[opendtv] New Hard Drives to Expand DVR Capacity

Posted 4/29/2004 1:31 PM     Updated 4/29/2004 4:52 PM

New hard drives to expand DVR capacity

By May Wong, Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The power of the U.S. cable and satellite TV 
industries rests on the 85 million households they count as 
subscribers. But the influence of Hollywood, which controls the 
entertainment flow, is even more formidable.

That's why new external hard drives that are being designed to expand 
the capacity of cable or satellite industry digital video recorders 
will likely have to subscribe to the same copy protection standards 
dictated by Hollywood.

Maxtor Corp., the world's second largest hard-drive maker, announced 
a new 160-gigabyte external drive this week that will be built as an 
expansion for cable or satellite set-top boxes.

Seagate Technology, the world's No. 1 hard-drive maker, plans to 
announce next week a similar offering aimed at capitalizing on the 
growth of DVRs, now quickly gaining steam as the cable industry 
embarks on introducing DVR-equipped boxes to its massive customer 
base.

The offerings by the two hard-drive companies will be tailored to 
order for their network operator customers, but both say they are 
certain their new external drives won't become unrestricted portable 
video storage boxes for TV viewers who want to move their recorded 
shows onto a computer or to someone else's DVR.

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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-04-29-dvr-expands_x.htm
 
 
 
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