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Hitachi and Panasonic strengthen plasma TV partnership
Cross-supplying 103- and 85-inch panels 24 May 2007 13:11 GMT
Hitachi and Matsushita Electric Industrial, best known for its Panasonic brand products, today announced that they have agreed to supply each other with plasma display
panels.

In February 2005, Hitachi and Panasonic agreed to move forward with a wide-ranging...
85-inch plasma HDTV from Hitachi
Hitachi looking to dominate massive screen LCD 19 April 2007 15:45 GMT
Hitachi is getting bigger, this time focusing on the size of the products and not its bank account.

The company aims to dominate the market of large-sized plasma display panel TVs with the addition of an 85-inch model to its line-up.

The manufacturers...
CES 2007: Hitachi unveils 1TB desktop computer drive
Loads of space for photos and music 5 January 2007 16:48 GMT
Hitachi has announced that it is launching a 3.5-inch 1 terabyte hard disk drive for desktops at the beginning of this year.

The company will demonstrate the drive at CES next week.

A 3.5-inch TB drive for digital video recorder is also in the pipeline,...
Sony battery update: Hitachi puts its name on the list
Come on HP, Sony, jump on the bandwagon 6 October 2006 16:51 GMT
Sony executives must be feeling as though they’re experiencing the worst case of deja-vu ever. In what is fast becoming a case of “you mean you haven’t had to send your battery back yet?” today it’s the turn of Hitachi, who has announced its recalling 16,000 in Japan.
Hitachi plans to develop Blu-ray recording video camera
Still waiting for 8cm disk to be finalised 3 October 2006 15:57 GMT
A top manager at Hitachi has revealed that the company is developing a video camera with built-in Blu-ray burner, and hopes to have it ready in 1 to 2 years.

Hiroto Yamauchi, general manager of storage products marketing, told News.com that he has hopes it will...
IFA 2006: Hitachi shows off Full HD Plasma and Hybrid DVD and HDD Camcorder
Company has plenty of world firsts on show 3 September 2006 15:31 GMT
Hitachi has shown off a wide range of new products at IFA 2006 in Germany with the announcement of new HD ready televisions, the world's first hybrid DVD and HDD camcorder and a new home cinema projector.

Taking centre stage was Hitachi's 42-inch ALIS 1080...
Terabyte drive for home PCs on the horizon
Hitachi indicates hard drive for desktops may be out by the end of the year 15 August 2006 17:54 GMT
One of Hitachi’s senior managers has dropped hints that a 1 terabyte desktop hard drive could be ready by the end of 2006.

The drives, which would measure 3.5 inches in diameter will be made for home PCs and servers.

Hitachi already offers a 500GB drive,...
Holographic rival to Blu-ray and HD-DVD takes shape
All the news focus maybe on the battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray, but both could pale in significance to a holographic storage system that could be on sale by the end of next year. 28 November 2005 15:09 GMT
All the news focus maybe on the battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray, but both could pale in significance to a holographic storage system that could be on sale by the end of next year.

Developed by InPhase Technologies and Hitachi this technology, dubbed "Tapestry...