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A terabyte of high-definition TV can be recorded on Hitachi's high-end dual-drive digital video recorder.

Japan loves the DVR concept, but in places like Europe and the US, the idea hasn't been widely adopted among users. That means the high-end HD recorder CNN discusses in a recent article may not get a US debut.

A full terabyte of storage, which Hitachi accomplishes with a pair of 500GB hard drives, can store about 128 hours of HDTV broadcasts. For 'Survivor' fans, that means being able to replay every bead of sweat broadcast for several seasons over and over again.

Hitachi has been a minnow in the big koi pond of Japanese DVR manufacturers. Matushita, Sony, Toshiba, and Sharp all have much greater market share in Japan, where over half of the market for DVR units exists, according to CNN.

With the new product and three other models of lesser capacities and prices, Hitachi believes it can break into the high-definition market in a big way and snag a 35 percent share over the last two quarters of its business year.

Author's note: the source for this article refers to the devices as DVD recorders. DVDs only have a 5GB capacity; the storage sizes referenced in the source material are way too high for DVD recorders.

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