—A Whole New Way of Watching Media—
| Atsushi Ugajin | Media Storage Development Dept., Internet Systems Platform Div., Ubiquitous Platform Systems, |
| Tsutomu Numata | Desktop Business Unit, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd. |
In the market for video recorder units, DVD (digital versatile disk) recorders have seen explosive growth in recent years. HDD (hard disk drive)/DVD recorders in particular are predicted to enter households quickly, because of their convenience. The rapid increase of households connected to broadband networks has also caused an increase in the number of PCs and "information appliances" that can connect to networks and communicate from within the home. This has led this phenomenon to be referred to as a fusion of broadcast and communication within the home. With this concept in mind, Hitachi developed a new type of HDD/DVD recorder. In future, Hitachi will develop a hybrid digital recorder as the core of the home network, while expanding the capacity and features of the hard disk, the recorder's key component, and making it more quiet and energy efficient.
 | The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
DVD, HDD, recorder, EPG
