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External Hard Drive Charts
This page is updated on a regular basis and provides a unique resource for everybody who is looking for a desktop hard drive - whether it is for home or for business use. Our service allows for interactive performance comparison, real-time price/performance and costs per Gigabyte analysis.
2.5" Hard Drive Charts
Tom's Interactive 2.5" Hard Drive Charts compare notebook hard drives. Here you will find 2.5" UltraATA and Serial ATA hard drives manufactured by Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital. The charts include all popular capacities starting at 40 GB as well as listing hard drives running at 4,200, 5,400 or 7,200 RPM. 15 benchmarks help to determine application perforrmance and low-level performance, giving you all the throughput, access time, interface and I/O performance results. The 2.5" HDD Charts also include the Cost per Gigabyte calculation and our Price/Performance Index, which helps you to find the best bang for the buck. In addition, we measured power consumption of most the notebook hard drives, so you can see which models are energy efficient and which ones aren't.
3.5" Hard Drive Charts
Tom's Interactive 3.5" Hard Drive Charts compare low-level as well as application performance of more than 40 popular hard drive models. The charts include all popular 3.5" desktop drive manufacturers such as Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital. They list UltraATA and Serial ATA interfaces, 7,200 and 10,000 RPM drives, and capacities between 36 GB and 1000 GB. 15 individual benchmark categories analyze read and write throughput, interface performance, average access time, Windows startup performance and several I/O access patterns that are imperative for server and workstation scenarios. Two comparison features make our Hard Drive Charts unique on the Internet: The Cost per Gigabyte calculation and the Price/Performance Index, which relates performance, capacity and cost. Prices are updated daily using the latest price information provided by TG Stores.

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News

Your "digital living" will be worth $300 billion per year by 2010 - report
December 20, 2006 – 2:37 PM
According to a new report out by technology research firm Parks Associates, the amount of money spent on digital living products and services, like mobile phone and Internet costs, will reach $300 billion within four years.
IDC: Digital camera shipments to reach 111 million in 2008
May 4, 2006 – 11:19 AM
IDC predicts that the worldwide digital still camera (DSC) market, which entered early maturity last year, will continue to mature across the world as emerging markets experience strong growth curves and older markets begin to decline.
Best Actress nominees to receive $20,000 digital camera
March 1, 2006 – 3:05 PM
No, this year's best actresses do not have to learn the features of a digital SLR 20+ megapixel monster, but will get something more stylish for the streets of Beverly Hills.
Digital Camera And Digital Photo Frame Makers Conservative About Procuring Small-size TFT-LCDs
January 16, 2008 – 10:09 AM in Buyer's Guides
Taiwan-based manufacturers of digital cameras and digital photo frames are conservative about ordering small-to-medium size TFT-LCD panels due to an uncertain business outlook caused by sluggish economic growth and the subprime mortgage crisis in the US, according to industry sources.
Global demand for digital cameras to grow more than expected
March 8, 2007 – 12:32 PM
Taiwan-based OEMs of digital cameras estimate a 15-20% annual growth in the global demand volume for digital cameras over the next three to five years, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

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Articles

Digital TV: An Easygoing (R)evolution
March 14, 2005 – 12:03 PM
After decades of being an analog-only realm, the world of television is finally being transformed by digital technology. Due to competing standards and other implementation issues, the adoption of digital TV has been more of a slow evolution than a fast revolution, however. In this article we take a look at the state of the digital TV market in both the United States and Europe.
Western Digital's WD3200JB: 320 GB and Lots of Ambition
February 17, 2005 – 12:03 PM
Western Digital counters Hitachi and Seagate's high-capacity hard drive series with a 320 GB device. But after factoring in noise, speed and other factors, does the WD3200JB shrink from the competition?
Digital Multi-Talent: Sony DCR-PC100E
August 31, 2000 – 1:03 PM
Test Case: Sony's digital video camera DCR-PC100E. Apart from a connection to the PC via a Firewire interface, this compact camera also offers interesting features such as a night vision mode and a Megapixel sensor for still pictures.
CES 2007: The battle for the digital home - analyst opinion
January 6, 2007 – 1:18 PM
Get ready for the battle for the digital home: CES and Macworld are just a few days away and both will lure you with new media center devices. Behind the scenes, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, and AMD are assembling the core technologies, but the front end is more interesting: HP, Dell and Apple will be the primary vendors making a run at this new market. Let's have a closer look.
New Performers From Western Digital: 100 GB Hard Disk With 8 MB Cache, Plus A New 120 GB Drive
November 20, 2001 – 12:06 PM in Business
Western Digital was the first to release a 100 GB hard drive running at 7200 rpm. Now, WD has come out with new version of this model, increasing the original 2 MB buffer to 8 MB. They've released a 120 GB hard drive as well. We took a close look at both of these high-end models.