. Five hundred and fifty eight million. Of those, 175.2 million (or 31.4%) carried the Seagate brand name while 165.2 million came from Western Digital. According to The Information Network, WD pulled ahead in the first quarter of 2010, selling 51.1 million hard drives compared to Seagate's 50.3 million sold. I guess that's big news, if you're really into hard drives, or have strong brand loyalty to the drive in your computer. Me, I don't care so much.

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  • LED REGZA: Toshiba Japan to roll out 15 new LCD TVs

    LED REGZA: Toshiba Japan to roll out 15 new LCD TVs

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Toshiba Japan has announced [JP] a total of 15 new LCD REGZA TVs for the Japanese market today (the company is selling REGZAs outside Japan, meaning chances are these new models will be rolled out internationally, too). And there's a REGZA-branded HDD now. Here are the main specs for the entire lineup.

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  • Not 3D but pretty, too: Sony’s seven new LCD TVs

    Not 3D but pretty, too: Sony’s seven new LCD TVs

    Posted on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Granted, the seven new LCD (non-3D) TVs Sony announced [JP] in Japan today are not as sexy as their 3D counterparts, but they are worth mentioning, too. The new BRAVIAs break down into three series, the NX800, the HX700 and the HDD-equipped BX-30H. In contrast to the 3D TVs presented today, Sony didn't go into details regarding international sales plans for their 2D models.

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  • torne: Sony Japan’s DVR/TV tuner for PS3 gets priced and dated

    torne: Sony Japan’s DVR/TV tuner for PS3 gets priced and dated

    Posted on February 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Sony Japan has been preparing an ISDB-T tuner peripheral called torne for the PS3 for quite some time now, and today the company announced [JP] both a final price ($110) and a release date (March 18). Unfortunately, the device, which comes with DVR software, is Japan-only at this point. The torne is similar to PlayTV (not available in the US), a twin-channel DVB-T tuner first launched in Europe back in 2008.

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  • JVC’s HD media player box supports SD cards only

    JVC’s HD media player box supports SD cards only

    Posted on February 10, 2010 | No Comments
    No DVD, no Blu-ray and no HDD: JVC Japan is keeping it extra-simple with the CU-VS100, a media player box that supports nothing but SD cards. Announced [JP] yesterday for the Japanese market, the device is targeted at people who just want to conveniently view HD content stored on SD/SDHC on their TV.

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  • Panasonic announces world’s first 1080/60p camcorder(s)

    Panasonic announces world’s first 1080/60p camcorder(s)

    Posted on February 10, 2010 | No Comments
    It's not everything about 3D for Panasonic these days. The company today announced the HDC-HS700 and HDC-TM700 [press release in English], which are the world's first 1080/60p camcorders. Strangely enough, said press release mentions neither this bit of information nor release dates (the Japanese one does).

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  • JVC announces Blu-ray/DVD/VHS recorder with 250GB HDD

    JVC announces Blu-ray/DVD/VHS recorder with 250GB HDD

    Posted on January 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Here's a new device that can help those who still sit on precious VHS cassettes that never made it onto discs. JVC announced [JP] the SR-HV250 for the Japanese market today, a Blu-ray/DVD recorder, VHS recorder and 250GB hard disc drive all rolled into one. The device supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and AVREC. You also get a USB port, an SD/SDHC slot, LAN connectivity, an HDMI interface, and an S-Video. The device lets you record video on BD-R/RE and DVD-R/RE discs.

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  • Kohjinsha’s futuristic dual-screen notebook

    Kohjinsha’s futuristic dual-screen notebook

    Posted on November 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Maybe it's just me, but this dual-screen notebook Kojinsha started selling in Japan today [JP] looks very futuristic (and very cool) to me. The main selling point is that you get not one but two 10.1-inch LCD screens in a compact body (size: 280×210×19〜42mm, weight: 1.84kg). And you can even buy the DZ6KH16E, which looks like a normal notebook when you use just one of the screens, if you live outside Japan.

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  • World’s smallest NAS: the Thecus N0204

    World’s smallest NAS: the Thecus N0204

    Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments
    So this is kind of cool. It's a NAS that uses 2.5" hard drives, making for a much smaller form factor. In fact, it's about the size of a standard USB hard drive enclosure. The best part? The price. The Thecus N0204 retails for just $150; you'll have to provide your own drives, though.

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  • iBuyPower outs its first Core i7 gaming notebook, the Battalion 101 W870CU & M980NU

    iBuyPower outs its first Core i7 gaming notebook, the Battalion 101 W870CU & M980NU

    Posted on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
    IBuyPower is back with a good looking Core i7 gaming notebook. The 17.3-inch Battalion 101 W8u0CU packs just about everything you would expect from a top-tier notebook with the a price tag to match. Or you could opt for the M980NU and net a huge 18.4-inch 1080p LCD. That is, of course, if you don't ever plan on moving the damn thing.

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  • VHS lives: JVC announces VHS/DVD/Blu-ray recorder for Japan

    VHS lives: JVC announces VHS/DVD/Blu-ray recorder for Japan

    Posted on October 30, 2009 | No Comments
    It seems VHS will never die, and this is generally welcome, as a lot of good movies aren't still available on optical discs. In summer 2008, Panasonic released a VHS/Blu-ray combo, followed by Sharp's Aquos BD-HDV22 that was pretty much the same thing. And today, over one year later, JVC anounced the DR-BH250 [JP], which is a VHS recorder, Blu-Ray Recorder and 250GB HDD rolled into one.

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  • And a new MacBook, too. Polycarbonate, LED display, $999

    And a new MacBook, too. Polycarbonate, LED display, $999

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Gadzooks, a new MacBook! Yup, Apple has re-designed the entry level MacBook, and it's now made of “rugged polycarbonate that withstands the rough and tumble of everyday life.” LED backlit, too.

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  • Apple outs new Mac minis

    Apple outs new Mac minis

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Just like the rumor stated, Apple refreshed the Mac mini lineup today. The smallest Macs now sport faster 2.26GHz or 2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo CPUs, 2 or 4 GB of RAM, and either 160 or 320 HDD. There is also a $999 1TB option but you must forgo the optical drive. Apple must be [...]

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  • Dynabook MX/43 and MX/33: New netbooks from Toshiba

    Dynabook MX/43 and MX/33: New netbooks from Toshiba

    Posted on October 13, 2009 | No Comments
    Toshiba's 18-4-inch laptop Qosmio G60, which the company announced today, is quite cool, but at $3,200, it may be a bit too pricey for most of us. And sometimes, a smaller laptop does the job, too. So it's good to know Toshiba has some (relatively) affordable netbooks among the dozens of new computers the company announced today for the Japanese market.

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