New Seagate Showcase Video Library extending your DVR storage capacity
STX has announced about its Seagate Showcase storage solution. This is a new series of products which aims at extending the storage capacity of your Digital Video Recorder (DVR). Seagate has also announced that its Showcase family of products are designed to be compatible with Motorola’s e-SATA enriched high-definition (HD) DVR. You can now store all your favorite shows, movies and sporting events. This is great news to all movie and television buffs. You can store up to 200 hours of additional HD movies or 1,000 hours of additional standard definition television.
It comes with a Plug-and-play capability using a standard USB 2.0 or eSATA.
“Today’s consumers are constantly demanding more storage for high-definition video and high-fidelity audio — and they want it as part of their home entertainment system,” said Patrick King, senior vice president of Seagate’s Consumer Solutions Division. “We believe that the Seagate Showcase product line will take its place alongside the receiver, speaker system and television as a must-have component for the entertainment center. We are pleased to be working with Motorola to enable an enjoyable consumer experience.”
“As consumer video consumption continues to increase at exponential rates, Motorola strives to provide flexible and cost-effective solutions” commented Larry Robinson, vice president, Set Top Product Management at Motorola. “By demonstrating interoperability with the Seagate Showcase storage solution we are offering consumers additional compelling storage options for their entertainment content.”
It features Seagate’s recently announced Pipeline HD Series of hard drives for DVRs. These hard drives prove to be amazing in high definition performance and capacity. With the ability to support up to 12 simultaneous HD streams, it has a low power operation and quiet acoustics. These Windows Vista Certified drives are an ideal solution for Home Media Centers.
Seagate is working with an aim to come up with external storage solutions for DVRs. The capacity of these DVRs is instantly increased by connecting the Seagate Showcase product with eSATA cable. The Seagate Showcase products will be available on the Seagate website during the third quarter of 2008.
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