Buffalo shows off the MiniStation Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive in 300 GB capacity. It Stores, backs up and transports digital images, music and other files without taking up room on your PC's main drive. It comes with an armored case and a shock absorbent inner floating structure. Features rotational speed of 5400 RPM and has dimensions of 5cm x 0.8cm x 3.3cm. Available in Japan for around USD 315.
Fujitsu announced the new MHY2 BS Series of 2.5" hard disk drives, which are designed for 24-hour continuous operation and are available in storage capacities of up to 200 GB. Models in this series have a disk speed of 5,400 RPM and Serial ATA interface.
Designed for industrial equipment and for enterprise applications, it delivers 24-hour continuous operation and high-frequency access, as well as for lower heat generation and reduced energy consumption.
Western Digital has announced the GreenPower Initiative and launched new hard drives that consume less electricity. WD says that with the increase of hard drive capacities, the power required to run those drives increases as well. The new eco-friendly family will include drives ranging in size from 320GB to 1TB.
Currently available 1 TB hard drives have a typical power consumption rating greater than 13.5 watts. New Green Power drives saves 4-5 watts over competitors' drives and guarantees the same performance. Its important to remember: consuming less power lowers the electricity bill as well.
Western Digital releases new WD RE2 750 GB hard-drive. The new SATA drive features 1.2 million hours MTBF, 16 MB cache, 7200 RPM and 3 Gb/s data transfer rate. Its seek times are: 8.9 ms (read) and 9.6 ms (write).
Sony debuted its next-generation multi-function DVDirect DVD recorder, which can quickly transfer high-definition home videos and digital photos to DVD discs without using a computer.
The new VRD-MC5 model can now transfer AVCHD quality videos to DVD discs in their native 1080i HD resolution when connected directly to a Sony hard drive or Memory Stick Handycam camcorder. The DVD can be played back on compatible Blu-ray Disc devices.
The model includes Digital Video (i.LINK/FireWire/IEEE-1394), S-Video, Composite Video inputs, and USB. In addition, the VRD-MC5 can directly record digital photos to a DVD as a slideshow or just for photo storage from any of the five popular digital camera memory cards. It sports slots for Memory Stick Pro and Memory Stick Pro Duo media, Compact Flash, Secure Digital (SD/SDHC), and xD-picture card.
It comes with a built-in 2.5-inch color LCD screen and features automatic DVD menu and title creation.
VRD-MC5 will be available in August for about USD 230.
LG announces the first 6x Blu-Ray Burner. The GGW-H20N is the successor of the currently available GGW-H10N Super-multi Blue Blu-Ray /HD DVD combo drive. The new model can write 6x BD-R, 16x DVD+/-R, 40x CD-R and read 3x HD-DVD ROM.It also can burn BD-R DL (50GB) at 4x, which means that you will be able to write approximately 46 GB of data in less than 50 minutes. The drive will be available in the third quarter of the year.
Fujitsu unveils its new portable 300 GB External Hard Disk Drive. It features an integrated USB 2.0 cable, a 16-point omnidirectional shock mounting design, Data Protection Suite for PC and Cryptainer encryption program. The new Hard Disk Drive has 300 GB of capacity, runs at 4200 RPM and it is available for US$ 229.
Mitsubishi announced the release of the first dual-layer HD DVD-R media, which offers 30 GB of capacity. It can be recorded at 1x. The discs will be launched first on the japanese market by the end of the month at US$ 33 aproximately.
SanDisk has announced that increased the storage capacity for its MicroSDHC line: now it is available in 6 GB and 8 GB. With 8 GB, it is possible to store up to 2,000 digital songs or five hours of MPEG4 video. Both cards are rated at SD Speed Class 4 (writes at 4MB/sec).
Transcend announces its latest 32GB ExpressCard/34 SSD. With a low power consumption, it is perfect as a mobile storage solution in notebook computers with ExpressCard slot.
It also supports USB 2.0 and PCI Express Applications, and perfectly matches mobile and desktop systems. Moreover, it comes bundled with a portable USB adapter, which makes it work as a regular USB flash drive. Suggested price: USD 509.
