Seagate announced today that consumer electronics giant Toshiba has selected Seagate consumer electronics (CE) hard drives for Toshiba's HDD & DVD recorder, RD-XS31. Seagate's hard drive provides the RD-XS31 with up to 104 hours of recording time for TV shows. It also provides the cache storage that allows programs to be archived to DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-R formats.

Toshiba's RD-XS31, equipped with the eagerly awaited "DVD Multi-drive" was announced as a new addition to Toshiba's "RD-Style" series. Supporting DVD-RW along with traditional DVD-RAM and DVD-R functions, users can select the appropriate media. The 80GB HDD is ideal for volume storing and editing while DVD-RAM is for storing a library of TV programs and recording BS digital broadcasting programs. For more information, visit: www.rd-style.com.