Hitachi

Starting a Design Studio During a Downturn, Part 3: When There’s No There There

Jennifer Bove — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:35:04 -0400

If you want to start the year right, start it with a trip to Vegas.

At the start of every New Year, technology companies big and small make a pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. This year, the brand new Kicker Studio was no exception. The halls were somewhat emptier than usual, as many companies had downsized their participation or withdrew from the trade show all together; but we were undeterred.

Hitachi Speeds Into Hybrids with World's Most Efficient Lithium-Ion Battery

Ariel Schwartz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:07:30 -0400

Without a super-efficient battery, Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are little more than scrap metal. The more efficient the battery, the longer a car can run--and the more attractive it is to people who need to drive long distances. That's why Hitachi's announcement that it has developed the world's most efficient lithium-ion battery for hybrid cars--the newest battery of choice-- is so important.

Hitachi Reinvents TV Remote As A Trackball

Kit Eaton — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:46:42 -0500

I'm totally left befuddled by the current trend of having full-function TV/AV remotes with two hundred tiny buttons and a screen for Windows connectivity. Instead, I'm all about simplicity, which is why Hitachi's trackball-style reinvention pleases me.

Tech Gear of the Year

Chris Dannen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:30:19 -0500

Smartphones, flat-screens, robots, green tech: We wade through it all to ID the coolest innovations, including Sony's absurdly svelte, impressively vibrant XEL01 TV screen and the newly customizable Flip Mino video camera.

Hitachi Releasing Three-Format HD Camcorder

Chris Dannen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:58:33 -0400

Hitachi Announces Standalone Blu-Ray Burner for Camcorders

Chris Dannen — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:10:34 -0400

With many new camcorders sporting eSATA ports these days, Hitachi (NYSE: HIT) has taken the opportunity to release a Blu-Ray disc burner that can connect directly to an eSATA-enabled camera and burn discs without a computer. The DZ-WR90 is intended to utilize the high quality of some hard drive-based high-definition model camcorders (like those made by Hitachi itself). Hitachi claims that each Blu-Ray disc burned by the DZ-WR90 will hold approximately three hours of full 1920 × 1080 footage and take about 1.5hrs to burn.