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Hitachi releases in Japan its new 500GB iVDRs HDD + USB Cradle

iVDR was suppose to be the answer to all our Storage needs and problems with a unique format capable to be used in everything ranging from your PC, TV, Video Recorder, Car and even Camera. But like many proprietary format, the iVDR nev[...]
Hitachi releases in Japan its new 500GB iVDRs HDD + USB Cradle
Hitachi releases in Japan its new 500GB iVDRs HDD + USB Cradle

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Maxell Announces HDD + USB HDD Reader Bundle

Hitachi Maxell Ltd, better known as the Maxell of cassette tape and battery fame, has announced a limited bundle pack of its 500GB cartridge hard drive, the iV, with a USB 2.0 “computer adapter” and control software. Maxell[...]
Maxell Announces HDD + USB HDD Reader Bundle
Maxell Announces HDD + USB HDD Reader BundleMaxell Announces HDD + USB HDD Reader Bundle

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11 New Wooo TVs from Hitachi in Japan

Divided in 3 series, with the XP05, HP05 and H05, Hitachi announced this morning 11 new Wooo TVs. The first Series, the XP05, features a 320GB HDD (iVDR), DLNA, XCodeHD a High Performance Single Chip HD Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder produ[...]
11 New Wooo TVs from Hitachi in Japan
11 New Wooo TVs from Hitachi in Japan11 New Wooo TVs from Hitachi in Japan11 New Wooo TVs from Hitachi in Japan11 New Wooo TVs from Hitachi in Japan

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Bring the iVDR and REC-iN world to your Notebook via USB

Unfortunately unpopular in Japan and only available in Japan, the iVDR, a simple 2.5” HDD mounted a cartridge type case and bloated with DRM, has now a new cradle in order to be used with a PC/Notebook via USB. Installed on some Hitach[...]
Bring the iVDR and REC-iN world to your Notebook via USB
Bring the iVDR and REC-iN world to your Notebook via USBBring the iVDR and REC-iN world to your Notebook via USBBring the iVDR and REC-iN world to your Notebook via USB

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Hitachi Announces Several PDPs and LCD TVs with Both a 500GB HDD and DLNA Support

Here are the P-XP035 Series (PDP – Plasma with a 40000:1 contrast Ratio) from Hitachi, available in 42″, 46″ and 50” with a Full HD resolution, featuring a 500GB internal HDD, an iVDR Slot, and DLNA support, and the L-XP35 [...]
Hitachi Announces Several PDPs and LCD TVs with Both a 500GB HDD and DLNA Support
Hitachi Announces Several PDPs and LCD TVs with Both a 500GB HDD and DLNA SupportHitachi Announces Several PDPs and LCD TVs with Both a 500GB HDD and DLNA Support

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Repoch Sanyo’s New iVDR Based DVR

Wow iVDR is still alive and kicking and today thanks to Sanyo we are happy to announce a new iVDR based product, the REPOCH, a DVR (digital video recorder) with both an analogic and digital TV tuner using 320GB iVDR cards to record vid[...]
Repoch Sanyo’s New iVDR Based DVR
Repoch Sanyo’s New iVDR Based DVRRepoch Sanyo’s New iVDR Based DVRRepoch Sanyo’s New iVDR Based DVRRepoch Sanyo’s New iVDR Based DVRRepoch Sanyo’s New iVDR Based DVR

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Wooo!! 11 New PDPs and LCDTVs from Hitachi!

Sorry for the lame title and playing with Hitachi’s product name line-up, but I couldn’t resist… Yesterday Hitachi, like Toshiba, refreshed their LCD and PDP (Plasma) TV line-up with 11 new models. Let’s start with the PDPs, the [...]
Wooo!! 11 New PDPs and LCDTVs from Hitachi!
Wooo!! 11 New PDPs and LCDTVs from Hitachi!Wooo!! 11 New PDPs and LCDTVs from Hitachi!

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Hitachi launches in Japan 3 New LCD TV’s only 35mm thick -

Now I understand why Hitachi chooses the word WOOO for their Video product line-up… Behold the magnificent HD and HD-Ready LCD TV’s UT42-HHV700 (42″ Full HD), UT37-HV700 (37″ Full HD) and UT32-HV700 (32″ HD Read[...]
Hitachi launches in Japan 3 New LCD TV’s only 35mm thick -

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CEATEC 07 –Hitachi booth, with some very nice concepts

Among the products that Hitachi presented in Japan over the last 6 months, we could enjoy a range of iVDR products and tuned case as well as an iVDR prototype player, which strangely had a design similar to a WII (well sort of)… , ther[...]
CEATEC 07 –Hitachi booth, with some very nice concepts
CEATEC 07 –Hitachi booth, with some very nice conceptsCEATEC 07 –Hitachi booth, with some very nice conceptsCEATEC 07 –Hitachi booth, with some very nice conceptsCEATEC 07 –Hitachi booth, with some very nice conceptsCEATEC 07 –Hitachi booth, with some very nice concepts

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A new Video Recorder by Hitachi

Hitachi is about to put on sale the IV-R1000, a new Video Recorder, good for HD recording, and it works just like your good old VHS tape recorder… simple as that… it features a couple iVDR slots, each one is an external HDD[...]
A new Video Recorder by Hitachi

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Hitachi presents a new PDP Full HD TV

P60-XR01, that’s the lovely name of Hitachi’s latest creation when it comes to the PDP Full HD TeleVisions; this new baby features a sweet 60 inch screen capable of displaying crisp 1920×1080 images, and rocking the e-[...]
Hitachi presents a new PDP Full HD TV

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Hitachi presents a couple new LCD HDTVs with iDVR

The iVDR is a hard disk drive that you can plug in many types of products such as PC, video recorders, camera recorders, audio systems and televisions and it has already been used with PDP TeleVisions…Hitachi decided to add it to[...]
Hitachi presents a couple new LCD HDTVs with iDVR

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Hitachi unveils their new HD TVs with iVDR hard disk!

This morning in Yurakucho, Hitashi was inviting the Japanese press for the launch of their new PDP (Plasma) TVs. The Wooo 01 has quite a few new features, including FINALLY an iVDR module for this kind of product. Remember we talked ab[...]
Hitachi unveils their new HD TVs with iVDR hard disk!

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The iVDR is not dead and I-O Data is still a firm believer!

Ahhh, the I-O Data iVDR… A promising system that never took off for lack of support from manufacturers who did not welcome a cartridge based system that could connect to anything (PC, car, GPS, DVD player, camcorder, TV…) without using[...]
The iVDR is not dead and I-O Data is still a firm believer!

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