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Seagate intros Xbox 360 Hard drive

Rhindle

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More info here: http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/marketing/PO-LD25.pdf


For Immediate Release

SEAGATE STRENGTHENS ITS LEAD IN CE MARKET WITH NEW INNOVATIONS FOR THE TERABYTE LIFE

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.—08 June 2005—

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LD25 Series - for gaming systems, home entertainment devices and small-footprint PCs

Seagate's new LD25 Series is the first consumer electronics hard drive in a compact, 2.5-inch form factor - an entirely new concept for inside-the-box CE storage that enables smaller, simpler, cooler-running and more cost-effective game consoles, home entertainment devices and small footprint media PCs. Seagate's industry leading DynaPlay technology optimizes the drive for media streaming, power consumption and content security.

LD25 Series makes it possible for game consoles like the Xbox 360 to expand their capabilities far beyond traditional gaming - to enable them to expand and keep new soundtracks for games, to rip and store entire libraries of music and video, and to play back multimedia centralizing other entertainment functions with the gaming function.

With the increasing popularity of PC systems based on clever design and Mini-ITX mainboards, small footprint PCs and PC media centers are becoming a very visible - or perhaps a less visible - part of the home entertainment and information network. The LD25 Series' unique combination of small size and media-focused design will further promote and enable these new, creative designs. Based on Seagate's industry-leading technology platforms, the LD25 Series offers 20GB, 30GB and 40GB capacities and both PATA and SATA interfaces, is designed specifically for use in installed home entertainment applications, and features Seagate's patented SoftSonic fluid dynamic bearing motors for super-quiet operation and high reliability. LD25 Series is shipping now to the Microsoft Xbox 360 and to other consumer electronics customers and manufacturers of small-footprint PCs.

"The hard drive extends the gaming experience on Xbox 360," said Todd Holmdahl, corporate vice president, Xbox hardware. "From downloading trailers, new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, and more to supporting custom playlists in every game and storing video messages from friends, Seagate's LD25 Series 2.5-inch hard drive brings gaming and digital media together for the ultimate entertainment experience."
 
I want a 500 GB normal HD model for my PC stat.

BTW any of you guys have more than 1 TB of storage space in home (like 5 250 GB disks)?
 
Borys said:
I want a 500 GB normal HD model for my PC stat.

BTW any of you guys have more than 1 TB of storage space in home (like 5 250 GB disks)?
I'll soon have to get a firewire raid of at least 1 or 2 TB. My wallet does not look forward to this.
 
Rhindle said:
Based on Seagate's industry-leading technology platforms, the LD25 Series offers 20GB, 30GB and 40GB capacities

Hmmm. When will there be larger discs than this?
 
Borys said:
I want a 500 GB normal HD model for my PC stat.

BTW any of you guys have more than 1 TB of storage space in home (like 5 250 GB disks)?

I've got 1 TB (5x200GB), but not more. Well, I guess its more if you count the 20GB boot drive. Thats only in the file server though, the other machines are much more reasonable.
 
Blimblim said:
I'll soon have to get a firewire raid of at least 1 or 2 TB. My wallet does not look forward to this.

Whoa. Sure will be expensive, what for?

I remember a thread about HD space on Futuremark and lots of people have more than 1 TB. One guy even has 8 TB but he is working with medical data (20 GB files and so on). He also has 4 GB of RAM. Amazing.
 
Borys said:
Whoa. Sure will be expensive, what for?
Uncompressed HDTV capture. I'm trying to get the money for all the hardware right now. I get bad surprises after bad surprises when I look for what is needed to do this. Scary stuff for my bank account.
 
Borys said:
Whoa. Sure will be expensive, what for?

I remember a thread about HD space on Futuremark and lots of people have more than 1 TB. One guy even has 8 TB but he is working with medical data (20 GB files and so on). He also has 4 GB of RAM. Amazing.

Only about 540 gigs here.. but I might be about to pick up a 300 gig Seagate (only $170 at Newegg). One of my best friends is about 1.25 Terabytes now I believe (and bout 80% full there). Yeah.. when you can get 400 gigs for under $250 on sale, it's pretty easy to reach a terabyte now.
 
seagate is an awesome choice for hd's... quiet, reliable. hopefully microsoft can make a similarily good decision when it comes to the dvd-rom (NO MORE THOMPSON)
 
golem said:
seagate is an awesome choice for hd's... quiet, reliable. hopefully microsoft can make a similarily good decision when it comes to the dvd-rom (NO MORE THOMPSON)

I agree, Seagate is an awesome choice.. and yeah, my almost unplayable Xbox agrees.. no Thompson drives (I think they will go with Sammy again, those worked out well for them last time)
 
Blimblim said:
Uncompressed HDTV capture. I'm trying to get the money for all the hardware right now. I get bad surprises after bad surprises when I look for what is needed to do this. Scary stuff for my bank account.

Okay, but why?
 
Borys said:
I want a 500 GB normal HD model for my PC stat.

BTW any of you guys have more than 1 TB of storage space in home (like 5 250 GB disks)?

I'm up to 752GB. (more, if you include two additional 200GB drives, but those aren't technically mine, they're a friend's for his movie I'm editing this summer)
 
120+80+80+80+80+40+20+9

Only 509, and only about 20 gigs left. :(

All of this is ATA/133 and several years old now, getting a little long in the tooth.
 
850gb here. As soon as I replace one of my older 120gb drives with a 250 or 300, that'll put me over. And it's all for my mp3 wireless receivers. :D
 
teiresias said:
Oh Galeon, I'd introduce you to the wonders of bittorrent porn sites, but I suspect you don't have the same leanings as I.

I was gonna insinuate porn, but was hoping you guys were just filling up your HD with more wholesome content. How naive of me. :lol

Marriage = best porn movie ever. No need to seek it out online. Saves $$ in HD storage as well, apparantly.
 
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