Posted 08/01/08 at 11:53:28 AM by Paul Lilly

The divide between desktop computer and home theater PCs continues to shrink, fueling the demand for both larger and quieter hard drives. With this in mind, Hitachi announces two new hard drives the company claims will "deliver low power and quiet acoustics for digital video applications."

CinemaStar 7K1000.B

The CinemaStar 7K1000.B comes in capacities ranging from 160GB on up to 1TB and utilizes Hitachi's CoolSpin technology. Drives equipped with CoolSpin use a motor speed Hitachi says makes it the "industry's quietest, most energy-efficient 3.5 inch hard drives" on the market.

Hit the jump to learn more about the new CinemaStar hard drives and see one of the trippiest videos ever!

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Posted 07/09/08 at 02:01:01 AM by David Murphy

Calling it the "Dawn of the Tera Era," Hitachi has announced its first three-platter terabyte drive.  Billed as the Deskstar 7K1000.B, this is the second terabyte-class drive the company has produced since the launch of its first-to-the-market five-platter drive last year.  But here's the weird part: the company has announced no concrete plans to phase out its second-generation drives before 2009.  Nor is Hitachi coming in at a lower price point -- or comparable feature-set -- when compared to the other terabyte drives on the market today.

Check out our (confused) analysis after the jump!  And yes, it appears Hitachi has modeled its "Tera Era" marketing after Hair:

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