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Grabbing a hard drive for video can be somewhat confusing.  Do you go with a 5400RPM or 7200RPM drive?  Will that hard drive spin be so loud that I’ll have to turn up the volume to 11?  Hitachi is trying to reach that consumer who wants to get hard drives for video with its CinemaStar line.  There are two new hard drives in the line, the 1TB CinemaStar 7K100.C (at 7200RPM) and the 1TB CinemaStar 5K1000 CoolSpin.  These drives are supposed to be quiet, require low power, and handle HD video.  Hitachi claims that the 5K1000 is “nearly silent . . . during operation.”  These drives seem like a good way to expand your TiVo or home theater PC.  They will be available in Q4 of 2009. 

Product Site: [Hitachi CinemaStar]