Hitachi unveils new CinemaStar hard drives

Hitachi announced two new CinemaStar hard drive models. The new 3.5-inch hard drives are the CinemaStar 7K1000.B and the CinemaStar 5K320 which are intended to be used in digital video recorders (DVRs). The CinemaStar 7K1000.B is available up to 1TB capacity, while the CinemaStar 5K320 has 320GB storage capacity.

The 5K320 uses CoolSpin technology which Hitachi claims is one of the most power efficient and quiet hard drive available in the market today. CoolSpin technology consists of a motor that is speed optimized for low power and quiet operation.

Hitachi says that the 1TB CinemaStar 7K1000.B can store up to 247 hours of MPEG-4 encoded high definition video and support up to ten simultaneous data streams. The CinemaStar 7K1000.B will be available in August and the 5K320 will ship in September.