New LG High Definition Plasma TV Has Built-In Seagate Hard Drive

New LG High Definition Plasma TV Has Built-In Seagate Hard Drive

As hard drives continue to enable rapid consumer adoption of richer entertainment recording and storage capabilities, Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX) announced today that leading consumer electronics manufacturer LG Electronics has integrated Seagate hard drives into the world’s first plasma integrated High-Definition televisions (HDTVs) with a built-in high-definition digital video recorder (HD-DVR). Seagate’s DB35 Series consumer electronics (CE) hard drive lets LG Electronics combine high-quality large-screen plasma HDTV viewing with unsurpassed flexibility to capture, time-shift and archive storage-intensive HDTV programming.

Available in 50- and 60-inch models, LG’s PY2DR series features all the benefits of plasma HDTV combined with a powerful 160-gigabyte HD-DVR built into the ultra-thin cabinet. The new Digital Cable Ready plasma HDTVs can store up to 14 hours of digital high-definition programming or 62 hours of digital standard-definition programming. The new widescreen plasma-DVRs incorporate an automatic time-shift feature, which continuously records in one-hour intervals. Other features include slow motion rewind and forward capabilities and instant replay. The user-friendly sets also enable viewers to easily organize recorded programs and set up repeat recordings of their favorite show.

Seagate’s 160-Gbyte DB35 Series drives deliver the best combination of storage capacity, video performance, high reliability and quiet acoustics. The Seagate DB35 Series hard drive with DynaPlay technology delivers up to 10 simultaneous streams of TV, and lets manufacturers custom-tune the drive for optimal DVR performance. This breakthrough feature set optimizes the drive for video performance, power consumption control and content security. And because it’s from Seagate, the drive provides long-haul reliability for worry-free DVR operation, year after year.

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