April 27th, 2004
400GB Hard Drive
Before we launch into the specs and features of the new Hitachi 400GB hard drive, we need to point out a few things. Hitachi is not targeting this hard drive for your normal PC desktop. It’s really aimed at an emerging application category known as “near-line backup.” Another area of interest is media storage applications, like those used in DVRs (digital video recorders). As HDTV becomes more prevalent, we’re starting to see HD-DVRs. At 8.7GB per hour, HDTV can eat up drive space at an alarming rate. Even a 400GB drive will only hold about 45 hours of HDTV content (depending on compression).