Hitachi’s reign of tera

So, the 1 terabyte (TB) DVR is here. Or, rather, in Japan. The DV-DH1000W won’t be making an appearance in Europe any time soon, but it does give us a glimpse of our high-def recording future.

One terabyte (1000GB) is enough to hold around 128 hours of high-def broadcasting, which should be with us from Sky in early 2006, or a frankly ridiculous 1700 hours (over 70 days) of standard definition telly. If this is causing you sinus-pain, you’ll be relieved to hear that 500GB, 250GB and 160GB models will also be available.

Hitachi claims that the series is the first capable of recording two high-definition broadcasts simultaneously. They also feature a DVD burner for archiving all those gloriously detailed recordings.

The recorders will be hitting Japan next month. For further more information, buy a plane ticket to Tokyo.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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