First iVDR products Articles / IO Data Posted by zmcnulty on Apr 12, 2004 - 01:26 PM |
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IO Data is first to release two products supporting the iVDR standard. Cheap? No. Cool? Yes. IO Data Device Corporation will release the "iVDR-20," and the same product including a USB 2.0 adapter, the "USB2-iVDR/20," two removable hard drives supporting the iVDR standard, in the back part of April The price of the iVDR-20 is 25,200 yen [1], and then USB2-iVDR/20 is 35,570 yen [2]. This represents the first commercialization of the "iVDR" standard, which is a new removable medium designed for ubiquitous use between HD recorders and video cameras. The name stands for for "Information Versatile Disk for Removable usage." The iVDR-20 is a media about the size of an MD case, and uses the iVDR mini standard (one of three sizes in the iVDR standard), and contains a 1.8", 20GB HD with a Serial ATA interface. The internal HD runs at 4200 rpms, has a 2MB buffer, and ships FAT32 formatted. The body is made of reinforced plastic, and can withstand shocks of up to 900Gs when not in operation. The size is 80 x 67 x 10mm (W x D x H), and it weighs 70g. The USB2-iVDR/20 is a set that includes a USB 2.0 reader writer with the drive. Supported operating systems are Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, and Mac OS 9.x, X 10.x~10.3.1. Weighing in at 120g, the USB adapter's size is 95 x 135 x 21.5mm (W x D x H). It has a 50cm USB cable that can be wound inside the body when not in use.  [3] [4]Inspired by: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0412/iodata.htm [5] News Release: http://www.iodata.jp/news/2004/04/ivdr-20.htm [6] Product Information: http://www.iodata.jp/prod/storage/hdd/2004/ivdr-mini/ [7] More Photos: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0412/iodata2.htm [8] |
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This article is from TechJapan http://www.techjapan.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=228 Links in this article [1] http://www.techjapan.com/javascript:; [2] http://www.techjapan.com/javascript:; [3] http://www.techjapan.com/images/0404/041204/inc_2.jpg [4] http://www.techjapan.com/images/0404/041204/inc_f.jpg [5] http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0412/iodata.htm [6] http://www.iodata.jp/news/2004/04/ivdr-20.htm [7] http://www.iodata.jp/prod/storage/hdd/2004/ivdr-mini/ [8] http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0412/iodata2.htm |
