Hitachi has developed MPEG-7-compliant, image-searching technology for instant searches of a scene from a large volume of digital images. This technology significantly reduces the features...

Video recordings can now be stored in MPEG2 format (the standard used for both DVB and DVD) on a 3-inch DVD-RAM disc. With 1.46 gigabytes...

Translation comes from Japanese official text:

"...Hitachi and Mitsubishi chemicals agreed to co-operate concerning the development and the like of the next generation optical...

Hitachi Maxell Ltd , a maker of magnetic tape, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp and Mitsubishi Chemical Media Co Ltd said on Tuesday they would team up...

Hitachi announced a new line of DVD-RW disk media which conform to Ver.1.1 of the DVD-RW standard. Specifically, the DRW2-V47.1P is suited for video recording,...

Hitachi manufacturered a new optical pickup (HOP-7001T model) for combo drives. It has one lens with 2 laser diode loading (Wave length:DVD 650nm and CDR/W...

"...Hitachi and LG Electronics today announced that they have reached an agreement under which the two companies will establish a joint venture company for the...

"...Hitachi, Toshiba and Panasonic will host a briefing during PC Expo to launch 4.7GB DVD-RAM drives and media. The media event will be held at...

"...Digital Media Group of Hitachi today announced that on August 25 it will release the world's first DVD-RAM camcorder in Japan. In addition, a DVD-RAM...

As Yamada Masataka from BURN-UP! emailed us:

"..Hitachi announces DVD PLAYER & CD RECORDER "DV-W1". DV-W1 has two decks of DVD-Video and...